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The War to Come, part 4 is the primary story in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe issue 4.
Solicit[]
The action-packed first arc of TMNT Universe comes to a close as the Raphael makes an impossible choice and Baxter Stockman’s surprise gambit takes effect!
Appearing in The War to Come, part 4[]
Characters[]
- Alex Winter
- April O'Neil
- Baxter Stockman
- Donatello
- Harold Lilja
- John Bishop
- Kara Lewis
- Leonardo
- Madame Null
- Metalhead
- Michelangelo
- Raphael
- Wesley Knight
- Zodi
Synopsis[]
Zodi and the Turtles flee back into the building as the helicopters open fire on them. The mutants make it inside and Stockman activates the laser security grid in the roof access doorway, but before the mutants can even make it down more than one flight of stairs the Dark Water mercenaries blow a hole in the roof to make their way in. Zodi and the Turtles begin fighting their way out through the mercenaries but the Turtles urge Zodi not to kill any of them. Zodi instead uses Mikey as a shield and clears away for the group to make it to the next stairwell. The mutants make their way through a lab and encounter a heavy locked door, so they call out to Stockman who can hear them over the security system. Stockman thinks about how he has the perfect opportunity to recapture his old test subjects, but eyeing the armed mercenaries and dead guards all over the building, decides that he must continue to work with the Turtles to keep his options open.
As the mutants reach Stockman in the security room, the Dark Water mercenaries blast through the wall in a planned strategic maneuver and begin their attack on the mutants and their allies. Working together, Zodi, Stockman, and the Turtles manage to defeat the first wave of mercenaries. The second wave of Dark Water soldiers is about to move-in when a group of Nullbots arrive and begin attacking the mercenaries, meaning that April managed to make it to safety and reach out for help. Madame Null herself arrives outside to witness the destruction of the EPF and Dark Water’s forces at the hands of her Nullbots. Bishop orders Detective Lewis freed and orders his men to retreat.
The Turtles watch on the security camera feed as the EPF leave the scene. Stockman gets close to inspect a Nullbot but as he does so it lashes out and more Nullbots swarm to attack him. Zodi uses a voice command to call off the Nullbots. Stockman tells the mutants that he’s fed up with everything that’s happened this evening and tells them all to leave.
Zodi and the Turtles walk outside where Zodi introduces the Turtles to Madame Null. Null had agreed to help the Turtles escape in exchange for them allowing her to take some of Stockman’s tech. The Turtles decide it best to allow Stockman to think the Nullbots were sent out when Zodi didn’t check in, not because April brokered a deal with Null. Before she leaves, Mikey attempts to reach out to Zodi but she tells him that if they hadn’t been forced to work together she would have killed them if it would have let her escape.
On their ride back to base, Bishop and Knight discuss the fiasco that their mission turned into. Knight is upset that they lost so many men and threw away any advantages they had but Bishop tells Knight that he considers the evening a success, as they have seen what their enemies are capable of.
Back at the T.C.R.I. lab, April emerges from wreckage of the building and approaches Stockman, pretending she was hiding the whole time. Stockman finally realizes that there are indeed other threats that he is unaware of. Stockman agrees to work with April to rebuild his enterprises.
The Turtles make it back to their underground home. Raph begins talking to his brothers, apologizing for losing his cool because he was angry and scared, but when he looks up he realizes that they’ve all fallen asleep, exhausted from the events of the evening. Raph covers his brothers in blankets and starts working out his anger on the punching bag.
See also[]
Trivia[]
- Madame Null’s Roadkill Rodneys last appeared in TMNT:Mutanimals #4.
- Harold broke ties with the Turtles in TMNT (IDW) #64.
- Metalhead last appeared in TMNT (IDW) #50.
- The Fugitoid was beheaded in TMNT (IDW) #56 and last appeared in TMNT (IDW) #58.