We Need to Help

Peter stood at the edge of an abandoned apartment building in Queens, looking down at the alley below.

Duke of the New York Police Emergency Response Team led a squad of heavily armed soldiers toward a building across from the Abandoned Apartment. That was their target this time: Steel Digital.

From the name, Steel Digital sounded like a company that belonged somewhere in the Bay Area, maybe Silicon Valley. Most people probably couldn't imagine that a Department of Defense contractor would set up shop in an abandoned industrial park in Queens, New York.

Just as Duke was about to lead his men into the building, several agile figures leaped out of a fifth-floor window.

While he was still in midair, the talkative Michelangelo shouted in his gravelly voice, "Peter, give us a hand..."

Before Peter could move, a violent explosion erupted inside the room the Little Turtles had jumped from. Blinding flames billowed out from all four sides of the building's fifth floor.

The unlucky Little Turtles were blasted a long way toward Peter and the others.

At the same time, a torrent of bullets poured out from the open space on the building's lower four floors, hurtling toward the helpless Little Turtles.

Peter forgot his fear and bravely stepped to the edge of the rooftop, firing two strands of silk at Leonardo and Raphael. They stuck to their shells, and he shouted, "Hold on tight..."

Harry reacted instantly, riding his Goblin Glider behind the Little Turtles. The Bio-Armor on his right arm formed a door-sized shield, blocking the hail of bullets and giving them the best cover possible.

But the bullets fired from the building were clearly extremely powerful. The Bio-Armor lasted only a few seconds before it was torn to shreds.

Peter pulled hard on the elastic silk