4KidsTv Jan 29, 2005 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles S3 Ep 14 The Darkness Within

Angel comes knocking at the Turtles' warehouse door, informing them that something terrible has happened. In the Battle Shell, Angel tells them that her brother Ryan had discovered a gold coin at the Volpehart building and went back to find more; he has now been gone three days. Inside the complex, Angel hears a mysterious voice calling to her. She discovers a hidden staircase leading down, which the Turtles descend. They come upon a door, engraved with a message saying "Abandon all hope ye who enter here". Angel tries to get in despite this warning, but an eye atop a pyramid on the door glows with a red aura and the skeletons around them come to life. These skeletons prove hard to kill as they are already dead and keep coming back for more. An elderly man descends the stairs, informing them that they cannot kill the dead, and urges them to follow him. They manage to seal the staircase before the skeletons could get out. Telling them there is no going back from what they've experienced, the man directs them upstairs. He isn't at all disturbed by the Turtles, claiming to have seen stranger things in his life. He tells them that the "money" they seek is actually bait. The Turtles and Angel explain themselves and ask about Ryan. The man says that Ryan was foolish like all the others he tried to warn and explains what the peril is. Millennia ago, a glowing red meteor fell to Earth, bringing with it an evil creature, who called to humans with the promise of wealth and power. But the Natives proved too strong of character to its urgings. They crafted a spear-head from the meteor, hoping to slay the beast. Unfortunately, before the deed could be done, the creature called out to men across the sea to Europe, bringing those who desire greed. One such was C.F. Volpehart, who killed the Native warrior carrying the spear and took it. Under the creature's influence, Volpehart gained a vast financial empire and influenced the rise of Wall Street around the Volpehart Building. The creature, the old man explains, still lives under the building. The old man says that he is Volpehart's heir, and that he once tried to kill the monster to put an end to its evil. But he was too weak to even use the meteor spear against it, having been too long under its influence. With little choice, the Turtles resolve to go down into the creature's lair. The old man gives them the meteor spear for their task. As they prepare to go down, Angel asks to come with them, but Leo says she must stay topside. As they approach the golden gates, they ward off the skeletons with the spear before entering the creature's lair, finding the meteor bathed in fire like the eye at the top of the pyramid symbol, and many pods holding the corpses of people from different eras. Suddenly, the creature attacks, with multiple tentacles coming from all directions. The Turtles are soon defeated, losing the spear. Leonardo wakes up in one of the pods, being rescued by Splinter, who had sensed his peril. As Splinter and Leo walk off to save the others, the creature suddenly attacks again. Elsewhere, Donatello encounters Angel, who runs off and jumps into the abyss. Yet elsewhere, Michelangelo meets Leo, who reveals that he took an offer from the creature to join it, and now has tentacles in place of his left arm. Raphael encounters Shredder, who he presumes to be behind this. When he knocks off his foe's helmet, he finds not Oroku Saki's face, but his own. The real Raphael can only watch in horror, while the nightmare Raphael laughs maniacally before punching his real counterpart with gauntlets. Leo and Splinter fight the creature, but Splinter is mortally wounded in the fight. Leonardo rushes to his master's aid and realizes he's dead, he shrieks out in fear and despair. Suddenly, Leo finds himself back in his pod, rescued again by Splinter. Leo notes that something seems wrong. At that point, Splinter's eyes turn red, and the mutant rat attacks Leo. Leo soon realizes everything is not real and fights back but accidentally stabs Splinter. Reminding himself everything is not real, he wakes up in his pod, this time in reality, slices himself out, then frees his brothers from their pods and wakes them from their nightmares. Noting that their pods were glowing red, they locate the only other glowing pod, which contains Ryan, experiencing a nightmare about Angel being hurt. They free him and convince him that they are part of a very bad dream. Just then, the creature attacks, and Leo finds the meteor spear in the carnage. The creature's whole body emerges, as it telepathically tries to seduce Leo into giving in, promising wealth, power and the world. However, Leo fights these temptations and throws the spear into the creature's glowing red eye. Upstairs, the old man senses that they have succeeded, saying he is free. Angel asks why; the old man reveals that he is in fact C.F. Volpehart, he slowly turns around to Angel with red eyes, seconds before he crumbles into dust. As Angel backs away slowly and nervously, The Turtles and Ryan come to the room, Angel happily hugs Ryan, reuniting the siblings. Don says that Ryan will be okay after a sleep and a shower. Michelangelo then asks where's the "old dude" (Volpehart), to which Angel says that he is standing on him. Mikey becomes disgusted that he was accidentally dancing on Volpehart's remains. Donatello decides to go home because he has had enough of weird things for one night. As they drive away back home, a nearby phone rings, answered by a suited man carrying a briefcase. The creature's voice then comes out of it, as the man's eyes turn red; he has given in and laughs evilly.