Bri stood across the room from Tyler. He crack his neck, flashing her a friendly smile, before Aiden called out "Begin!" Tyler rushed towards Bri, spinning the blade of his kyoketsu shoge rapidly. Bri squatted low, waiting for Tyler to throw the chain. When he did, it was a low blow, which she easily jumped over. While in the air, she shot out a kick, catching Tyler in the chest. He staggered back. With his guard down, Bri grabbed her twin kama and rushed forward, slicing at Tyler. He moved out of the majority of her blow, though the tip of her kama caught his yoroi and ripped the fabric.

"Oh, you'll regret that, Stockman." He teased, throwing kyoketsu shoge chain once more. This time, it wrapped around her wrist, causing her to drop one of her kama as Tyler pulled her in closer. Bri reached to her belt with her free arm, switching out her kama for a happo. When Tyler has brought Bri close enough, she threw the happo in his face, causing it to explode right in front of his eyes. He yelled out, instantly dropped his weapon to grab at his eyes. Bri used this moment of weakness to run behind him and kick out his knees, causing his to fall to the ground.

"Enough! Bri wins. Tyler, you never even reached for your happo." Aiden scolded.

Tyler groaned as he sat up. Bri offered his a hand and he took it, staggering up to his feet. "Sorry, dude, I forgot."

Aiden rolled her eyes. "You forgot? Learning how to use explosives like happo in battle is literally the point of training in Kayakujutsu. And we're doing serious training right now. Don't call me dude."

"Firstly, just because I say "dude" doesn't mean I'm not serious. You're a dude, not my sensei. Secondly, I just don't see the point in throwing around eggs filled with pepper when I got my beautiful kyoketsu shoge." Tyler shrugged with a player smile.

Aiden was not impressed. "An egg filled with pepper took you down, didn't it?" He challenged.

Tyler paused. "Alright, alright. You got me there."

Aiden's gaze moved from his brother to Brianna. The hardness in his eyes seemed to soften. "Well done, Bri."

"Thank you, Aiden." She bowed, before standing up and sheathing her other kama.

"Well done, indeed." A new voice interrupted, and the three Foot members turned to face Karai, who was leaning in the doorway. "Almost makes me miss training your squad. It's been very boring since my father dispersed the clan."

Bri tilted her head slightly. "Is there a reason the rest of them have left?"

Karai flashed a half smile. "Curious as always, Stockman. But today, you'll get your answers. You're wanted in the laboratory immediately." She stated, before exiting back down the hall.

Bri nodded as she grabbed her bag and water. She looked to Aiden, who nodded as he grabbed his stuff as well.

"Cast your votes now, is this a pat-on-the-back kind of meeting or a if-you-keep-acting-up-you'll-end-up-like-your-sister kind of meeting?" Tyler asked as they started towards the lab.

"Uh, I'm gonna guess the first one." Aiden stated.

Bri raised a brow as she glanced at Tyler. "Do you get called to meetings like the second one?"

Tyler sighed. "Only by my dad. It's like he doesn't have Shelby to bully anymore, so I'm the next on the chopping block." He shook his head. "I miss her."

Aiden furrowed his brows in confusion. "You miss her because our dad picked on her instead of you?"

Tyler glared. "No! No, I miss her because she's our sister, idiot."

Aiden returned the acidic look. "Well don't take it out on me!"

"Well it's your fault she got caught."

"Was I supposed to let her get away with it?" Aiden demanded.

"We could have at least talked to her first like I suggested!" Tyler yelled.

"Guys!" Bri snapped, silencing the twins. "Unless you want everyone in Headquarters to hear your conversation, I suggest saving this for later." She watched Tyler visibly deflate, his shoulders slumping. Aiden stayed tense, but kept his mouth shut.

They reached the lab doors, and Bri pushed through, instantly finding her dad in the room. Then she mentally tallied everyone else; the Shredder, Chris Bradford, and Shredder's new right hand man, Tiger Claw. At least, she assumed this giant anthropomorphic tiger was Tiger Claw. It seemed like it was a pretty solid assumption.

Tiger Claw was the first to speak. "Ah, so these are Bradford and Stockman's cubs?" He inquired.

"Yes, these are my two boys, Aiden and Tyler." Chris gestured. "Boys, this is Tiger Claw."

Aiden and Tyler bowed. "It's an honor." Aiden stated. Tyler remained silent.

Baxter flew forward slightly as he gestured to Bri. "And this-zz-s is-z-s my brilliant daughter, Brianna." Chris growled slightly at Baxter's exaggerated "brilliant".

Bri followed Aiden's lead and bowed. "It's a pleasure."

With introductions out of the way, the Shredder took center stage. "As you three know, your experiments with Stockman's mutagen mixture brought hope to my plans to create an army of mutants under my command. However, to take out the chance of the mutagen from ever deactivating the mind serum again" he shot a glare at Baxter, who let out a short, shrill buzz, "I've decided that the beta mind serum will only be given to already-mutated subjects. Batches of the beta mind serum have been sent out to the new Bradford dojos for this purpose. But it seems our enemies are more willing to venture outside the city than I initially calculated. The Philadelphia dojo had a run in with the turtles yesterday and they killed their first test subject."

Bri pursed her lips, disappointed but not surprised. She could feel Aiden's arm tense up next to her- she could guess what question he wanted to ask, though he stayed silent, as did Tyler. Instead, she spoke. "What does this mean for the original mutant project?" She asked. She remembered when she first found out about the project through her father- she had not forgotten that the members of Squadron Beta-X were handpicked as the initial test subjects. She prayed that wasn't still part of the plan.

"The project will continue as planned, with alterations. I do have plans to get rid of the reptile problem." The Shredder stated. Before he had the chance to elaborate, Tyler raised his hand. Shredder glared at him. "Yes, Bradford?"

"Sorry, Shredder, I'm just confused I guess." Tyler started. "I mean, I get it, mutant armies all over the country controlled by the mind serum. But... isn't that a lot of mutants for you to control at once?"

Chris stepped forward. "Master Shredder was going to get into that- something you would know if you had any patience." Tyler flinched at the harshness of his father's words, hanging his head.

"My solution that is simple. Each dojo will be assigned one trustworthy confidant, someone to lead that dojo's mutants. Those leaders will be injected with the alpha mind serum instead of me. That way I don't have a hundred mutants to control. Instead, I give the command that will be implemented by the dojo leaders." The Shredder explained. "Which brings me to why I called you here today. I have already decided that Tiger Claw, Bradford, Xever, and Karai will lead an army for me. Christian, Charleston, Nick, and River have been chosen already to take the alpha serum as well." The Shredder paused for a brief moment, as if making a last minute decision. "I have also determined that Tyler and Brianna will lead to a squadron."

Brianna's mouth opened in shock as she instantly looked to Aiden. Christian and Charleston being chosen over him was no surprise, as they had more experience, but Tyler? Herself? River? Aiden seemed just as surprised and scared. Bri was scared for him too- had he done something wrong?

The Shredder stared at Aiden. "Don't fret, Aiden. I have a special mission for you. As I mentioned, I have plans to eradicate the turtle problem. And what better way to achieve this than through my initial failure?" The Shredder asked. "Shelby will destroy them for us, and you will be the one controlling her."

Brianna's eyes were trained on Aiden's face. He recovered from the initial fear of having displeased the Shredder. Now his face was like stone, cold and emotionless. If the idea of personally mind-controlling his sister bothered him, he did not show it. "It would be my honor and privilege to put an end to the turtles for you, Master Shredder." Aiden said as he dropped to one knee in a deep bow.

"Very good. I want patrols out tonight and every night until they rear their ugly heads to us. We will attack and inject Shelby with the beta serum in the chaos. Once that it done, the dojo leaders will be sent out to their respective dojos." The corner of Shredder's eyes crinkled as he smiled underneath his kuro kabuto. "A new age of Foot Clan domination begins now.