-Lord Garmadon's Dark Fortress-
"Unbelievable." Shredder looked at the army in front of him. "Stone soldiers, giant spiders, skeletons, snakes and footbots."
"I told you that it would make a good army." Garmadon crossed his top pair of arms and put his bottom pair on his hips. "Now how about a battle plan? Kruncha! Nuckal!" The two skeletons he had summoned came forward.
"Yes Lord Garmadon?" Said Kruncha.
"You have a plan, correct?" Asked Garmadon. Kruncha nodded and Nuckal handed Garmadon a piece of paper.
"This is no plan! This is a list for...your lunch?!" Garmadon and Kruncha glared at Nuckal.
"Whoops...wrong paper." Nuckal handed Garmadon another piece of paper and tried to take back his lunch list. Garmadon held it out of reach above his head, and read it out loud.
"Five double cheese burgers, three large fries, a large Cherry soda, and... eight apple pies?!" Garmadon glared at Nuckal and Shredder looked at Garmadon.
"He is one of your best soldiers?" asked Shredder.
"He's much better on the battle field. Believe me." Garmadon handed Nuckal back his lunch list. Nuckal snatched it and put it away. Garmadon rolled his eyes and noticed the Serpentine over Nuckal's shoulder. Their mouths were watering hungrily after hearing Garmadon read Nuckal's list. He glared and the snakes immediately stood at attention. Garmadon heaved a sigh and unrolled the other paper. "Much better." He handed the paper to Shredder who nodded his approval.
"Splinter and his ninjas, and your ninjas and brother as well, will turn themselves over, or fight and lose." Shredder said.
"And then we will rule the world." Garmadon laughed evilly.
"No. You will rule the world. I will go back to New York." Shredder tossed the paper back to Garmadon and snapped for his footbots to stand ready. "Are we attacking or not?"
"Yes. We are." Garmadon glanced at Nuckal and the Serpentine. "And we are not stopping for lunch on the way." Nuckal whistled innocently. Garmadon motioned with his two right arms and started toward the Destiny's Bounty. Kruncha and Nuckal followed, leading the skeletons, Nuckal busily adding to his lunch list. The five Serpentine generals led the four tribes behind them and two stone samurai led the stone warriors. The underworld spiders were scattered among Garmadon's army, and the footbots followed Shredder's lead closely.
-Destiny's Bounty-
The Turtles, the five ninjas and Nya trained on the training course. April trained in a corner with Master Splinter. Sensei Wu meditated in another corner. Leo and Raph got into a pointless argument over who had done a better job and who had better time on the training course. Raph started punching at Leo and Leo kicked at Raph, defending himself. Donnie and Mikey tried unsuccessfully to break it up and got punched and kicked. Lloyd finally managed to throw them apart using his elemental powers. The two brothers growled at each other and Nya shook her head.
"You four get into a lot of fights." She said.
"You think today was bad?" April asked, narrowly dodging Master Splinter's punch. "You should see them back home." Earlier, Leo and Raph had gotten into a fight over what TV show they should watch. Leo had been surfing channels for an hour and finally found which channel Space Heroes came on in Ninjago. Raph had come in half way through the show and changed the channel to watch football. Leo had snatched the remote and turned it back to Space Heroes. Raph took it and switched it back to football. Leo had tried to take back the remote and Raph tackled him. They had rolled on the floor wrestling for at least an hour before Nya and Sensei Wu had come in and stopped them. Later, they had gotten into a heated argument over what to have for lunch. Fortunately, April and Kai had quickly seen a fight getting ready to start and said they would decide on lunch. After that, Donnie and Mikey got into a fight over a video game and then later over the TV. Now, Leo and Raph had turned their backs on each other with crossed arms. Donnie and Mikey watched them for a bit and sighed.
"You guys fight over such pointless things." Lloyd said.
"Hmph." Raph rolled his eyes. Suddenly, Sensei Wu's eyes flew open.
"Hurry! Outside! Bring your weapons!" He said. He grabbed his bamboo staff and ran outside. April flung open her tessen and, followed closely by Master Splinter with his cane, ran after Sensei Wu. Nya ran to her room to change into her samurai suit and Kai, Jay, Cole and Zane ran outside holding their golden weapons. Lloyd grabbed a sword and followed them. The Turtles looked at each other and followed holding their weapons. They skidded to a stop and their jaws dropped. Coming toward the Bounty was Shredder and Lord Garmadon, followed by footbots, snakes, skeletons, stone warriors and giant spiders. Sensei Wu looked grim. Nya, in her samurai suit, ran out and stood with the ninjas.
"Garmadon? Skeletons? Serpentine? Stone warriors? Underworld spiders? And...and..." Nya trailed off, sounding confused. Leo finished for her.
"And Shredder and footbots." He stared in disbelief at the army coming toward them.
"There's no way we can beat all of them!" Mikey was panicking.
"We can...if we have the right plan." Leo said. "Here's my idea." He studied the army, growing steadily closer. "We take down Shredder and Garmadon. Then we take down the guys leading the skeletons, snakes, and stone warriors. Then the rest of them won't have anyone to take orders from. They'll be completely lost and won't know what to do."
"Makes sense." Donnie agreed.
"Yeah, but how do we take them down?" Raph wasn't convinced.
"However you can." Leo said. The army was still advancing.
"Uhm...guys?" April said. "Less talk..."
"We're out of time!" Lloyd yelled and charged at the army. Garmadon and Shredder stayed back and let their combined army attack. The ninjas attacked the serpentine, while Nya and April attacked the skeletons. The Turtles attacked the stone warriors and the two senseis held off footbots and underworld spiders. Mikey spun through a row of stone warriors and stopped in front of Leo.
"Leo! Dude! Shredder and Garmadon!" He pointed at the two villains. They were giving orders to their armies. Master Splinter came up behind Leo and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Leonardo. Come with me." He said. Leo nodded and Master Splinter led him to the sidelines where Sensei Wu stood with Cole.
"What is it Sensei?" Leo asked.
"Remember when the Kraang invaded New York?" asked Master Splinter. Leo nodded. "What did I tell you."
"'With the world at stake, the only thing of importance is that you complete your mission. No matter what you have to sacrifice, or whom.' But what does that have to do with this?" Leo asked.
"With this army, the world is at risk." Master Splinter said. "Your mission, is to defeat the Shredder. No matter what." Leo nodded. Sensei Wu turned to Cole.
"Master Splinter is right Cole. Your mission is to take down Lord Garmadon." He said.
"Yes Sensei." Cole said. He and Leo turned toward the two villains. Cole drew his scythe and Leo unsheathed his swords. They headed up toward Garmadon and Shredder. Shredder turned to see Leo standing ready to fight. Garmadon turned to find Cole doing the same.
"Worthless turtle." Shredder unsheathed his claws and went attacked Leo. Leo fought while Garmadon and Cole faced off.
"Pesky ninja!" Garmadon said and attacked Cole. Cole fought back, using the Ninjutsu skills Leo had shown him earlier that day. Leo, fighting Shredder, spun into a dark blue tornado, taking Shredder by surprise. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the rest of the army retreating, with the exception of the footbots, who lay broken in piles. Leo was satisfied that his plan had worked and he knocked Shredder to the ground and spun to a stop. Cole did a back flip as Garmadon retreated, leaving Shredder and any of his other allies to their fate. Shredder stood up and disappeared under the cover of a smoke bomb. Leo gave Cole a high five and they went back to their friends and family. Leo and Cole described their fights.
"I got Shred-head with Spinjitzu! He never saw it coming!" Leo said.
"And I got Garmadon with Ninjutsu!" Cole said. They kept talking about the fight and headed back to the Destiny's Bounty. A cloud of smoke erupted behind Cole and Leo and Garmadon and Shredder appeared and grabbed the two leaders. Kai and Raph, who were standing closest to them, immediately drew their weapons, but Shredder unsheathed his claws and held them at Leo's throat.
"Make one move, and he's dead." Shredder said. Leo gulped. Raph reluctantly put away his sai, and Kai, at a glance from Sensei Wu, put away his fire sword. The two villains each took out a smoke bomb and disappeared behind their cover with Leo and Cole. The remaining ninjas looked at each other.
"What do we do now?" Mikey asked, trembling. April drew her tessen. Nya got out a shuriken. Jay, Kai, Zane and Lloyd drew their weapons, and Donnie and Raph did also.
"We go after them." Raph spun his sai. "We go and get our leaders back."