Utilizing their shapeshifting abilities, Tyler Hayward and his team disguised themselves as Stark Industries staff, in cooperation with Skrull spies previously sent to the company.
When they approached Tony Stark, they noticed that recently he had been spending a lot of time with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
It is well-known that the Ninja Turtles are not only members of a special task force of the NYPD but also official members of the Justice League.
Combining this with the fact that Tony Stark had likely joined an internal research project of the Justice League, Tyler Hayward deduced that the Ninja Turtles were also involved in this project.
Following this lead, they obtained extremely valuable information.
The laboratory researching how to decode the Skrull shapeshifting abilities was located in the sewer area, which was also the residence of the Ninja Turtles.
This made sense.
As superheroes, the Ninja Turtles residence would naturally be more secure than most places.
Having the lab there was also reassuring.
With this information, Tyler Hayward made his decision.
He planned to lead his elite Skrull soldiers, disguised as the Ninja Turtles, to infiltrate the sewer laboratory and sabotage the experiments.
Their shapeshifting abilities allowed them to take the form of any intelligent being in the universe.
However, the only drawback was that even if they transformed into the Ninja Turtles, they wouldn't possess the Turtles abilities.
The transformed shells were just for show.
The group arrived at the NYPD, disguised as new members of the special task force, and positioned themselves close to the Ninja Turtles.
At that moment.
In the special task force building next to the NYPD headquarters.
"Mikey, stop playing games."
Donatello threw a baseball that hit Michelangelo on the head: "It our turn to patrol today."
Michelangelo put away his game console, complaining, "I was almost at the final level."
"Listen to Donnie, let go patrol."
Raphael, brandishing his sai, approached Michelangelo with a fierce look.
In front of the three turtles, their leader, Leonardo, leisurely wiped his katana with a cloth.
The life of the four Ninja Turtles was rather peaceful.
Since they emerged from the sewers and openly became members of the NYPD special task force, their lives had changed dramatically.
All thanks to Batman, of course, and the decisive actions of the current NYPD Commissioner, George Stacy.
Knock, knock, knock!
Suddenly, a knock on the door drew their attention.
"Hi, everyone."
At the door stood several people, led by an excited man holding a notebook, who enthusiastically said,
"I'm a new officer, uh, I'm a big fan of yours."
After saying this, he seemed to remember something and looked behind him.
"We're all fans."
"Oh?"
The four turtles, accustomed to such encounters, glanced at each other, then Michelangelo stood up, smiling, "An autograph, right? No problem, hand me the pen."
"…Line up, one at a time."
A moment later.
The visitors left the room where the Ninja Turtles were.
"They were off."
Donatello suddenly said, "My computer AI system shows that they shouldn't be here."
"What do you mean?"
Michelangelo was puzzled, "What do you mean they shouldn't be here?"
"Simply put, the surveillance footage just caught the first guy who asked for your autograph outside Commissioner George Stacy office."
Donatello explained, "In other words, they could be Skrulls in disguise."
"Anton and Tony warned us."
Leonardo stood up, calmly saying, "Notify our friends in the lab to be on alert."
"Wait, are we just going to watch these Skrulls invade the lab?"
Raphael was confused.
"Do you think they can actually invade the lab?"
Donatello looked at Raphael with a skeptical glance, asking, "Could you beat those scientists?"
"Uh—"
Raphael was instantly at a loss for words.
He really couldn't beat them.
Now, those in the sewer laboratory were genuine physicists.
Talking physics with others, probably no one could out-talk them.
"Don't worry."
Donatello reassured with a relaxed face, "Live specimens delivering themselves, nobody happier than they are!"
"It done."
Tyler Hayward remained calm, unaware that he and his team had already been exposed to the Ninja Turtles.
"Let move."
After speaking, Tyler Hayward transformed into the leader of the Ninja Turtles, the blue-masked Leonardo.
The other three transformed into the likenesses of Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello.
Tyler Hayward then instructed the remaining Skrull soldiers.
"Stay alert and be ready to support us."
"Understood."
After giving the orders, Tyler Hayward found an entrance to the sewers inside the NYPD headquarters, lifted the manhole cover, and descended.
The sewer area beneath the NYPD headquarters had been specially cleaned and a passage reserved for the turtles convenience, allowing them easy access to and from work.
The path was not difficult to find.
Disguised as the Ninja Turtles, Tyler Hayward and his team moved quickly through the sewers, arriving at the Ninja Turtle dojo.
Splinter gave the disguised group a glance, his expression unreadable.
"They are in the laboratory next door."
With a flick of his tail, Splinter created a sonic boom in the air, then indifferently said,
"Don't bother me, you little rascals."
"Yes."
"Understood!"
The four recognized this rat.
Splinter, who had appeared during the great battle of New York, was well known to any fan of the Ninja Turtles.
The one who raised the turtles.
"We're heading over now."
The four looked in the direction Splinter pointed, moving quickly and completely unaware of the cold smirk on Splinter face as they left.
Upon entering the laboratory, the four saw the lab team who had been waiting for them seated around the room.
Tony Stark, Curt Connors, Bruce Banner, and Reed Richards.
The four members of the lab team stared at the disguised turtles with smiles.
"Anton was right…"
Tony started laughing, "They really did deliver themselves to us!"
"Worrying about only having corpses to study, lacking live subjects to progress the experiments for more direct results…"
Connors clenched his fist, his body turning green and fine scales appearing on his cheeks.
Banner remained calm.
"They're all yours."
He said indifferently, "If I transform into the Hulk, I'd destroy the lab."
"Then I'll just watch the show."
Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards, shrugged, "Actually, I'm not much of a fighter myself."
Seeing this, Tyler Hayward and his team suddenly realized their predicament.
They had walked into a trap!