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Like the serpent eating its own tail,

as one journey ends, another begins.

But now, after centuries of vigilance,

we of the Ninja Tribunal

see the journey's end with no new beginning.

The end of all things is coming.

And so we prepare for battle.

The Tribunal has chosen eight acolytes,

eight warriors from around the globe,

each of different disciplines and skills,

each who have shown potential,

a spark which must now be fanned into a flame.

A flame to combat the heralds

now free to fulfill their hideous mission:

the summoning of the one we have feared all these years.

Eight acolytes.

If they fall before the oncoming darkness,

so shall we all.

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

Turtles, count it off!

1, 2, 3, 4!

- ♪ Turtles! ♪ - ♪ Mutant chain reaction ♪

- ♪ Turtles! ♪ - ♪ Never let us down ♪

- ♪ Turtles! ♪ - ♪ Ninjitsu action ♪

- ♪ Turtles! ♪ - ♪ It's a shell of a town ♪

Turtles, count it off!

- One! - ♪ Leonardo's always in control ♪

- Two! - ♪ The wise guy is Michelangelo ♪

- Three! - ♪ Donatello, he's the brains of the bunch ♪

- Four! - ♪ Count on Raphael to throw the first punch ♪

- ♪ I love bein' ♪ - ♪ I love bein' ♪

♪ I love bein' a turtle ♪

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

Turtles, count it off!

1, 2, 3, 4!

- ♪ Turtles! ♪ - ♪ There's no one better ♪

- ♪ Turtles! ♪ - ♪ Watch out for Shredder ♪

- ♪ Turtles! ♪ - ♪ They're like no others ♪

- ♪ Turtles! ♪ - ♪ Those teenage brothers ♪

- 1, 2, 3, 4! - 1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

( echoing ) ♪ Turtles, Turtles ♪

What the shell have we gotten ourselves into?

I've always wanted to see Japan,

but this isn't exactly what I had in mind.

Yeah, man, I don't think this place

is in any tourist guides.

I don't know about you,

but this cruise in a mystery

is getting real old, real fast.

This stinks, Leo, big time.

Any movement from the Tribunal, Tora?

Nothing, Kamai..

Then I say we go down there and make them move.

There's still too much we don't know about the Tribunal,

about this threat they mentioned.

You got to be kidding me. They kidnapped us.

They sicced their wooden soldiers on us

and tried to make us take each other out.

They're the threat,

and you still want to wait and see?

Warriors, we have apparently arrived.

This is it?

I was expecting something a little more...cool.

Huh?

Oh, that's more like it.

- Acolytes! - Huh?

You must disembark now.

The path ahead is long and difficult

and your burdens are great.

Probably too great.

Burden? What are you--

Huh?

Oh.

What did they pack these things with, bricks?

No, bro, that's just your head.

Keep yapping, Mikey.

As soon as we get to the top--

Jeez, are they always this way to each other?

No, usually they're a lot more annoying.

What do you think the Tribunal's doing down there?

All is in its place.

The wheel turns once more.

Let the journey finally begin.

( rumbling )

Whoa! Guys, look!

No way!

Dude, that's...that's...

Awesome.

( rumbling )

Nobody said there was an express elevator.

Come on, that's not fair.

Turtle luck running true to form.

I think I saw this place in Better Holes and Nightmares.

Save it, Mikey.

You think they have a pay phone in there?

Master Splinter has to be worried.

He wouldn't be the only one.

1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

- Acolytes. - Huh?

Behold.

- Aah! - Aah!

The Lap of the Gods...

the Tribunal Monastery.

- Wow. - Whoa.

Your new home.

Sit. Time is short.

An ancient evil imprisoned for over a thousand years

threatens to return.

You eight have been chosen to combat this threat.

Our enemy can wreak untold destruction

through both physical and mystical means.

You must be prepared to combat it on all fronts.

Huh?

Whoa.

These are the amulets of the Acolyte.

They will aid you

to focus and amplify your inner power,

your chi.

Great. Now we get dog collars.

Perception is not always truth.

All you think you know about this world,

about yourselves,

even about reality itself,

all of this will be challenged.

Here in the Lap of the Gods,

you will learn secrets not shared for millennia,

secrets known only by we of the Ninja Tribunal.

I am Kon-Shisho.

Ninjitsu master of spirit.

This is Juto-Shisho.

Ninjitsu master of weapons.

Hyah!

Chikara-Shisho,

Ninjitsu master of strength.

And Hisomi-Shisho,

Ninjitsu master of stealth.

All things will be explained in time.

As for training, it begins now.

Huh?

( high pitch hum )

Uh-oh. Every time they do that ninja patty-cake thing,

it means trouble.

On your guard.

Hey, guys, it looks like...

Yes!

This doesn't look like training to me.

This looks more like...

Studying!

Studying? Aw, man.

I don't suppose they have a comic book section.

Wow. Leo, this is incredible.

I know, but, um,

maybe you could translate this bit here for me.

Hmm. It's all about focus and energy,

but physically manifesting it.

It's like expressing your chi,

your own life energy through sheer force of will.

Uh, Don?

All you have to do is concentrate.

Huh?

- Whoa. - Whoa.

( snoring )

The dark one is clever

and will strike when he finds you distracted.

Hmm.

Without hesitation, without remorse,

you must strike your enemy and strike true or suffer.

- Aah! - Aah!

Oh, do you tire?

The dark one never tires.

Ever!

( groaning )

We had hoped for more, Acolytes.

Their efforts are unimpressive.

Perhaps we were mistaken.

Perhaps they are hopeless.

Perhaps they are weak!

Do you not understand what is at stake?

How could they possibly understand what is at stake

when you have told them nothing!

- Master Splinter! - Master Splinter!

( growls )

1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

Protect Master Splinter!

Bring it on, blockheads.

I've been aching to break something all day.

Enough!

The rodent is not permitted here, as it well knows.

How did you come to find this monastery?

( panting )

( nervous laugh )

Pathetic.

Dude, your Sensei is a rat.

Splinter, let us not make things harder than they need be.

Your sons are safe.

We should rest and discuss this

with a level head in the evening.

There is no time for discussion, young one.

The crisis we prepare for is upon us now.

The five heralds of the dark one are coming,

heralds with only one purpose:

to reawaken their evil master.

They are after three artifacts,

ancient relics that will allow them

to complete the ritual of resurrection.

Two of the artifacts were stolen from us

and are already in the possession

of their vile servants.

If the Mystics complete the ritual,

a terrible evil will be unleashed upon the world.

This cannot be allowed.

You mentioned a third artifact.

Where is it?

The third artifact is hidden safely here

in the Lap of the Gods.

Then the Tribunal can continue to guard it

without my sons.

Do not test us, rodent.

Babysit your sons if you must.

It changes nothing.

( rumbling ) Huh?

What the shell is that?

No! Impossible!

How could they have moved so quickly?

The monastery is under attack.

Acolytes, to the inner chambers.

We will deal with the intruders ourselves.

They got the Tribunal!

It's just us now.

Yeah, just us against what?

( laughs )

Fools. They foretold the return of the Master,

and now they think they can stop it.

The Master cannot be stopped.

All who would stand in his way will perish!

1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

1, 2, 3, 4!

♪ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪

Master Splinter, what is that thing?

Hiashi Arki, a fire demon.

Master Splinter!

( laughs )

Turtles, attack!

Hyah!

Oh!

Oh!

Tora's down, too.

Mikey, try to free the Tribunal!

I'm on it, Leo!

Whoa!

Uh!

Aah!

( rumbling )

Mikey!

Joi!

If I concentrate, maybe I can...

Huh? ( laughs )

Did you see that? It worked!

Leo, we have to--

No!

( laughs )

We are all that remain.

If we should fall...

Then we make sure as shell this thing falls with us.

Hyah!

( laughs )

And so it ends before it has even begun.

Poor mortals.

To think they could stand against the Master's power.

Raph? Raph?

( groans )

I'm sorry.

We come all this way and this is how it ends?

We weren't ready. How could we be?

How could we fight this?

Aah!

Leo.

What happened?

We ain't sliced, diced or fricasseed.

What the shell?

Perception is not always truth.

All you think you know about this world,

about yourselves, even about reality itself...

All that will be challenged and more.

The sooner you learn this,

the sooner you will be ready to face the task ahead.

So let me get this straight.

None of that was real?

Brilliant deduction,

Sherlock Shell-for-brains.

Oh, it was real all right.

Our first real lesson with the Tribunal,

and I have a feeling there's a lot more to learn.