In the dark midnight city, four ninjas move silently through the shadows.
They are fast.
They are powerful.
And they are not human.
For years, the people of New York have whispered about them. Some call them monsters. Others call them heroes. Police reports describe mysterious attacks on criminals, shattered weapons, and suspects found unconscious in alleys with no explanation for who defeated them.
But behind the rumors are four brothers.
Four mutant turtles.
Nobody knows exactly where they came from.
Their origins are buried beneath the streets of New York, hidden in the darkness of the city's sewer tunnels. They were once ordinary turtles until a mysterious chemical substance changed their bodies—and somehow changed their minds as well. They grew larger. Stronger. Smarter. They learned to walk like humans, speak like humans, and eventually think like them.
But they were never allowed to become part of the human world.
Instead, they were raised underground by a mysterious martial-arts master.
He became their father, their teacher, and their guide.
He taught them discipline.
He taught them honor.
And he taught them how to fight.
For years, the four brothers trained beneath New York City. They practiced in the darkness while the world above them went about its business, completely unaware that an extraordinary family was growing beneath its feet.
Each brother developed his own style.
They were different.
They argued.
They competed.
They drove each other crazy.
But when danger came, they fought as one.
Their greatest enemy was a criminal organization, led by a mysterious and ruthless warrior.
The conflict reaches back years, to a past that remains clouded in mystery. Whatever happened between them eventually brought their war to the streets of New York.
And the four brothers became warriors in that war.
At night, they emerge from the tunnels.
They move across rooftops.
They disappear into alleys.
They strike from the darkness.
You may hear a sound behind you and turn just in time to see A sword flash through the air.
Another may swing wildly, only to have his weapon knocked away and his legs swept from underneath him.
They can disarm an opponent with a single strike.
They can turn a seemingly hopeless fight into chaos, spinning and jumping through a group of attackers before any of them can react.
Four brothers.
Four weapons.
Four completely different fighters.
But the same purpose.
Protect each other.
Protect their home.
And, when necessary, protect the people living above them.
Yet their greatest battle may not be against the Foot Clan.
It may be against the world itself.
What would happen if humanity discovered them?
Would people see four intelligent brothers—or four monsters?
Would scientists try to capture them?
Would the government try to study them?
Would the public fear them?
The brothers have no answers.
They know only that they are different.
They know that somewhere in their mysterious past lies the secret of their transformation.
And they know that whatever made them may have created something the world has never seen before.
For now, they remain hidden.
Their home is beneath the streets.
Their battlefield is New York.
Their enemies are waiting.
And their family is all they have.
In 1995, while millions of people sleep beneath the lights of the city, four shadows move silently across the rooftops.
One carries twin swords.
One carries a wooden staff.
One spins a pair of nunchaku.
One grips twin sai.
They are brothers.
They are warriors.
They are mutants.
And somewhere in the darkness of New York City...
