#And Raph because he literally. Wants all of her. This man had her sign a marriage contract and refuses to void it

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I honestly think us Raphael fans all share one braincell I’ve seen headcanons and ideas I’ve also had for my own lore I love that for us

Plus what’s even better is seeing how we might take inspo from a similar idea and elaborate it in our own ways I am so hype to see what everyone is doing 😭 ❤️

#baldur’s gate 3 #bg3 #I love y’all if I wasn’t so shy I’d interact so much more #Raphael #All I have to offer you is Azarel and Raph being nasty and in a very conflicted relationship #I mean a nearly zealot and repressed tiefling holy inquisitor and a sad wet cat of a devil craving some love? Lessgo #Their ship name would be HellKnight or something since she’s a paladin too #Let’s say he gets a bit too possessive and controlling and she doesn’t like it at all #Which is what leads her to escape and hide until the events of BG3 #So you see they still love each other but Azarel suffers because he doesn’t understand she doesn’t want to be controlled #And Raph because he literally. Wants all of her. This man had her sign a marriage contract and refuses to void it

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unraveled au master post because I'm bored and I don't want to do school (also known as me info dumping about my silly little separated turtles for an ungodly amount of time)

After Draxum’s lab exploded, Splinter grabbed the turtles, just like in the show, but he dropped Raph on the outskirts of the Hidden City, who ended up being found by Malicious Mickey and raised by the Mud Dogs. Splinter gets to the surface and places the three remaining turtles in a box and goes to find food but gets recaptured by Big Mama. (wandered a little close to the lion's den [her hotel]) Mikey and Leo escape the box and wander off, (Donnie is asleep so he doesn't follow them) being found by Tim Dunkman, (the crazy basketball billionaire from the Air Turtle episode) who sells Mikey to Jessica Jacyln (the referee from the wrestling episode) and keeps Leo for himself. Eventually Alex Noe (The dentist from the todd scouts episode) finds Donnie alone in a box crying his tiny little heart out and brings him home to raise him.

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Personalities:

Leo was raised with little worth other than publicity and as a money maker, which had Leo end up as not only a rich kid, but an insecure people pleasing anxious rich kid who hides behind money, ego, and his stupid fucking sunglasses. he's (and Mikey, tbh) big with always trying to keep his image up, so he doesn't get mauled by media. This means that while Raph and Donnie are totally okay with breaking the law on the surface (No consequences, Donnie lives in the woods and Raph lives in the hidden city), Leo is strongly against it.

Raph was raised as a ruthless criminal, but he still has his morals and high empathy. He won't rob orphanages or schools with his dads and likely tried to adopt stray animals a lot (didn't really work out most of the time) He's the only one who really remembers his brothers, but it's a really faint memory, more like "I feel like there's other things like me out there" then "I have brothers." He's constantly on the lookout for other turtles (And used to attend the battle nexus regularly, but the feeling of recognition he got from looking at the rat-man champion freaked him out and he stopped)

Donnie is like, actually insane with the dentists. He really embraced his evil scientist side growing up, but more evil dentist. A lot of experiments and accidents with his teeth happened when he was younger, and now his teeth are all fucked up and weird, so he wears a facemask 24/7 to hide it. He's my insane little blorbo, on instinct he checks everyone's mouth the SECOND he meets them and has absolutely zero qualms about just stickin his hands in there (He always has clean three fingered gloves and hand sanitizer handy). He also has no qualms about anesthetizing and kidnapping anyone he meets that has unique teeth. (This is how he meets Raph for the first time)

Mikey is similar to Leo in a lot of ways, except since he's the huge champion of Jessica's ring, he relies more on his fighting/wrestling skills. It's basically what he's built his whole personality on. he will attack anyone on sight if they give the slightest sign of attacking. (this is how him and Donnie's first meeting goes)

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Since I thought it was kind of an impossible coincidence that all the turtles in this au would get the same Renaissance names, I gave them all different ones and tbh I think this coincidence is funnier.

Leo: Tim literally just named him after the basketball team. His given name is Viper. He nicknamed himself Leo and likes it better and usually introduces himself as it with certain new people, but his billboards and media and other shit call him Viper. (Including Tim)

Mikey: Given name is Micheal, but stage/wrestling name is Divino and he’s so attached to it that he just introduces himself as Divino most of the time. 

Raph: Given name is Ruthless Raphael, and when he meets Donnie and tells him that Donnie’s like “Well that's way too long what If I just call you Raph” and Raph’s like “But :(((( The ruthless part :((((“ and donnie’s like “Okay compromise what if I call you Raph and it sounds the same but if you spell it out it’s RRaph with two r’s” and then RRaph’s cool with it

Donnie: Only one where his actual given name is Donatello, but he has a lot more titles. Since dentists are technically doctors he calls himself “Dr Donnie” (Even though he’s 1. Two young for any kind of certificate or doctorate 2. Wouldn’t be able to get one anyway (turtle) but it doesn’t really matter the whole dentist gang is super illegal anyway no one really cares) and he has a whole rehearsed introduction that he says every time he meets someone that goes kind of like “My name is Donatello, Dr Donnie, or Dentitello, but you can just call me Donnie” or something stupid like that. And the first time he meets Leo Leo interrupts him in the middle of it and Donnie is REALLY offended. (Dentitello is a nickname given to him by his little nephew)(I could ramble about his nephew and the relations between everyone in the dentist gang[although its more like a coven] but this is not the place)

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Designs (Because I can't draw very well yet and I'm much better at describing things anyway):

Leo: Literally just a mini Dunkman (same sunglasses/gold rings n shit). He wears a similar outfit that he does in the Air Turtle episode but with a letterman jacket over it and without those stupid ugly ass fucking goggles.

RRaph: He has wrappings on his hands like HG and a red jacket like LL. He has a red bandana, but it’s tattered and dirty because 1. It was a gift from MM and he hardly ever takes it off and 2. It was ripped from an old t-shirt so it looks a little wonky and you can see some of the seams and the faded design that used to be on it. He wears it around his neck like a scarf, and has a red hat like Danny has on his head. He has a bunch of scars all over his arms and. Well. everywhere tbh (he lives on the streets with some of the most notorious criminals in the hidden city he’s gotta have gotten hurt multiple times) He also probably has parts of his shell broken or chipped off. Overall just very battle worn but he’s still a softie even though he won’t hesitate to kill you (As long as you’re not a child and have done something worth being killed) <3

Mikey: He really leans into the wrestler persona, to the point he wears his costume almost 24/7. His mask and gloves look a little something like these:

Except yk. a little more high quality and fitted to his unique turble body. (the gloves being more orange). He probably puts a bunch of gold and orange stickers on his shell and plastron to match the theme.

Donnie: His battle shell and all of his weapons are tooth/mouth themed. He got way into SFX makeup at one point when he was a kid and his magnum opus project he made while in that stage was his main battle shell that he wears around the dentists. he designed it basically to look like teeth are just growing out of his back while also giving significant protection. He has others but they're mostly plain purple or white. His goggles are more the same that they are in canon except less crooked and whiter.

I think that's it for now. i might add to this (Thank god Tumblr posts are editable)

Thank you for reading :)

#unraveled au #rottmnt #rottmnt au #rottmnt separated au

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1, 7, 12, 25, 26, 46

1. What is their backstory and why did you choose it? Anabel's backstory is original and made up by me entirely. The game does not dictate what happened to her before lol. So her parents and sister and herself originally lived in Elturel. Her father fought in the Blood War. But since all the tieflings got told to fuck themselves and leave Elturel, now the family lives in the Lower City, where Anabel's parents run a hotel (not seen in game ofc). Anabel and her sister, Joy, have always been independent souls and would go on these big adventures around the Sword Coast and even into Avernus a few times. She originally wanted to be a Cleric, but found herself too impatient and impulsive and bloodthirsty, so Barbarian it was. Next up, Anabel has a rough relationship with sex and thinks she's cursed in that regard, mostly bc of SA she endured when younger (not going into detail, however Raph does make them pay). So she rarely does it, except one fateful day, she was hooking up with some cute tiefling (note that Anabel only fucks other demons and demon adjacent people) and that's when she got kidnapped and put on the nautiloid. It's a sort of homage to her story in her original verse in which she got killed during sex by accident. She's unlucky in that way.

7. Does your Tav have connections to other characters (I.e.: NPCs)? Raphael of course!! Initially just a devil and the pretty little thing he got to sign a contract, they're married now. Also Joy, who is an NPC to her (player to me when I play as her lol) is her sister so there's that connection as well.

12. How does your Tav feel about Us? Did they free them, maim them or leave them behind? Anabel LOVES Us. A cute brain with legs, of course she freed them and took them along!! She was pretty sad not to find them right after the crash.

25. What does your Tav think of Aradin? She thinks he's a cunt. Full stop.

26. What does your Tav think of the Raphael? I think it's well established on this blog how Anabel feels about Raph but let's gush about it anyways!! Initially, when he transported her to the House of Hope, she was like dammmnnnn this guy is hot and charming. Then he showed his devil form and she was like DAAAAAMMNNN HES LITERALLY HOT and from that point, she was wrapped around his finger. Regardless of whether or not he'd actually help her with the tadpole, Anabel wanted more more more of this man. Her initial reaction to this infatuation was the equivalent of a teenage girl doodling her crush's name and hearts in their diary with a gel pen, but as it went on, her feelings became more serious and along the lines of true love. And, as he watched over her, he felt the same- he does say he "grew quite fond of [Anabel/Tav] in [his] own way" after all. I interpret it romantically/sexually. Meeting him again at the Last Light Inn was a dream come true!! Of course she killed his old enemy- for him mostly, but also for Astarion. She took his deal, of course she did- and in my version, the contract had what was essentially a marriage certificate in one of the clauses, and now they're married forever, because Raphael also came to love Anabel. So they have this inescapable, infernal bond- she loves him, devotes herself to him almost like worship, and not to mention her intense lust for him.

46. Does your Tav help Astarion make a deal with Raphael? Anabel jumped at the chance to interact with Raphael in any way, and she wanted to help her closest friend in the party, so of course she did!!

Thank you so much for asking, sorry for the super long answers LOL ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

#ask game #long post #anabel lee #bg3 anabel

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For the Love of Shell - Chap 42

Next chappie for those who are reading this!

Here it is from the beginning for those who want to start! Filled with smut my loves

Chapter Forty Two – Betrayal of the Son

By now the palace was now overrun with guards searching for the Daimyo. The sound of the clanging metal of their armor was almost deafening. It had taken Ue-Sama far too long to order the palace searched for Aurora’s liking. Since she had shown up at the palace this morning Ue-Sama had been acting very bizarre. Particularly the kiss he forced onto her after the tournament. He was planning something, she could tell and now with the Daimyo’s disappearance it seemed to solidify her speculation. Now Mikey, Donnie and herself were slipping silently through the palace on their own mission, one being done under Ue-Sama’s nose.  

There was no sign of Ue-Sama when they pasted the dining room on their way to the lower levels. It was still in disarray with a few servants trying to clean up the damage. There was a knot forming in her stomach, she did not like this one bit. With the door to the basement in sight Donnie hurried forward and brought his giggles down over his eyes. His hand shot up and waved back signaling them of guards coming up the stairs. The three disappeared easily into the shadows waiting for their opening. With a loud clamor five more guards barreled up the stairs heading to the main hallway. Slipping silently down the poorly lit staircase to the basement and the dungeons, she noticed Mikey and Donnie staying close to her keeping her between them as they descended. They stopped at the first level scattering to cover more ground faster.

“Be careful, yell for us if you find anything or need help.” Donnie gazed down at her with a worried look while his large three fingered hand rested on her lower back.

“Will do.” With a half hearted smile she nodded to the two turtle brothers and ran in the opposite direction in search of any clue of the disappearance of the Daimyo and Splinter.

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Master Splinter groaned in discomfort as he came too. His skull felt like someone had cracked it open with a sledgehammer. He needed to rub his temples to release some of the pressure but found his arms immobile. In fact when he finally opened his eyes he found he was hanging from a brick wall in a dimly lit room by his wrists that were stretched painfully tight on either side of him. Due to the lack of height he was hanging suspended off the ground. His weight was pulling at his old limbs making the predicament even more excruciating.

A soft cough next to him alerted the old rat he wasn’t alone in his dilemma and his mind went to his dinner companion and the series of events that lead them to this dark musty room. They had been enjoying each other’s company about to start dinner when he tasted something foreign in his soup, something that wasn’t supposed to be there. Dropping his spoon his hands thrust forward disengaging the spoon from his friend’s hand toppling the bowl of soup with it.

Before he would warn the Daimyo about the unknown substance in their food they were attacked. Dark shadowy figured came from everywhere and converged in on them showing no mercy. They fought them as best they could but in the end there was too many and were knocked unconscious. Now in the present they found themselves at the mercy yet again of their captors.

“Splinter?” the groggy voice of the Daimyo hit his fury ears.

“Yes, my old friend I am here with you. It looks like we have found ourselves in quiet a predicament. I wonder who our host is?”

As if on cue a large hooded figure emerged from the shadows with bright red eyes glowing under the heavy hood.

“Who are you? Why have you done this?” The Daimyo scowled yanking on his confines. “Release us at once!”

Rough as gravel, a deep twisted laugh rumbled from the mysterious cloaked figure. The movements so smooth it seemed their captor floated across the room on air, stopping a few inches from the old rat. Two large scaled hands emerged from the large sleeves pushing back the hood.

“Draco!” Splinter hissed through clenched teeth.

“Yes you sniveling rat! How long I’ve waited for my revenge against you and this old fool. Years of planning and now my patience will be rewarded. I will take from you what you love the most in this life and rip ripe apart your son’s bodies using their bloody hollow shells as foot rests. And then after I’ve shown you their mutilated carcasses I will end you!” the red dragon spat at Splinter, his face mere inches from his.

The usual gentle features of the old ninjutsu master hardened and an ominous growl rolled from his lips, “You will not touch my sons.”

“Oh on the contrary you old fool, as we speak they are scattered around the grounds looking for you, two with that little bitch the young daimyo has his sights set on and your two eldest heading to the falls and right into my trap. I have several of my shadow minions at my disposal all ready to attack and dismember each and every one of your sons.”

“What of the woman?” the Daimyo quickly cut in, trying to pry a little more information out of Draco. “And why do you call my son young Daimyo?”

The dragons head snapped to the old man hanging from the wall just next to the giant rat, “Your son seems to have plans for her. He talks about some sort of power that she possesses that could help him. He covets your throne old man hoping having her at his side will solidify his place upon it. Either way it doesn’t matter. I will have my revenge then that brat can have his kingdom.”

The Daimyo’s eyes widened in shock, letting the dragon’s words roll over him. Again his wrists pulled at the metal shackles holding him to the wall. “M-my son……. Is behind this? How can that be?” the sorrow apparent in the old man’s voice trying desperately to hold onto the hope Draco was lying.  

“Your son is an idiot; he couldn’t orchestrate this by himself. He is an overgrown child throwing a tantrum that he can’t have the throne right now. The woman is something new though, he fell for her a year ago when she quiet literally fell into your laps. But there is no way she would be persuaded to go along with his plans; she’s too smart for his games and won’t do anything to hurt you. He just refuses to see it. So she will need to be eliminated as well. Which is a shame really, someone with powers would be convenient to have on my side. The idiot already tried wooing her by kissing her after the tournament today but she rejected him. He’s too blind to see she only has eyes for his son, the one in blue, Leonardo is it?” Draco’s red eyes shifted to Splinter. “But that is neither here nor there now and makes no difference. None of them will survive this. I need your son compliant so a strong headed woman is out of the picture.”

“They will find us and foil your plans. You will not succeed.” Splinter smiled; with Aurora at his son’s sides once again they would defeat Draco and Ue-Sama. He was sure of it.

“We will find out now won’t we, because the party is about to begin.”  

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Aurora turned down another hallway searching the final group of rooms coming up with nothing, yet again. Each room she had checked her fingers skimmed over every nook and cranny for any hint of a hidden door. Someplace someone could hide two unwilling victims. Finishing with the last room she headed back to the stairs to meet up with Mikey and Donnie.

With her mind spinning with worry she didn’t hear the shadow ninja creep up behind her. By the time she sensed it’s presences it was too late. A hand reached out grasping her long hair pulling her back and down to the ground. Her shriek of surprise echoed through the halls reaching the sensitive ears of Donnie and Mikey but unfortunately they too were in their own battle for their lives. Surrounded by several dark shadowy ninjas Donnie reached for his com calling for his older brothers.

“Don?” the familiar calm voice of their leader came over the speaker on his shoulder.

“Leo we’ve been ambushed in the bowels of the palace. We need back up.” Donnie called into his com anxiously blocking a blow with his bo staff. “They came out of nowhere and have no faces! They look like shadows!”

Knee deep in the falls high above the palace Leo and Raph stopped in their tracks listening to their genius brother in distress. They had come up empty, no tracks or any kind of clues to the whereabouts of Master Splinter and the Daimyo, when Donatello’s frantic call came over their coms.

“Donnie are you alright? Where is Mikey and Aurora? Are they with you?”

After a few seconds Donatello came back over the com, his labored breath telling them it was imperative they hurry. “Mikey is just outside in the hallway with his own party of ninjas. And I don’t know where Aurora is but we did hear her scream a few minutes ago. We can’t get to her! Mikey!!!” then the com went eerily silent.

“Don! Donnie! Are you there?! Donatello!!” Leo felt his heart jump into his throat and looked to Raph with terror in his eyes. They were in trouble and needed their help.  

Raph heard the fear in his brother’s voice making the already burning rage inside him increase to an uncontainable inferno. The grips on his sai tightened and he caught his brother’s eyes that held the same wild fury. Someone had kidnapped their father and now were attacking their two younger brothers and Aurora. But then like a light switch Leo’s demeanor changed and lunged forward tackling his larger brother into the water.

Bursting from the surface Raph tried pushing Leo from him, “What the shell Le…..oh!” his eyes immediately narrowed in on the kunai now rooted deep into the top of Leonardo’s shell. Leo had just saved his life for the thousandth time. Reaching up he pulled the offending item from his brother’s shell and they both scrambled to their feet pulling their weapons out. Just like Donnie had described them, they looked on in shock at the weird shadow figures surrounding them. There had to be at least 40 of them closing in on them fast and it didn’t seem like they wanted to play nice.  

“Shell, looks like they’re not getting the back they need.” Leo growled readying his katana.

Raphael readied himself as three of the figures launched themselves at him bringing down their weapons on his waiting sai. With a grunt he took the brunt of the force faltering on the slimy rocks below the surface of the water.  “Looks like we might need that back up now.”

Reeling back Donnie swung his electrified bo staff forward connecting with two of the ninjas sending them flailing against the wall disintegrating like a puff of cigarette smoke in the wind. The last of his attackers were beside him but with expert balance his long leg shot up colliding with its head making it explode in a cloud of smoke. Without skipping a beat he headed out to help his little brother who was on the ground holding off three of the shadowy figures with his nunchaku.

“DONNIE?!” they both heard Aurora shriek from farther away then they’d like.

Mikey’s gaze snapped to Donnie and they both took action. With a swift kick of his legs Mikey sent the three assailants over his body crumbling to the ground. With the momentum of his legs coming down and his pelvis rolling up into the swing he was on his feet. Then Mikey and Donnie took care of the rest of the dark ninjas with a swift determination to get to their friend in trouble.

Taking off towards the sound of Aurora’s worried cry, they hurried through the halls in search of her. They could hear sounds of metal on metal and exasperated grunts from beyond the bend. Before they rounded the corner two of the shadowy ninjas came sailing out into view colliding with the wall. Taking the corner, they saw her pressed against the wall, eight figures on her ready to drive a tanto blade through her heart.

“A little help guys!” she cried out ripping a hand from one of the them punching it in the face.

They were on them in a second ripping Aurora’s attackers from her body one by one. Mikey lurched forward grabbing the blade poised for her heart and threw it down the empty hallway, the sound of the metal clanging across the ground echoed in the large halls.

Aurora took advantage of the distraction and placed her feet on the wall and pushed forward taking three of the ninjas with her. The back of their heads slammed into the hard surface of the wall behind them making them disappear beneath her momentum. She caught herself before she fell to the floor getting her feet under her. “They’re skilled but break easily. I’ve never seen anything like them; it was like I was fighting shadows of smoke. What the hell are these things?” Aurora groaned picking up her blades taking care of another ninja.

Donnie electrocuted the last one ending their current fight. Mikey went to Aurora making sure she was alright. His eyes moved over her body assessing damages, touching and pushing at her skin.

Her fingers found his quickly easing his overzealous attention to a halt. “I’m fine Mikey.” Aurora tried her best not to be too cold with the two brothers but didn’t want to act like them being together in this moment felt right. She couldn’t let herself get used to their presences; this was a temporary mission to save the Daimyo and Master Splinter. After this was over Leo would no doubt end this as well.

“They put up quite a fight, we must be getting close.” Donnie calmly stated using his goggles to scan for heat signatures on the level they were still on.

“Agreed, let’s move to the lower level.” Aurora moved around Mikey who was still looking at her hopeful. His baby blues tore at her soul, she wanted to tell him all would be alright but time was of the essence and they needed to move.

The three of them descended to the lowest level of the palace, this time sticking together. The silence that hung around the dungeon was a bit unsettling. No guards what so ever nor any prisoners. The uneasy feeling within each of them grew. This was too easy.

“Shell!” Donnie broke the eerie calm. “I called Leo for back up a while ago; he should have been here by now.” His fingers flew to his com calling for his older brother. No response came so Donnie called again this time for Raphael. Still nothing, a deafening silence that made the already chilly dungeon seem suddenly colder. “I don’t like this.”

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Draco landed another blow to Splinters jaw continuing his unrelenting assault on the old rat. With each strike the metal chains moaned from the sudden movement of the body it held. Blood was running down the dark fur of the old sensei’s mouth but showed no sign of discomfort.  The Daimyo beside him pleaded with the large dragon to stop his assault but if fell on deaf ears as another hit connected with Splinters gut.

Without warning several dark cloaked ninjas appeared behind the angry dragon. His attacks ended as one whispered in his ear. The smug smile slipped from his face into a frustrated scowl.

“They’re down here already?! They took out how many of you? SIMPILTONS!! Yes, send more to stop them! I can’t have them ending this plan just as it begins!” as quickly as they came the ninjas vanished into the shadows leaving the dragon with his two helpless prisoners. Reaching to the wall he grabbed the cloak he had removed when he started his assault on Master Splinter and swung it back around his shoulders lifting the hood to conceal his face once more. “You’re lucky I have other things to attend too you old fools, but I will be back to finish this. I have some turtle flesh to filet.” His wicked eyes flashed and retreated out the hidden door in the wall leaving them alone.

“My friend! Are you alright?” the daimyo immediately called to his battered friend. A soft cough alerted him to fact the old rat was still in fact breathing. The chains creaked when Splinter shifted uncomfortably spitting out a mouthful of blood.  

“Am I my friend, a little worse for wear but I am alive. Do not worry my sons will free us, they will stop this madness.”

“They have too.” The daimyo started. “If they try and use the war staff without proper training they will bring upon destruction to this dimension and all who reside here.”    

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The pull for air made his lungs burn as Leo fought the many hands that held his body submerged under the current of the river feeding the massive waterfall several feet down stream. There was far too many of these shadow ninjas for Raph and himself to defeat. They seemed to come out of nowhere like the never ending flow of water they fought in.  

It had been almost an hour since Donnie had called them for help and they were ambushed on top of the waterfall. He hoped all three of them were alright. They had to be, he didn’t know what he would do if he lost his two younger brothers and Aurora. But the way things were looking they might lose him, there were so many on top of him keeping his head below the water drowning him. The strength was leaving him as the lack of oxygen to his brain began to affect his dexterity, he was losing this fight.

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Aurora could feel it, something was horribly wrong. More wrong then what was happening in the dungeon with Donnie, Mikey and herself fighting off an infinite flow of these damn ninja. Every cell in her body was on alert, something else was happening, something was happening to Leonardo and Raphael.

“Guys!” she screamed over the thunder of clanging metal and grunts. “We have to get to Leo and Raph! Something’s wrong!” Blocking another tirade of attacks Aurora flipped up landing just behind the shadows slicing through them with her katana.  

As Donnie fought his goggles scanned the walls for false walls and air drafts. They had to be down here judging by the massive assault they were receiving. Then something flashed in his goggles when he turned to deliver a shock from his bo staff. Quickly turning back he saw two warm bodies behind the wall, a large form and a smaller one hanging midair.

“There!” Donnie screamed pointing to the small wall just a few feet from where Aurora was.

Immediately Aurora sprang for the wall feeling with her hands for anything to open the hidden door all the while keeping the growing mass of ninjas as bay.  Out the corner of her eye she saw the blade gliding through the air aimed for her throat, determined to hit it’s mark with extreme prejudice. Before it could find its target the hilt of Mikey’s nunchaku stopped its momentum pushing back the assailant.

“I got your back angel cakes!” the orange banded turtle smiled at her while taking down anther ninja with his band hands.

The battle in the dingy basement was deafening, she couldn’t hear herself think. A shove behind her sent her sprawling against the cold brink of the wall she was searching. But with a stroke of luck the hit brought her fingers in contact for the latch for the door making the brick door shift open revealing the entrance to the hidden cell.

The heavy scrapping of the brick door opening brought the Daimyo’s and Spinsters eyes to the entrance of their confinement.  Expecting the tall hooded dragon to appear they were surprised by two spinning blades followed by Aurora as she fought her way in.

Her eyes snapped to the old men hanging on the wall. The state Master Splinter was in sent her blood boiling. Battered and broke he was bleeding from several parts of his old furry body; someone had worked him over pretty good. Thankfully the Daimyo looked unharmed for the most part besides a busted lip and his white hair askew. “Donnie! Mikey!” she bellowed ending the five ninja currently before her. Whoever had hurt Master Splinter would pay, would pay dearly.

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Venus de Milo (TMNT AU Profile)

A/N: English is not my native language. Therefore, any advice on any grammatical errors is very welcome! Thank you and enjoy your reading <3

Warnings: None

The TMNT AU summary: This is an alternate universe of teenage mutant ninja turtles (mostly inspired by the 2003 series and Bayverse movies) that was inspired by the structure of a "coming-of-age" novel. After losing their beloved father and incomparable master and defeating Shreder, the enemy they have been chasing since the age of 15, Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo must learn to accept the grief and move on with their lives. None of it will be easy, now that the transition from adolescence to adulthood will be strongly impacted by an unexpected reunion with two women from their past and the new friends who have joined them.

Introducing Venus de Milo

You can see Venus aparence HERE

In this universe the boys met Venus because she spent 9 months being trained by Mestre Splinter when they were only 10 years old. It is a consensus among them that they share the same mutation, but all the genetic tests that Donatello made were inconclusive (yes, that does strasses him out).

During this period when Venus spent 9 months in New York studying the old history and secrets of the biggest and most famous ninja clans with Mestre Splinter (Hamato Yoshi's only living heir) her relationship with the turtle brothers was somewhat troubled. At the time, they were all children and the tension of having a girl in the group made it very difficult for them to interact normally. Raphael and Michelangelo used to exclude her from the games and playdates with the excuse that it was "for boys only!" and Leonardo felt very jealous of his master (and father), who seemed to pay special attention to this lost konuichi. Of all of them, however, the one who made the most hell of Venus's life was (who knew!) Donatello. Even with his gentle and pacifist spirit, Donnie did not like this new guest who claimed to be (ABSURD!) high priestest of a lost lineage of magical Konuichi. They were doomed to disagreement: after all, a little prodigy of science and a child with magical powers are two existences that contradict each other. But as soon as she came, Venus left, after finishing her intensive course with "Master Hamato" (which is how she referred to Splinter) she returned to Japan and spent the next 11 years training extensively every day to be able to become the best guardian of the Secret of Kunoichi Magic that had ever existed. Without the distraction of other brothers or  any friends close by, Venus became the most dangerous and disciplined warrior who had ever set foot on this Earth.

Now a young woman, Venus reencounters her former hashi colleagues. What does the future await?

Name: Venus de Milo

Age: 21

Species: Mutant Tortoise

Favorite color: Blue

Moral alingment: Lawfull Good

Sign: Libra

Sexual orientation: Demisexual

Characteristics:

Because of her disciplined and restricted upbringing, Venus has a very difficult time socializing with other people (or mutants!) her age. She doesn't know what a "meme" is, how twitter works, what's the fun of a 6-second video with a cat sppining to the sound of "sweet dreams are made of this". Having grown up in a temple and spent her entire life studying, she has a different concept of what "fun" is.

Her favorite hobbies include reading, meditating, studying ancient history documents, doing push-ups, kneading healing herbs, studying new types of incense and their calming propreities, etc ... All things that she also does as part of her daily work as the Keeper of the Kunochi Secret, so... The boundaries between fun and work are very thin.

She is an excellent reader and can read fluently in three languages: English, Japanese and Cantonese. She loves to read, it's her favorite activity, especially out loud, as she considers herself an excellent announcer.

She can defeat any of the Hamato brothers in combat (including Leonardo). Although neither bigger nor stronger, Venus uses the weight of the enemy's and their strength against them. In addition, her physical speed and strategic ability together makes her literally unbeatable.

Despite her advanced combat skills, Venus is extremely shy and anything makes her blush. Especially conversations that involve sexual pleasure and explicit language. Unfortunately for her, Michelangelo will discover this very quickly and will be able to defeat her in a fight whispering "What's up, hot stuff?" during combat. None of the other brothers will understand how he did it and he will never tell.

Despite being aware that her appearance isn't considered neither normal nor attractive to humans, Venus has no problems with self-esteem. She is very proud of her origins and to be the heir to a lineage of magical warriors is enough to make her one of the most beautiful people in the world in her mind.

Despite having a limited social skill, she is a very valuable friend and after she becomes attached to you, she will do everything to guarantee your safety and comfort.

She is very elegant and graceful. She was taught during her upbringing that each movement must be calculated and rehearsed strictly, what makes some of her very commom and daily actions, such as putting on a shoe or pouring tea look like choreography of a soft dance.

Venus believes deeply in soul mates. So she never worried much about learning the art of seduction or how to flirt with other people, since she always knew that one day the right person would cross her path and she wouldn't have to change who she is to win their heart (spoiler: she was right!)

It might not look like it, but she is very easily irritated. The fact is that she can disguise her stress and impatience just as easily. Never loses her temper.

Even with all these characteristics, she is not the leader of the group. This role was given to Mona Lisa (you will be able to read about Mona Lisa from this alternative universe very soon) through an election between the four friends (description of the twins May and June coming soon!). Venus has no grudge against her friend, as she knows that despite her physical abilities, herself lacks the charisma that a leader needs.

She is not very good at comforting others, nor is she a big fan of physical contact.

She was educated to never feel hatred towards anything but despite this she cannot control her contempt for lies. Trust is the most important thing in the world.

Summary of relationship with each of the turtles:

Leonardo: Venus and Leo are kindred spirits. They have, all jokes aside, everything in common. Therefore, when they met each other for the second time, they developed a friendship that made them absolutely inseparable. She likes how he doesn't underestimate her and how he respects her discipline and life doctrine and he likes having a partner to meditate and train. Their union allowed Leonardo to finally have someone with the same dedication (and obsession, honestly) as he, someone with whom he could complain about the neglect of his brothers and someone to train his japanese with, which also guaranteed them a certain privacy and intimacy that Leonardo had not yet experienced with anyone.

Raphael: If asked, Raph will say that he thinks Venus "is ok". Deep down, meeting her for a second time left a bitter taste in his mouth. He is very jealous of his brother and wonders if Venus would not be the true sister that Leo always wanted - besides (of course) the fact that her discipline and posture are literally the combination of all the things he doesn't like in Leonardo multiplied by 10. Despite all this, the thing that he hates the most is her absence of anger: there are few things in the world that Raphael likes more than stressing his perfect big brother and watching him lose his temper, but it seems IMPOSSIBLE to get the same reaction with Venus . No matter how much he teases her, ridicules her or bullies her ... she never breaks! And THAT is unforgivable. (As they will get to know each other better, Raphael will be able to see Venus for what she is: not the incarnation of perfection on Earth, but a very shy young woman with very basics communication skills )

Donatello: Donnie, now a 21-year-old man, is ashamed to face the ghosts of his childhood that Venus brings with her. He remembers very well how he treated her when they were young and is very ashamed of how bad he was to her. Age made him realize that despite not sharing the same beliefs he didn't had the right to mistreat her. Because of this, upon their reunion, Donatello can't even look her in the eye... The situation gets so much worse when he realizes that she is kind, peaceful and strategic and that the obsession and discipline she exercises in her spiritual rituals are equivalent to those himself repets with his inventions, experiments and research. In silence, he starts to admire her more and more, and the more he admires her the more shame he feels for how he treated her. For a long time, he fantasies with the day when he will be forgiven and accepted, who knows, maybe she will admire him in the same way ... Poor Donnie, he doesn't even imagine that Venus does not hold a single drop of resentment and that she ends up interpreting him distancing himself of her as a form of showing contempt. (Agsnt is my fucking life)

Michelangelo: Mikey finds Venus so.fucking.intimidating. He remmembered her as a very small and shy crybaby, but now? Now she is the greatest warrior he have ever seen. If Leonardo tries to be the authority figure and ends up rejected by his younger brother, Venus does not have the same intention, but ends up winning the respect and trust of the youngest of the group. She ends up being the only figure that Michelangelo really respects and obeys blindly after Master Splinter. He adores her  just as a troubled student adores the patient and empathetic vice director. Their friendship ends up becoming so sincere and pure that he starts playing video games on mute just to hear the stories she reads aloud.

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Well.. That’s it for Venus BIO! Please tell me what do you think! Every comment and opinion is welcome. My ask box is also open for any questions about this AU! Thank you so much for reading till the end. 

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No Stopping the Zombie Apocalypse

 “Oh calm down Alec, it’s not a big deal.” Isabelle said as she made her way deeper into the dense forest.

 “Really? Leaving Idris and walking straight into a      land full of zombies     in the middle of the night with nothing but a couple weapons isn’t a big deal? Good to know I’m the only sane one in this family.”

 Jace sighed in exasperation. “Alec, we love you, but you worry too much. Loosen up, it’s not like we’re defenseless. We’ve been training in that damned institute since we were, like, 5 just in case a zombie magically walks into Idris. I think we know what to do if one of those beasts come at us.”

 “I love you too, but all of your ideas are stupid.”

 “Look Alec,” Isabelle said turning to look at him, baby hairs sticking up that were too short to be pulled into a ponytail along with the rest of her long black hair. “It’s been 20 years since the zombie takeover happened, I was born in that stupid place and I’m      tired     of it. They keep saying we can’t leave until we are given the all clear from the generals but do you really think it takes 20 years for trained armed soldiers to kill off some brain-eating science experiments? I’m not going to spend the rest of my life cooped up in there!”

 “So you’re just going to leave and walk head first into the zombie infestation? Everyone has been evacuated the only people out here are military personnel that will bring us back to Idris the moment we’re spotted and zombies who want to      eat    us.”

 Isabelle smirks. “That what makes it fun.”

 Then she turns on her heels and struts through the dense forest as if a zombie couldn’t just jump out of nowhere and bite her head off.

 Alec wonders why he even tries.

 It isn’t long before they arrive at what looks to be a small town.

 There were old papers and pieces of trash littering the floor, road signs bent and rusted with old age, streetlights fuzed and broken, and the buildings were run down and obviously abandoned.

 It looked like a ghost town.

 Alec knew this was something to be expected, every civilian was evacuated into the safe zones 20 years ago, but he envisioned military personnel patrolling the areas and maybe more zombie guts on the floor.

 Being a place so…      bare    made Alec’s skin crawl. He hoped Izzy and Jace would have their fill of ‘exploring’ soon so they could leave.

 He had a bad feeling about this.

 “Wow,” Jace said, “it’s a total wasteland.”

 Alec looked around in distaste. “Well this was a waste of time. Let’s go.”

 Izzy wasn’t having it. “Are you kidding? We just got here. Come on, I want to go into that abandoned hospital.”

 “Why would you want to go into an      abandoned hospital    .”

 “Um because if the government is experimenting on people to create zombie hybrids or whatever then an abandoned hospital is our best bet?”

 Alec rolls his eyes. “If the government was experimenting on people wouldn't they be doing it in one of their top secret laboratories underground instead of an abandoned hospital literally in the middle of nowhere?”

 Isabelle shrugs. “Still our best bet.”

 Alec shares a look with Jace but after a moment the blond simply shrugs before following Izzy into the deserted hospital.

 After adjusting his bow and arrows he begrudgingly follows after his younger siblings.

 The hospital is exactly as Alec thought it’d be: filthy, rundown, and completely vacant.

 “I told you there was nothing here. Now let’s go before we get caught by the patrols.”

 “Wait,” Jace murmured, “do you guys see that?”

 Alec glances to where Jace is staring at and freezes.

 One the other side of the hallway the decaying corpse of a zombie lays up against the wall with dead unblinking eyes that appear to be looking right at them.

 Isabelle takes a step toward the dead creature but Alec grabs her wrist before she can go any further. “Izzy wait.”

 She turns to him with a kind smile gracing her features. “It’s okay Alec, I’m just going to take a look. It’s already dead and I’ve never seen a zombie up close and personal before. I’ll be careful, I promise.”

 Going against his better judgement Alec lets go of Isabelle’s wrist and anxiously watches her get closer to the unmoving body.

 She’s about a foot away from it when the thing suddenly comes back to life and latches onto her foot, making her fall to the floor in the process. “      Fuck    !”

 Alec quickly grabs hold of his bow and shoots the arrow straight into the zombie’s forehead.

 “Run!” Alec shouted.

 All three of them sprinted out the hospital heading back into the forest.

 There were loud grunts coming from behind them and Alec didn’t have to look back to know the zombie was right on their tail.

 He almost trips on a branch. “Shit.” he curses under his breath. He thought zombies were supposed to be slow but judging by how loud the grunts are getting the thing is practically right behind them.

 Alec fucking      knew     this was suicide!

 He’s panting, they all are, he’s not sure how long they’ve been running but it’s definitely been long enough that Idris should be just within their line of sight.

 But it isn’t. There’s nothing but trees, so many fucking trees. Where the hell are they? Fuck he can’t recognize anything. It all looks the same!

 Gun shots resound in the darkness of the night and Alec nearly gives himself a concussion as he trips over nothing and falls to the floor. Jace grabs him to haul him up to his feet again but before he can a loud voice yells out “Nobody move!”

 Great. The military fucking found them. This is perfect.

 A man wearing all black emerges from the shadows with a gun pointed at them, his pale face illuminated by the light of the moon as his dark eyes glare at them with so much force Alec is surprised he hasn’t shot at them yet.

 “What are you doing here?” he says, “Where are your tags? How the hell did you amateurs survive this damn long?”

 “Raphael! Leave them alone and help me kill this thing once and for all before the shock from the gunshot wears off.”

 The man -Raphael- reluctantly turned to help dispose of the body while muttering to himself in a language Alec couldn’t understand.

 He looked back at where the zombie now laid on the floor, devoid of all signs of life, and saw another man standing right in front of it -surely the same one that got Raphael to back down- and felt his breath get caught in his throat.

 This has got to be the most beautiful man Alec has ever seen.

 His skin looked like it had been kissed by the sun, his hair was styled in a mohawk type look with electric blue streaks coloring a bit of the front, his clothes were completely black but hugged his body like they were specifically tailored for him, and his eyes, fuck, his      eyes    , they were a gorgeous shade of green with yellow specks sprinkled in that gave him a cat like aura that was emphasized by the black eyeliner he was wearing.

 Before Alec could gain proper control of his breathing again the man look out what appeared to be a type of thin metal wire and wrapped it around the zombie’s neck before yanking it upward with a single sharp tug.

 The wire sliced through the flesh seamlessly, decapitating the creature in an instant.

 Alec was pretty sure he’d never been more sure of his sexuality in his life.

 He’s known he was gay for a while now but this was the absolute guarantee, he was definitely gay. Very gay. For this man. This beautiful, beautiful man. This beautiful man that is now making his way toward them and Alec is still laying on the forest floor trying to remember how to breathe normally.

 Shit.

 He quickly scrambles to his feet and dusts himself off. Isabelle bumps his shoulder while mouthing ‘smooth.’

 Alec rolls his eyes and prays to every living deity in existence that he’s not blushing.

 Then the man is standing right in front of them and, yep, he’s even more gorgeous up close. How is this even fair?

 “Sorry about Raph, he tends to overreact a bit. I’m Magnus by the way, and you are?”

 “Alec.” he replies, sounding way too breathless for his liking.

 Magnus gives him an appreciative once over before looking back into Alec’s eyes, his ethereal green-gold orbs sparked with interest.

 He can see Izzy smirk from the side of his eye, he’s so screwed. “I’m Isabelle, but you can call me Izzy.” she announced while offering her hand to Magnus.

 Magnus didn’t miss a beat and graciously took the offered hand into his own and kissed the back of it gently. “A pleasure to meet you Isabelle.”

 “And I’m Jace.”

 Magnus goes to speak again but before he can manage to make a sound Raphael speaks up again.

 “Now that we have the pleasantries out of the way, mind telling us how you idiots are still alive? You don’t even have your tags on you.”

 “Uh,” Alec says while sharing a look with his siblings, “tags?”

 Raphael raises an eyebrow at them. “You’re telling me none of you have tags?”

 Jace scrunches up his face in confusion. “Why would we have tags? We’re not military personnel.”

 “No shit.” Raphael deadpans.

 “Look,” Jace says with a glare, “we’ve been in the confines of Idris since we were pretty much born so give us some slack for not understanding your military terminology or whatever.”

 Both men freeze.

 Magnus looks at all of them before speaking. “Did you say Idris? As in Idris the New York Zombie Apocalypse Safe Zone?”

 After a brief moment of silence Isabelle answers. “Um, yeah?”

 “Well fuck.” Raphael says before turning his gaze over to Magnus.

 Magnus sighs and turns on his heels marching deeper into the dense forest. “Come along, we’re taking you three back to Idris before someone realizes you’re missing. We’ll have to make a quick stop at the campsite though, Clary and Simon will worry themselves into oblivion if we take too long.”

 As the group makes their way through the woods Isabelle walks beside him with an annoying smirk on her face. “So, Magnus, huh?”

 “Shut up.”

 “Oh I’m just teasing.” she says with a playful eyeroll. “Seriously though, he’s cute, you should go for it.”

 Alec doesn’t have anything to say to that so he keeps walking and tries to ignore his sister to the best of his abilities.

 It’s not as easy as just ‘going for it’ as Isabelle so casually puts it; there’s a reason he kept his sexual orientation a secret from everyone besides his siblings.

 Not only that but Magnus is so… he’s so…      god     Alec can’t describe it! He’d just met the guy and he was so fucking gone on him already.

 Alec would feel embarrassed if Magnus wasn’t so breathtaking. There was no way any one could see a man like that and not fall head over heels at a moment’s notice.

 When Magnus and Raphael stopped at a random patch of dense forest the Lightwood siblings looked around in confusion. Why would they stop here? Did they hear something Alec and his siblings missed? Was there another zombie around?

 All the questions flashing through Alec’s head came to a halt as two shadows jumped off the nearby trees, startling the three Lightwoods into a defensive stance.

 “Where have you two been?” a high pitched voice asked, well, more like demanded, “Me and Simon were beginning to worry.”

 The figure quickly stalked over to where Magnus and Raphael stood and Alec finally able to see who was speaking.

 It was a young girl, probably a few years younger than Isabelle, with fiery red hair tied into a loose low pony tail and pale skin. She must be Clary.

 Magnus was quick to comfort her. “We’re fine biscuit, no need to concern yourself about us, we can handle ourselves.”

 The girl huffed but didn’t argue. She spotted the trio in that moment, her stance shifting into a more guarded one.

 “Who are they?” she said, her tone sharp and defensive.

 Magnus puts a calming hand on her shoulder as he answers. “Clary, this is Alec, Isabelle, and Jace. We found them being chased by a class E on our way back from our mission.” he paused for a moment. “We were going to take them back to Idris but we figured you two would work yourselves into hysteria if we didn’t return soon.”

 She gasped, eyes wide as she heard Magnus’ words.

 “They’re from Idris?!” this time it was a different voice that spoke out, the second figure that Alec didn’t really notice until now. He was pale and around the same age as Clary. His eyes looked like they were going to pop out of their sockets.

 Alec deduced him to be Simon.

 “That’s fucking awesome! How did you guys even get here? Was the safe zone breached? Did the sanctuary get overpopulated and so they kicked out the ones most likely to survive into the open? Did Idris become, like, a dictatorship or something and you guys escaped for hopes of a better life even though there’s a full blown zombie infestation all around the globe and it's practically hopeless but you guys decided that anything was better than the constant oppression you were under!?”

 Alec blinked. What just…      what    ?

 Izzy was the one that broke the stunned silence, her laughter loud and light as it resonated through the trees.

 “Oh I      wish     it was that exciting.” she said once her laughter calmed into small chuckles. “I never would have thought military personnel had such wild imaginations. Don’t you guys, like, get reports and stuff? You’re acting as if Idris is this strange unknown world.”

 “Because we’re not part of the military.” Raphael said offhandedly.

 Jace’s head snapped to look at Raphael from where he was previously staring at the redhead. Alec has to physically restrain himself from eye rolling. Jace has always been a womanizer. “What do you mean you’re not part of the military?”

 Raphael gives him an unimpressed look. “I mean we’re not part of the military.”

 Isabelle spoke up again. “If you’re not part of the military, then, what are you?”

 “Well if you want to get technical,” Magnus said, “we’re bounty hunters but we’re really just survivalists.”

 “Wait,” Isabelle says, still processing, “you guys are bounty hunters?”

 Simon is grinning from ear to ear as he says, “Yeah! We kill zombies, it’s awesome!”

 Alec doesn’t buy it. Magnus and Raphael definitely, Clary... maybe, he hasn’t really seen what she can yet, but this kid? No way he’s a zombie hunter.

 “You sure you’re not their honorary mascot or something?” Alec said, giving Simon a bored look.

 Simon gawked at him. “What? Why would you- I’m a badass zombie hunter! Why would we even need a mascot? And if we did have a mascot, wouldn’t it be like, I don’t know, a cartoon gun or something? A knife? Some type of weapon? I’d be a horrible mascot!”

 Alec doesn’t look impressed in the slightest. “Let me guess. You talk the zombies to death.”

 Magnus snorts at that and Alec feels his heart skip a beat. Fuck he was so gone.

 “Actually Simon is our weapons master.” Magnus informs. “He modifies our weapons for maximum precision and efficiency. He doesn’t do much field work but we wouldn’t be able to get such a large body count as quickly as we do without his help.”

 Simon is visibly preening at Magnus’ praise. “See? I’m a badass!”

 Isabelle chuckled next to Alec. “In that case you’re certainly the cutest badass I’ve ever seen.”

 Suddenly Raphael was standing very close to Simon. “Well, he does have a nice ass, wouldn’t necessarily call it cute though.”

 Simon’s face turned bright red. “W-what?! Raph! What the hell?”

 “What? I can’t say my boyfriend has a nice ass?”

 “Not in front of so many people you asshat!”

 Alec watched the exchange completely perplexed. Huh. He didn’t see that coming.

 “So, what, you guys, like, kill zombies for money?” Jace said, “I thought that was the military’s job?”

 Magnus scoffs. “Please, those troops haven’t so much as      seen     a living zombie, let alone know how to kill it properly.  The only reason those assholes are still alive is because of people like us, regular civilians that weren’t important enough to be kept in the safe zones and are stuck in this hell hole trying to eradicate these monsters so we can live to see another day.”

 Isabelle looks over at Alec in concern before turning her attention back to Magnus, her eyes filled with worry. “That can’t be right, the safe zones are meant to keep      everyone     safe.”

 “Everyone with a shit ton of money.” Raphael quipped. “Everyone else was left to fend for themselves. It’s why we wear tags, it’s our only form of identification. You basically don’t exist without one.”

 Jace shock his head. “That makes no sense. There’s a bunch of safe zones. Idris is huge and pretty packed, there’s at least a couple dozen more just like it, there’s no way they’re all filled with rich people. The rich only make up 10% of the population.”

 “Yeah no that’s not how it works either.” Simon said. “I mean, yeah, there are a bunch of safe zones but only one or two in a each state. There’s only one in New York, Idris, which we should probably get you back to considering it’s only a matter of time before they realize you’re missing.”

 Alec can’t believe what he’s hearing. All this time they were taught not to worry about the zombie epidemic because ‘everyone was evacuated’ and ‘the military have it under control’ only to learn that everything he’s known has been a lie?

 And to think there are people fighting for their lives while he sleeps soundly in a king size bed. People like Magnus.

 “We can’t just go back to Idris and pretend this isn’t happening. We need to do something, this is a crime against humanity.”

 Isabelle nodded. “Alec’s right, this is, this is completely unacceptable.”

 “And what exactly are you three going to do about it?” Raphael inquires. “It’s not like anything will change.”

 Alec sighs. “Maybe not but we have to try. Besides, doing nothing doesn’t change anything either.”

 Magnus looks at him then, his face looking softer around the edges than before and Alec can’t think of any other way to describe the look in Magnus’ eyes besides fond. Alec is pretty sure his heart is going to pop out of his chest at any moment.

 Soon they’re making their way back to Idris, Magnus leading the way as Clary, Raphael, and Simon stayed behind to protect the camp site and get some rest.

 The trip was spent mostly in silence and Alec couldn’t help but let his eyes sneaked glimpses of Magnus.

 Izzy was sending him knowing looks and he could just imagine how ridiculous he looks.

 It seemed like not even a minute had passed by before they reached Idris even though Alec new they’ve been walking for about an hour.

 Isabelle and Jace quickly say their farewells before sneaking back into Idris.

 Alec hesitates. It feels wrong to just leave knowing that Magnus and so many others have to stay out here, in constant danger of an attack.

 Magnus must have seen the guilt on his face.

 “No need to worry about me darling, I can take care of myself.” he says with a wink.

 Alec huffed in amusement at that, he was      very    aware of just how well Magnus could take care of himself, but still, there was a nagging feeling in the back of his head keeping him from leaving.

 He must have remained silent for too long because now Magnus is looking at him with concern and those eyes of his are probably going to be the death of him because      who even has eyes that gorgeous?  

 “Alexander?”

 He takes it back, his voice is going to be thee death of him. Alec has always hated when people called him by his full name but when Magnus says it makes his heart do freaking back flips.

 “Just… be careful.”

 Now Magnus is giving him that small private smile that just radiates warms and Alec needs to catch his breath for a minute.

 “I always am.”

 Neither of them move. They both stand there in silence not knowing what to do, well, at least Alec doesn’t know what to do. Magnus is probably waiting for him to leave, which he should be doing before someone notices he’s missing.

 He looks back at Magnus, ready to say goodbye and follow after his siblings, but the intensity of his eyes stop him before he can even make a sound.

 Alec gets lost in them, the golden green color looks almost like it’s glowing in the midst of the night. He’s not sure how long they’re staring at each other but all Alec knows is that one minute he’s entranced with those luminous eyes and the next he’s moving forward and      kissing Magnus    .

 It doesn’t last long, probably no longer than three seconds. A simple press of lips. But Magnus’ face is the picture of surprise and Alec feels like his face is going to burn off of his skin with how hot his face is.

 “I- Magnus I’m so sorry. I have no idea what came over me I just-”

 But then Magnus’ lips were on his again, this time firmer than the last but still gentle.

 When they pull back Alec is dazed and he judging by the expression on Magnus’ face he’s not doing much better.

 They both stood there, chuckling softly as they continued to exchange feather-light kisses and Alec has no idea where this was going to lead but he realized, he doesn’t care.

 At least not as long as he had Magnus.

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Chapter #27

*Theme: All Time Low: Old Scars/Future Hearts*

The turtles were in shock as they tried not to stare at Sam who had suddenly appeared in front of them, but they wanted to know where the heck she had come from, and where had she been? Wasn’t she supposed to be distracting Shredder? So how did she end up here? Their thoughts were disrupted as they heard the surrounding soldiers start insulting the girl in front of them. “Awww look who decided to show up?” “Figures, she’s on their side!” “I knew it! TRAITOR!” “Sensei is going to love it when we tell him that we killed the weasel of the clan!” random voices from the crowd of soldiers continued to shout out. The turtles couldn’t stand what they were hearing and were about to charge forward and begin their attack until they noticed that Donnie was focused on something in front of him. While the other three brothers were giving slight glances to each other to signal that they were ready to attack, Donnie was the only one who ignored their signal as he was slowly reaching towards one of his pockets ever so slightly as to not make it known to the crowd in front of him that he was moving at all.

What the other brothers couldn’t see was that as Sam kneeled on one knee and held her arm as if it was in pain, this was all a farce. In reality, as the crowd in front of her wasted their time calling her names and insulting her, Sam was using her hidden hand that seemed to be in pain to sign letters to Donnie. Using sign language Sam spelt out the words ‘SPREAD OUT IN’ as she then held up five fingers, then four, then three, then two, and as she put down her last finger she heard Donnie yell “DISPERSE!” as he threw down one of his homemade smoke bombs.

Sam quickly stood up as she heard the four behind her leap up and over to other portions of the room. She adjusted her glove and was about to throw her right arm up in front of her so that she could use her wind power from the mutagen and the device to blow away any nearby soldiers, but instead she just stood there as her jaw dropped in pained amazement. In front of her was Michelangelo. His back was to the crowd of soldiers and apparently Dragons who were now shooting at the two. Sam hadn’t even noticed that there were Dragons mixed in with the crowd, but it had to have been them and not Foot soldiers holding the guns because they were too stupid to aim for Mikey’s legs and only aimed for his back and head which of course were blocked by his shell, freaking idiots, but hey it was playing out for them right now so Sam wasn’t complaining. In fact, it was perfect that it was only the dumb Dragons who were attacking right now since Sam was so lost in her emotional thoughts that she couldn’t move. Mikey was standing so that his back was to the crowd so he could deflect all bullets shot at both him and Sam. He had his hands near the side of his head as his arms and elbows stretched outwards. Usually one would stand this way if they were blocking punches that were aimed at their head, but Mikey was doing this so that he could cover and defend as much of Sam’s body as he possibly could.

Sam was shocked. How could he defend her like this? He was putting his body and his life at risk so that he could protect her, but what had she done to deserve this? She had kept secrets from him and his family which then lead to her almost possibly killing Raph, and then she treated them all like shit when she had a chance to confess the truth to them. She had done nothing but pushed them away for their own good, so why was he still here protecting her like they were best friends? She had done nothing within that past month that showed him any respect, and hell he was the final one that told her to leave the night of the incident! So why was he here now? Why was he acting like nothing had ever happened?

Sam then looked back up and realized that Mikey had never winced or anything from the bullets being shot at them, but rather he was staring down at her. Even now as he was literally being attacked he was still putting her first. He didn’t care what was happening to him, just as long as Sam was safe from any and all harm. Sam finally snapped and realized that this was wrong. Her friend needed help and now wasn’t the time to get emotional and think over things. Now it was Mikey whose eyes went wide as he saw Sam’s eyes turn blue as she spun around and kicked him in the chest. Mikey went flying backwards. At first he was confused as to why the girl would treat him in such a way, but that was before he heard the groaning of the eight soldiers he had just knocked unconscious as his body slammed against them in the crash. He smiled as he realized where his friends mind was at, but then he switched back to a serious expression as he saw Sam running down the now opened path that Mikey had just created. “Up-up!” she yelled at him as she came charging towards him. Mikey leaned down and cupped his hands together as Sam jumped up and planted her right foot in his hands as he launched her upwards and behind him. As Mikey pulled out his nunchuks and started fighting the soldiers that were beginning to crowd him he couldn’t help but laugh as he saw Sam land on a soldier’s shoulders and basically tackle him to the ground and then use his knocked out body as a shield from the surrounding soldiers. Sam was still the same unique and sporadic fighter that she was before everything changed, and that made him happier than anything.

While Mikey continued to fight the small group of soldiers that were with him, Sam looked around to see which brother needed help the most at the moment. Somehow a majority of the soldiers had followed Donnie towards the far corner of the room. Sam ran and zipped through the soldiers, blocking attacks along the way as she made her way over towards where Donnie was defending himself as best as he could against the large crowd, but slowly the incoming soldiers gained the upper hand as they were able to watch for the best moment to swoop in and attack while their rival was distracted. One soldier was about to make their move and Donnie could sense their presence, but because of how many other soldiers were attacking in front of him, he couldn’t turn around to defend himself. He braced himself for the attack from the sword that would soon be slicing into the back of his neck, but the cut never came. As Donnie quickly glanced over his shoulder he saw Sam land a kick to the soldier’s wrist, and then a punch to the man’s face after he grabbed his wrist in pain. Now that Donnie had someone watching his back, he was able to fight off the soldiers in front of him much more aggressively. Sam stayed in this spot and helped guard her friend until the crowd around him dwindled some. She then looked over and saw some soldiers who were scaling the walls over top of where Leo was standing and fighting down below.

Sam foresaw their plan, but she didn’t want to leave Donnie hanging. “Hey, you good here?” Sam asked as a man ran towards her and she twisted her body so that using his momentum she could flip him over her shoulder and onto his back. “I’m fine, go help the others” Donnie replied as he dodged a katana brought down near his shoulder as he then used his bo to slap the man’s arm near his elbow and then twisted it so that it nailed his opponent in the face.   Sam nodded as she ran over towards where Leo was standing. As she ran she launched some shuriken stars up towards the men who were climbing the wall. She had a strong feeling that their plan was to drop themselves onto Leo and basically pile on top of him to a point where it would be difficult for him to get back up and the soldiers would continue to harm him then as well. Each of Sam’s throws made a direct hit. Each man’s hand was cut which lead to some of them falling instantly, but three remained as they glared down at her. They sensed that it was now or never as they released their hands covered in climbing claws from the wall and aimed their landing towards where Leo was standing. Sam quickly adjusted her sleeve and threw her right hand up as her eyes shone a dark color as the black covered the back of her brown eyes.   “Leo duck!” Sam shouted. Leo did as he was told as a huge gust of air rushed over top of him, taking the falling soldiers and even some that were standing nearby with it as they all went flying across the room. The fight quickly picked back up as Leo stood up and used his katanas to block a sword that was swung at him. Sam looked across the room and saw that now it was Raph who had the largest group of soldiers fighting him. She made her way over towards the other side of the room. Somehow these soldiers had gotten their hands on some guns, which was very unusual for soldiers to use guns, but who knew. Tonight hadn’t gone the way the Foot would have liked, so maybe they were being extra cautious and were fighting in ways that they weren’t used to. Sam threw a few more shuriken stars so that they would slice the tips of the guns making them unable to shoot, and once again each star made a direct hit. Within a split second of the soldiers looking at their weapons to see what had happened, Raph had come barreling through the crowd. Sam ran over and aided him in the fight against the now somewhat smaller crowd. “Behind you!” Sam shouted as two new soldiers ran towards the large turtle. Raph landed a kick to the soldier in front of him as he then turned around and twisted his sais so that they hooked around the men’s wrists as he then flipped them behind him. Their bodies slammed against the wall, and as Raph turned to face them to make sure they stuck the landing he had intended, this was when he saw some small green lights from the balcony up ahead. “Uhhhh, guys?! We have more company!” Raph shouted. “ALLIES!” Sam shouted. She quickly looked around where all the green dots were and noticed that in the far front left corner there were no lights, but green surrounded the top everywhere else up on the balcony. She noticed Donnie already heading that way since he had probably already guessed that that was the safe spot. She saw Leo and Mikey doing the same as she nodded toward them to signal that that was the right move. “Raph we need to move to the opposite side of the room, now!” Raph was a bit stunned after hearing the girl say his name for the first time in weeks. For a brief moment it felt the same as before everything had happened which felt nice, but now wasn’t the time to get emotional.

The two made their way through the crowd, but the soldiers soon started swarming them. “Raph, can you get us over their quickly, but in a way where I can still prep my sleeve?” Sam asked as she punched one man and shoved him into another. “Heh, say no more” Raph said as he swooped the girl over his left shoulder. As he used his right shoulder to barrel through the crowd, Sam was adjusting her sleeve as she was carried on his left. As soon as they reached the spot where the other brothers were standing, her sleeve was ready. She heard the clicking of the guns from up above getting ready to launch, and she was just about ready as well. “Uhhhh, Sam?” Leo asked nervously. “Stand back” she said as she aimed her hand at the ground. Her eyes lit up in blue and black as huge gusts of air came flying from her palm and went up into the air. Because of how she angled her hand, the air was going straight up, almost as if making a wall of wind that you could physically see. The boys could somewhat see what was happening on the other side. A dark colored gas was shot from the guns above and was now consuming the rest of the room. Thanks to Sam’s device, all five of them were now safe from this gas since they were on the other side of the wind wall as it created a barrier from the knock out gas that surrounded the rest of the lower half of the room.

Once Sam saw the green lights turn off then she knew it was safe to stop using her device. The gusts of wind came to an end as Sam removed her hand from its raised position right above the floor and once again her eyes returned to normal. Five of the rebel soldiers from the balcony above removed their masks as they leaped down onto the floor below. Sam recognized the five familiar faces as they removed their masks and she was going to walk over to them and ask for updates on how the plan was going, but she sensed that Mikey was walking behind her. She knew a time would come when she’d have to confront him again and that she wouldn’t be able to hide from him forever, but still, now was not the time for the difficult and emotional reunion. As she heard his footsteps come close enough for him to be standing behind her, Sam aimed her arm down as she used her device to push gusts of air from her palms as she rose into the air and up onto the balcony. She could tell that Mikey was upset as he called after her, but she couldn’t face him right now for multiple reasons, so she exited the room with the other rebel soldiers to get the updates that she needed.

Meanwhile down below, Mikey was still calling after Sam as the recognized faces of Key, Kris, Kyle, Ken, and now Kevin were running over towards the turtles. “Dude she’s gone already, just chill, okay?” Ken said. The way he spoke was sympathetic, but Mikey was so consumed by his emotions that he hadn’t perceived the man’s words that way and reacted harshly for this reason. “Sorry, I can’t just chill and let my best friend go get killed by the biggest criminal this city has ever known” Mikey said callously. Ken could sense the harsh tone and reacted the same way. “I thought you’d have more confidence in her that she could protect herself.” “I thought you were smart enough not to let someone who sometimes let their emotions take control fight the Shredder by them self.” “She volunteered herself and she’s the best one out of everyone here for the job and you know it.” “What I know is that I’m the only one who has been trying to stop her from fighting alone.” The two were now standing face to face, chest to chest. “We’re trying to get to a point where we can go fight with her. Do you honestly think we want her fighting alone?” “I’ve yet to see anyone stop her.” “That’s just because she keeps running away from YOU.” *shoulder shove* “Only because she’s in the situation that YOU allowed.” *shoulder shove* “Yeah, after you ABANDONED HER.” *shoulder shove* “Says the one that LIED TO HER *shoulder shove* when she was suffering all alone after losing her family.” “We did it to keep her safe!” *push* “Because letting her run off is really keeping her safe!” *push* “As least she wants to talk to me, she can’t stand to see you!” *balling up fist* “If you weren’t such a weak piece of shit then you’d fight Shredder so that she wouldn’t be in this situation!” *balling up fist* “Well if you weren’t such an asshole and supported her when she needed it then she never!-”

Just as Mikey and Ken were about to throw punches at each other, Leo, Raph, Key, Kyle, and Kris came over and broke up the fight. Raph pulled Mikey’s arms back as Leo pushed him away just as Kris and Kyle each grabbed one of Ken’s arms as Key pushed him away. “Mikey, what are you thinking?” Leo asked. “They’re not the enemy! What in your mind is telling you that it’s okay to fight with our allies?” “Yeah but what he said was!-” “Is what he said wrong? No, it’s not! Are we proud of how we all acted and how things went down? Of course not! But you know better than to let emotions get in the way, hell you literally just said that you were worried about Sam for doing that. THINK. BEFORE. YOU. SPEAK” Leo said, poking his brother in the forehead each time he spoke. Key then turned towards Ken. “Same goes for you dickhead” he said as he flicked Ken on his forehead. “I know, but-” “Nope, no excuses. Everyone in this room is to blame for what Sam’s going through. Those four have their part in all this, and the orange one is right about us. We’ve been hiding things from Sam for years so we have no right to say a damn thing, NONE of us do. We’ve all fucked up somewhere along the way, so get over it and let’s move on so that we can save Sam!” Mikey and Ken looked across the room at each other, their arms still being held back. “Sorry for the verbal attacks” Mikey said lightly. “Sorry for bringing up dark details. Just, you’re not the only one who’s concerned about her” Ken replied in the same manner. Mikey lightly yanked his arms free, though Raph didn’t hold back in any way as he trusted that his brother could now control himself. “Good to know,” he replied with a grin, “so let’s go help her and make up for when we fucked up” he said as he put his hand out in front of him. Ken also removed his arms from his friends grasp and walked over to shake Mikey’s hand. “Sounds good to me.” “Now that that’s over,” Kris said as he now took the floor, “thanks to you guys a lot of the non-fighters have already left the building. There’s still a few more groups who are making their way out though and there’s also still a lot of loyal soldiers and dragons within the building who need to be taken down and tied up so that we can move their bodies to the parking garage across the street for the cops. Oh, and we’re still trying to figure out Sachs’s whereabouts. He still has Professor Perry and the older Mutanimals following him around.” Just as Kris was finishing up his update, a voice start hollering through his walkie talkie. “BREACH! BREACH! Soldiers have gotten outside with mutagen weapons and have also destroyed another one of our pathways! Innocents are going to get hurt if we don’t help them now!” “It looks like we have more work to do before we can reach Sam” Kris said. “We can help” Leo added. Kris looked at the turtle in shock. “Are you guys sure? Like, you’d help us even though you’ve helped us in so many ways already?” “That’s sorta what we do” Mikey said teasingly which then received a nod of approval and a fist bump from Ken. Kris smiled as he then held his walkie talkie to his lips. “This is KW4. I have a group that will pursue the loyals where the breach is. Have any remaining soldiers go with the younger Mutanimals and stop the soldiers that are leaving the building and make sure you retrieve those mutagen weapons before they end up in the wrong hands.” “This is LB3, the breach is on the 12th floor. Also, multiple teams are pursuing the loyal escapees.” “Roger that” Kris replied as he then started leading the group out of the room and downstairs towards the lower floor.

After a few minutes of running down the main stairwell the group then reached the 12th floor. Multiple Foot soldiers were lining innocent people up along the wall. The hostages were forced to put their hands behind their head and kneel down and place their foreheads on the ground. Once the soldiers saw the group of nine enter the room they quickly forgot about the hostages and switched their focus towards attacking and defeating their rivals. “Split up and attack them in separate sections. They’re strongest when in groups so be aware of that. Kevin, try leading them down the hall towards another stairwell” Kris stated. The others nodded and the battle began. Donnie was the quickest and was the first to fight head on with a couple of soldiers that were standing closest to where the group was, and as he fought these two, the others ran past them and continued to fight the others. They tried to keep up with this pattern. Kyle and Ken were the next two to reach the soldiers, so as they fought a group of five soldiers the others maneuvered their way past this group and then went to fight the others behind them. Key and Leo took a small group and then past them Kevin and Mikey took a small group as Raph ran past them some and fought any incoming soldiers towards the end of the hall. As soldiers were knocked unconscious and their manned positions were left unguarded, Kevin would run back and lead them back down the way the group had entered the space and then lead them to another secret stairwell nearby. As one section was free, then our heroes would pursue more soldiers that entered the room further down until eventually the majority of them were now fighting as a large group down towards the end of the hall.

Within the commotion of the fight, nobody but Raph had seen a little girl randomly run away from the large crowds. She seemed to be about 5 years old, and what really hurt Raph was how scared she was as she ran away with tears streaming down her face. He honestly had no idea what he was supposed to do in this situation. Should he go after her, or would that scare her more? Should he wait for someone else to notice? His thoughts were cut short as he saw three more soldiers (when would they stop showing up?!) enter the room and walk over to the girl. One man grabbed her arm while one of his companions opened a door. It seemed like they were going to drag the girl into the room and leave her there so that regardless of what happened they would always have their hostage, and at that point Raph was ticked off beyond belief. The largest turtle charged towards the men. Two pulled out katanas while one pulled out a set on tonfa. Blades clashed together as Raph focused on fighting defensively so that he could also keep an eye on where the young child had went. To stunned to move, the girl was paralyzed as she sat up against the wall and held her legs to chest. Raph moved his body so that the soldiers couldn’t reach the girl without going through him. Raph waited for the right moment as he hooked his sai onto the one man’s katana and as he pulled back the sword went sliding down the hallway. He then brought his knee up and kicked the man as he was caught off guard, and then Raph shoved him into his companion. Raph then went head to head with the ninja wielding the tonfa staffs. The two fought to be on the offensive side of the battle, but in the end it was Raphael who won as he used his sais to push the tonfa staffs to the side as he then lunged his head forward and swiftly bashed the other man in the head with his own.  

Just as the last man fell to the floor, Raph sensed movement behind him. What he hadn’t realized was that the little girl behind him had cautiously chased after the katana that had slid down the hallway as she was now holding it above the head of one of the soldiers who had already fallen unconscious. Raph was about to call out to her not to do what he feared she would, but just as he opened his mouth, a young woman had run over and yelled to the girl to stop first. She rushed past the turtle as if he wasn’t even there and ripped the sword from the child’s hands as she tossed it to the side and hugged the child tightly. The girl was still crying, but the hug was definitely calming her down. Raph assumed this woman was the child’s mother, and he was shocked at the fact that these two had been living here together. He couldn’t imagine what horrors the two had experienced while living here, and he feared how they might traumatize this child’s future even if she did escape. Just then, a couple of Purple Dragons had run down the hallway and began shooting wildly throughout the hallway. Raph rushed over to the women and towered over them. He used his shell to block any bullets that came near them as they cowered in front of him, the mother holding her daughter tightly and trying her best to use her body to shield her child from any stray bullets as well. Eventually Leo and Key ran down and took out both those two Dragons and all other Purple Dragons members that were making their way down the hallway. Raph would have joined…but he just had to know how this poor child ended up in this position. “Why…why is your kid here?” Raph asked. He didn’t mean for his words to come out sounding as cold as they did, but he couldn’t hide how irked he was that this woman allowed this to happen. The woman glared up at the turtle in front of her. “Do you think I wanted this? I was pregnant when I was captured. I never even got the chance to tell her father that I was carrying since I was captured so soon! And because of how twisted this place is I couldn’t even save her by putting her up for adoption if I wanted to!” the woman said aggressively. Raph’s heart was crushed. He was a tough guy and wasn’t the best at showing emotion (and honestly he hated when he had to) but hearing this broke his heart. How could this world be so cruel to such innocent people? This child had probably experienced nothing but violence in this hostile environment and probably didn’t even understand why, she had no clue as to why she was born and raised in a place where no one has a say in how they’re treated or even why they’re treated so terribly. He looked down at the woman and gave her a sympathetic look as he spoke gently. “I didn’t mean to say it like that, and I’m not judging, just…I’m so, so sorry…” The woman calmed down herself and changed her tone as she also spoke kindly to him. “Thanks to you guys, she’ll never have to suffer like this ever again” she said as she began to smile. “Thank you.” The little girl then smiled up at Raph as well. “Thank you sir.” Raph couldn’t help but smile as he kneeled down in front of the child. “Hey now, I’m only 15. I’m too young for you to call me sir. Just Raph, kay?” The girl looked as if she was going to say something else, but Kevin had called over to the girl and her mom, and after sending Raph one more thankful smile, the two ran off to follow Kevin towards the secret stairwell they would use to escape. As Kevin ran off with the group of innocent escapees, Kris walked back over towards the turtles and informed them on what to do next. “Alright guys, I just got word that Sam is looking for Shredder right now so that she can follow through with her portion of the plan. There’s still a lot of non-fighters that need guidance, and there’s still a decent amount of Foot Soldiers who are trying to escape the building and wreak as much havoc as they can. You guys have fought Shredder before, so you four are way more capable in helping her fight him than we are.” “Do you know where she is now?” Leo asked. Kris nodded. “She’s a little further down on the 10th floor. It’s not as large as before, but there’s another open room that’s used as a training space. From what I was told she was trailing Shredder and they ended up near that room. I’ll show you-” “It’s this one, right?” Donnie asked as he pointed to a small square on the map. Kris couldn’t help but smile at how quick the brainy turtle was. “That’s the one. Most of our enemies should be further down away from your destination at this point, so taking the main stairwell should be your quickest route. We’ll try to catch up with you guys, but we’ve already sustained some injuries up until now, but we’ll do the best we can.” Leo shook his head. “You guys focus on getting everyone else out of here. You’ve all dealt with Shredder far enough. We’ll work with Sam to take him down, so you guys need to fight to get everyone to safety. Got it?” “Spoken like a true leader” Kris stated. “Alright, good luck and go kick ass” he said as he pat Leo on the shoulder as he ran past him, gathered up the rest of his group, and then left in the direction that Kevin had moments before. “Alright guys, let’s go save our sister” Leo said aloud to which all his brothers smiled and nodded. Donnie lead the way since he now knew this map like the back of his hand. He noted where all the short cuts throughout the building were, and because of this the four brothers arrived at their destination much quicker than they expected. They expected to at least hear either Sam or Shredder or someone somewhere nearby…but the training room was completely empty and silent upon their arrival. “I don’t like this” Raph softly growled, sensing that something was up. Each of them jumped a bit when out of nowhere they heard a rustling. Donnie listened closely as he realized that the sound was coming from him. He reached into one of his pockets and pulled out the walkie talkie that he was given earlier when they first came into contact with their teen allies. After fidgeting with the device a voice could finally be heard clearly through the connection. “Turtles? Turtles!” the voice shouted. “We’re here!” Mikey shouted before Donnie could speak after hitting the button to communicate. “Smooth” Raph said as he rolled his eyes and shoved his brother. “We’ve been played! We have some weasels amongst the rebels, everything you were told was a trap! Stay away from the 10th floor…” The turtles could hear the voice continue to go on, but at this point it just sounded like mumbles. Each of them began to feel dizzy, and before any of them could say anything, or explain to Mikey what was happening, each of them fainted and collapsed onto the floor. *20 minutes later* The brothers began to open their eyes, or at least the fought their hardest to do so. They all felt light headed as they woke back up and tried to remember what had last happened to them. Raph was the first to try and actually move, and by doing so, he was the first to realize that once again they were all handcuffed, but this time the electronic cuffs were attached to the wall, and instead of their hands being behind them they were now hanging up and off to the side. “Great, just great” Raph mumbled. “I see you’re finally awake. Funny, this is like Déjà vu, isn’t it?” The turtles groaned as they recognized whose voice they had just heard as they looked up and saw that in front of them was Eric Sachs. Just like the teen rebels had said, Sachs was surrounded by some of the older looking members of the Mutanimals while holding Jordan Perry hostage as he currently held a gun to the kneeling man’s head. There was a tall and buff Akita Inu male with orange and white fur, a darker green colored female turtle who had a lot of muscle, a tall male turtle who had even larger muscles and dark green skin, a lighter green female turtle with a slimmer figure, a female lioness with tan fur, and a large and tall alligator who also had a lot of muscle on him. It was the male turtle and the dog who were holding the turtle’s weapons as Sachs continued to talk.

“Ahhh it’s so nice to see you boys again. The thing is, I don’t really need you anymore. I would have loved to have had a visit from you guys back when I could still visit my own home, but now I have these guys” he said as he used his free hand to point at all the silent mutants standing around him. “Thanks to them and all the mutagen we now have access to, you four and your DNA are worthless, so by visiting my lab today, well you’re just getting in the way at this point. I’d take care of you myself, but I have better things to do, so I’m going to have these guys beat the shit out of you instead” he said with a devilish grin. “They have these lovely collars around their necks which means that they’ll do anything I ask them to. And if they don’t, then I’ll rob them of the man that gave let them life” he said as he pulled back the trigger to the gun.

The turtles stayed calm as they heard the clicking of the gun, but they knew they had to do something soon. In just a few movements it was going to be either them or the professor and they really didn’t like those odds. Donnie was trying to think of a way to break the locks, Raph and Mikey were fighting to break through the cuffs with brute force, and Leo was about to try and play mind games with Sachs as to buy time for his brothers, but each of them was interrupted as once again a miracle happened right before their eyes.

*Not much earlier*

After Sam had been updated by the rebels on the balcony and was told that overall the rebels were managing to pull through with the plan, she decided that she should go back to focusing on where Shredder was hiding and luring him towards the roof of the building. She was sticking to this plan for the most part as she walked cautiously down the hallways with her tonfa in hand, but she was also listening closely to her radio in case anyone desperately needed more help. She was about to go and provide help where the breach was located, but once she heard that her friends, both the humans and turtles, had set off in that direction then she knew that they would have plenty of help. As she was about to round the corner of the floor she was on she suddenly heard a soft mumbling sound come from her pocket. She pulled out her walkie talkie and realized that the battery was wearing out and making it more and more difficult to hear what was being said on the other end, so Sam tried turning the volume up a little louder so that she could quickly receive the update. “Sam?! Sam?! Uh, if you ever get this message, the turtles were lured into a trap! There were some weasels amongst us and we were lied to. We got info that Shredder was in the training room on the 10th floor but it was all a set up! The turtles will need assistance I’m sure!” said Kris through the walkie talkie.

It wasn’t until Sam had started lowering the volume to the small device that she heard footsteps coming up from behind her. As she tried to quickly look around the corner and get a sneak peek at who was heading her way, a large fist nailed her in the face as she went flying backwards into the wall. Now Sam was an extremely tough girl, but she was still human, so this hit really hurt her and caused some serious damage. She fought to stand up even though she felt like she couldn’t breathe and that her legs now felt like noodles. She looked up to see not only Hun, but also Karai walking over towards her. “You’ve gotta be kidding me��� she mumbled. “Awwww no sarcastic remarks? Wow, you must have really hit her hard” Karai said with way too much pep. “Now it’s my turn.” “Save some of the fun for me” Hun said, cracking his knuckles as he walked behind Karai who was now running towards Sam. Sam couldn’t really feel her legs enough to run, but she knew she needed to move or else Karai would soon be slicing into her with her swords, so she jumped onto a nearby trash can in the hallway and sloppily leaped over Karai. This would have worked in giving the two some space, except for the fact that Hun knew that Sam was hurting and used his size and strength to his advantage. He blocked off the left walkway of the hall and quickly punched Sam again when she stumbled from not being able to maintain a steady landing. As she tumbled backwards from the huge force that came with the follow through of the punch, Sam was then kicked by Karai who was now blocking off the right side of the hallway. It seemed like forever as this pattern of Hun and Karai hurting and then passing the girl back and forth dragged on. Sam hadn’t been hit in the face much, but she didn’t think she could physically take anymore blows to her mid-section before something within her would break or rupture. Knowing this, she played dead on the floor after Karai had hit for the last time. Sam curled up and coughed as she laid in a ball on the ground. A one-on-one battle between both her and Karai OR between her and Hun wouldn’t have been so bad, but taking on both of them at the same time by herself was a million times more difficult than she ever could have imagined. Her sleeve could have aided her in the fight, but it was still charging from the battle where she had protected the turtles from the knock out gas. Because of all this, Sam decided it was time for her final resort. She tried to conceal her movements as she secretly released four tiny liquid capsules from the wrist compartment of her sleeve. She brought her hand up to her mouth as she coughed and then quickly swallowed the four Ibuprofen pill sized capsules.  

“Any last words before we finish you off?” Karai asked mockingly. Sam could feel the mutagen kicking in. This mutagen not only provided it’s user with immense strength, but it was also a rapid healing agent, and Sam had studied and only used mutagen supplements that matched well with her DNA. These capsules would not only help enhance her powers, but it was also repairing her body as the mutagen combined with her cells. Because the dosage was small (compared to if she had taken way more capsules) the enhancement would only last for so long, but that was all Sam needed in order to save herself in this situation. Sam slowly pushed herself off the ground as she turned around to face her opponents. Both villains’ eyes went wide as they saw Sam’s eyes change color, her eyes returning to the black coating behind the blue that covered her pupils and iris. At the same time, all the veins in throughout Sam’s body also glowed in bright blue and white shades. Sam launched her body towards Karai with an incredible amount of force as the two slammed into the wall. Karai blocked her face as Sam started wildly throwing punches at her. Sam was swift, but so was Karai, and the two began quickly began swinging their weapons at each other. The two were moving quickly which made even the slightest attacks become so much more powerful, including when Sam dodged an attack from Karai and then hooked her tonfa around the woman’s wrists as she launched her at Hun. Sam then ran up to the man so quickly that he hadn’t even realized she moved until he felt the aching from Sam jabbing her tonfa in his face. She then swung her legs down and forced the man to trip backwards as he accidentally pulled Karai down with him. Sam the swung her foot and kicked Karai in the face as she came tumbling down, and Hun had banged his head on the ground as he fell backwards, and with that both of her opponents were now out cold.

Sam then gripped the sides of her head in agony as she fell to her knees. Something was wrong. The mutagen she had used was a strong match to her DNA specifically and it should have mixed well with the rest of her body, so why did she feel this pounding in her head? Maybe her body needed time to adjust to the stronger dosage since this was the most mutagen she had put into her body at one time. She took long deep breaths until finally she felt like she could breathe and move without any pain. Now that she was in control of her body again and could concentrate, Sam remembered that the turtles were tricked by Sachs and needed her help. She was currently on the 11th floor which meant she wasn’t too far away. She darted towards the main stairwell and within seconds ran past a window that overlooked the training room that the turtles were in. Sam took a few steps back and sprinted forward as she punched her way through the glass and leaped down to the floor where she was now standing with her back to the turtles.

*Everyone POV*

The turtles were in awe (and also felt déjà vu) as they saw Sam land in front of them and then get up and move so fast that Sachs never even got a chance to react to what was happening as he lost control of his gun after being picked up and thrown across the room. Now that Professor Perry didn’t have a gun behind his head for the first time that day, he quickly tried to slide away towards the far side of the room. Sam was now staring at the group of Mutanimals that were looking at her from a few steps away. The tall canine came charging at her as he beat his hands on the ground. Sam glared at him as she charged towards him. Suddenly, all the veins in her body could be seen as they lit up in bright blue and white colors. She then grabbed onto the mutants paw as she flipped him over her shoulder with so much force that he literally went crashing through the floor. “Holy shit” Raph whispered, having a hard time believing what he was seeing. “Sam…” Mikey choked out. He was scared and concerned about whether she was truly safe or not as the lioness then beat her hands on the ground and charged towards Sam only to accept the same defeat. The larger male turtle and the slimmer female turtle then came charging at Sam from the right. They were able to throw a few punches, but they both met the same defeat as Sam sent them flying into the next room as they crashed through the right wall. “What do we do?!” Raph called out. “They’re innocent!” “SAM! Sachs is down, they’re on our side!” Leo exclaimed. All four brothers kept yelling out to Sam as she now sent the larger female turtle through the left wall. “Why can’t she hear us?!” Mikey called out. “The blue and black in her eyes means she used more mutagen, but obviously something went wrong and she’s lost control!” Donnie shouted.

The brothers couldn’t do anything but watch as they saw Sam launch the final mutant, the large alligator, flying through the roof of that room and into the room above them. Once all the mutants had been sent out of the room…everything was quiet. Each of the turtles was terrified as they saw Sam calm her breathing and then turn around to face them. They had no idea what she was thinking, and her blank expression didn’t help put them at ease either. Sam continued to stare at the turtles as she calmed herself and collected her thoughts, and then, she did something that the turtles hadn’t seen in weeks.

She smiled at them.

Sam was now looking over at the turtles from where she was standing and was staring at each of them with a heartfelt and genuine smile on her face. It almost hurt the boys to see this for multiple reasons.

For one, the girl who was now smiling at them so kindly had just used her mutagen induced strength to send six large mutants flying out of the room, so how she had made this quick of an emotional and stable change, they had no idea. The second reason…each of them had come to miss that smile. They never realized how much they had come to take such simple things for granted. They had grown so used to seeing Sam laugh and smile whenever she hung out with them that they never realized how much something so simple would mean so much to them once they finally saw it again after not seeing it for so long. It may have taken certain brothers a longer time to realize that they truly did miss this, but they all felt the pain in the fact that this was the first time Sam had smiled at them after not doing so for such a long period of time.

Sam had only taken two steps towards where the brothers were standing when she sensed something coming towards her. She dodged to the side and then forward as she dodged multiple kunai knives that were thrown at her. She was now standing with her back to Donatello as she saw Tatsu jump down and land where she had just been previously standing.

“You’re stupider than I thought” Tatsu said as he glared at the girl. “It’s called fighting with honor” Sam said with a nasty smirk. “Killing you when you were unconscious would have been the cowardly thing to do.” “Heh, you can’t kill, you’re too weak” he replied in a cocky tone. “Well then, why don’t we make this a day of firsts? ” Sam asked as she tucked her tonfa away and switched them out for another weapon. Everyone was shocked as they saw her pull out the pair of sais that belonged to her younger brother. Tatsu shot her a strange look. “Since when do you fight with sais? You’ve never touched a pair since you got here.” “Like I said, day of firsts” Sam stated as she darted towards Tatsu who was wielding his own sword. Blades clashed as the two fought on the tips of their toes. There was no room for mistakes in this fight or else it would cost the other opponent their life.

The brothers sensed this as they continued to try and free themselves from their electronic handcuffs. They couldn’t stand to keep watching Sam participate in all these fights and them just stand there and have to watch her suffer. Donnie was growing more and more frustrated than any of them. There was a control box nearby and he could have easily hacked into the system and freed his brothers, but sadly he was caught as well and there was nothing he could do. The material the cuffs were made of was too tough for them to use force to break out of, but what else could they do?! “Excuse me, um, do you have a device that would, um let’s see, override that system there?” came a timid voice. The brothers were all so worried about Sam that they had completely forgotten about the professor who had been glued to his spot along the wall. When had he snuck over to where the turtles were, and how had he done so without any of them noticing? “There’s a thin device in my left pocket, basically a re-wired DS Light. It has a program that can use codes to override whatever system is used to control these handcuffs” Donnie explained to the man. “Ah yes okay. Um, sorry for this” the professor said as he carefully reached into the instructed pocket and pulled out the device.

As Donnie helped instruct the professor on how to work the device, the fight between Sam and Tatsu was still unfolding. For a second, Sam lost control because of the mutagen in her system and for a split second she blacked out as she charged toward Tatsu who made note of this delay. Taking advantage of the moment, he knocked Sam’s weapons out of her hand while also jabbing a kunai knife through Sam’s hand as payback for earlier. “SAM!” the brother’s called out. “Any last words?” Tatsu asked aloud as Sam was still stumbling a bit while grabbing her wrist from the pain. She then paused as all her veins shone bright blue. Sam then stared right at Tatsu and with a wickedly evil grin said “thanks for the knife.” Sam dashed towards Tatsu, but she was much quicker than before. It was as if any and all previous injuries from the fight couldn’t be felt, including where the knife was still in Sam’s hand, which she was using to fight Tatsu WHILE it was still in her hand. She went to perform a move that was similar to that of a headlock, but she focused more so on digging the knife into the man’s shoulder as she performed the move. Tatsu groaned out loud as she shoved his elbow in her side and tried to leap away, but Sam jabbed the knife into Tatsu’s back as he went to jump away which now brought him crashing to the floor. Sam took advantage of this as she jumped on top of the man and pinned him to the floor as she now kneeled over top of him. “*punch* so, *punch* still think *punch* I can’t kill?” Sam called out as she repeatedly punched Tatsu in the face. “Sam stop! Come on man you gotta move quicker!” Mikey called out as a young and shaky Professor Perry was finishing up in removing the handcuffs. Mikey could tell that Sam wasn’t herself because of the mutagen and that she was about to do something that she knew she’d regret for the rest of her life. “You’re…weak…you couldn’t do this on your own…” Tatsu said, barely. His face had become more purple and blue than tan from the force of the punches. Blood was gushing out his nose and his lips were swollen. “At least I was brave enough to sacrifice my body to protect those I care about! *punch* I’ve used my body as a mutagen experiment in the honor of protecting my family *punch*” “Sam STOP!” Leo called out. “DON’T DO IT!” Mikey and Raph called out together. “…so weak…you can’t kill…” Tatsu somehow managed to let slip out right before he passed out. Sam paused as she stared down at the man. Finally it was her time to bring some justice back to the world. This man was nothing but a serious criminal who fought only to please one sick man. Tatsu was just as sick as Shredder and would always bring nothing but harm to the world, so what would be the big deal in getting rid of him right here and now? Sam carefully removed the kunai knife from her hand and dropped it next to her as she quickly got out some bandage wraps from her bag and tied it around her hand (being able to do so since Tatsu couldn’t move from the pain he was in). Once her hand was okay, she picked the knife back up and drew it back almost as if she was about to throw a spear. “You want me to show my strength? Don’t worry, I won’t make the same mistake as earlier. I’ll use you…to avenge my family from what your clan has done.”

Sam went to smash the knife into the man’s throat, but she couldn’t since something was physically holding her back. Something was holding onto her so that she couldn’t move her arm, and once she realized what was holding her back, she realized that it was more than just a physical barrier that was keeping her from killing the man on the ground in front of her. What was stopping her signaled that after everything that had happened since her joining the Foot wouldn’t keep a strain on their friendship. What was stopping her was the realization that she was no longer alone and that she was being watched over and protected just like before the incident. What was stopping her was someone that was now holding her arm back to show that they cared for her enough to prevent her from making a huge mistake that she would never forget. What was stopping her was Raph.

Theme: Coldplay-Midnight Plumb-Don’t Deserve You Linkin Park-The Little Things Give You Away

The blue and black colors remained in Sam’s eyes, but the color in her veins disappeared as she turned her head around and looked up at Raphael who was looking down at her, his arm still hooked through hers, with a sympathetic look on his face. “Put it down Sam, you’re better than this” he said calmly. The knife slowly dropped out of Sam’s hand as Raph slowly helped her stand up, though he wasn’t expecting her to lunge forward and hug him in the process. Sam couldn’t help herself from wrapping her arms around his waist. She was so shocked and filled with joy with what had just happened. Raph, whom she didn’t believe she deserved any type of love and support from, had just stopped her from killing someone, not only for the honor of not killing someone who is no longer able to fight, but also in order to protect Sam from herself. He could have just ignored her like in the past, but on his own free will he chose to help her in a moment when she needed it most.

She then looked up to see Leo and Donnie walking up to her with the same worried expression that Raph had had, and without thinking she quickly walked over towards both of them and swung her arms around each of them individually in the same way she had with Raph. She had done this so quickly that none of the three boys had gotten a chance to actually hug her back, though this was also due to their shock in Sam reacting this way, especially since in the weeks leading up to tonight both parties took part in trying to push the other one away, that and Sam had been avoiding them all throughout this night as well.

After she hugged these two she then took a few steps forward as she saw Mikey walking over towards where the rest of the group was standing.

Sam was frozen solid as she stared down at the ground in front of her. She felt her hands starting to shake and she knew it had nothing to do with the mutagen within her system. She used her left hand to grab onto her right arm in order to try and hide the shakiness, but her body as a whole was very lightly shaking as well. She couldn’t control this because she was so terrified to face Mikey. She had wronged him and his family and had abused the endless amounts of trust and support he had given her both before and after the incident. It pained her even more to think of him sleeping in her bed as he waited for her to return, of the way he stared at her earlier as he trusted his life in her hands like there had never been any tension between them, how he jumped in front of her and risked his life as he blocked her from all the oncoming bullets from their last group fight. After everything she had done to Mikey and his family, after the way she spoke to all of them, after almost possibly killing Raph, he had STILL been so worried about her and her well-being. How was she supposed to react to that?! She couldn’t just go back to acting like things were normal, right? He deserved so much better than that, so much more in a friend and in a sister than that. And Sam, she didn’t deserve to have him in her life. She had caused too much harm and stress to the turtles and specifically to Mikey to expect him to ever look at her and treat her the same. Sam had taken a breath and had finally lifted her head up to tell Mikey that she was going to go into hiding and disappear with her brother and forget about everything that had happened within tonight and the past few months, but she was interrupted from a set of arms wrapping themselves around her and pulling her in tight.

No one could see it, but Sam’s eyes were huge and wide as Mikey had walked over while she was distracted in her own thoughts and had pulled her into a tight hug. He couldn’t wait any longer for her to come to him like she had to his brothers just seconds ago. Not only had he been chasing her all throughout his time in the headquarters building, but he had been waiting for her for weeks since he told her to leave the lair. Ever since that following day he had been waiting for her and waiting for his moment to go after and rescue his friend, so he wasn’t letting her run away from him again. Sam didn’t know how to react as she let her arms hang by her sides as she just stood still while being held by Michelangelo. How could he do this? How could he still care for her like this?! What had she done to deserve this?!

“You don’t have to do anything. It’s okay, we all understand now” Mikey said with a soft voice. As Sam continued to just stand there and soak in what was happening to her, the other turtles had walked over and began adding their part of the apology. Raph was first. “I shouldn’t have let my emotions get the best of me, and I regret everything I said about your family” he said softly, hating that he allowed himself to do something so cruel. Donnie was next. “We shouldn’t have questioned your motives, and we should have trusted you from the beginning” he said with the same soft voice. Then came Leo. “We should have gone after you way sooner, and we should have tried to put the pieces together without having to be told the truth from someone else.” “We shouldn’t have let you leave to begin with. We’re so sorry Sam, I’m sorry” Mikey said as he continued to hold his friend tightly.  

After hearing what the turtles said and how each of them had said it, Sam couldn’t keep herself from throwing her arms around Mikey and following through with her part of the hug as the blue and black colors from her eyes faded so that her eyes were back to normal. They didn’t hate her, they didn’t want to get rid of her, and they still cared about her. Obviously things wouldn’t go straight back to the way they were before everything bad had happened, but there was hope. There was a chance that they would still want to see her and hangout with her, there was a chance that she hadn’t lost the people that brought happiness and ‘normality’ back into her life and that were her reason and motivation to keep living life and experiencing everything it had to offer.

Mikey smiled as similar thoughts swirled through his head as he held his friend, but his smile soon faded as he felt something wet against his body. He loosened his arms some and saw light bits of red against him palms. He took a few steps back and held up his hands for the girl to see why he had backed away from her. “Sam…” “That’s nothing!” she said quickly as she rapidly shook her head in embarrassment. She was already slowly returning to her old self. “Sam…what’s wrong?” Mikey asked cautiously. “It’s nothing I swear” she replied, making it known that she was hiding something. “Please don’t lie anymore” Raph said softly. Sam turned towards him and could tell that he was saying this genuinely and that he didn’t want there to be any more bad blood between them. “Alright” she groaned, “but none of you can freak out! Okay?” she asked as she began taking a few steps off to the side so that all the brothers could all see what she was about to do. Sam dropped the back pack she had secured to her and then unzipped the thin long sleeved black jacket she had been wearing.  Her back was to the four turtles as she then removed her black short sleeved shirt and then peeled away the tight long sleeved black shirt that was under that so that now up top all she had on was a tight black sports bra that completely covered her chest so that nothing private was exposed.

Mikey could only stare for a split second after seeing the girls back. It was covered in cuts and bruises to the point that you could barely see any of the white from her skin. Each of the many cuts was now bleeding since her body had been hurt from her multiple fights from that night. The cuts seemed like they were actually healing from what had been even worse gashes that were left all along her back. They also saw what seemed to be some burn marks on different spots on her back as well. Mikey quickly turned away, knowing that if he continued to stare at his friend like this then he would lose any and all sense of control that he had within himself not to just start attacking people and acting wildly. Raph bit his lip and Donnie reacted the same way as they felt guilt wash over them. They felt that this was all their fault since they had waited so long to want to come and save Sam. Would she have had to experience any of these wounds if they had come after her sooner? Leo closed his eyes as his mind went to darker areas. These were just the wounds she was exposing on her back. How many more wounds did she have on the outside of her body? Did she have any serious internal injuries? And what about… “Sam” Leo choked out, trying not to let emotion get the best of him, but terrified of what the answer would be. “Did you…did they…*sigh*.” He was struggling to ask his question because of how hard it was for him just to consider if what he was afraid could have actually happened to the girl. Sam turned around to face him since she was confused in what he was asking, and she was shocked to see how each of the turtles looked right now. Mikey was still looking off in the distance, Raph and Donnie were looking down at the ground in guilt. Once the other three brothers sensed what Leo was asking, all four were staring wide eyed with fear towards Sam as they mentally prayed that she would say no. It took her a minute, but she finally realized that Leo was asking if she had been raped or molested in any way during her time with the Foot. “Oh, no! No! Don’t worry that never happened I swear! I mean sadly that happens a few times amongst the Dragons because of how their group is handled and watched over, but that behavior doesn’t go unnoticed within the Foot. Shredder is 50 shades of fucked up but to a certain degree he has honor, or at least enough not to let that happen. There was a guy who did that while I was here though and let’s just say…well he’s literally not alive anymore.” Loud sighs of relief came from the boys as their expressions softened some. “Where did all these other wounds come from?” Donnie asked with concern. Sam shook her head as she began putting her t-shirt and jacket back on along with her back pack (the tight long sleeved undershirt was so drenched that it wasn’t worth saving and was kicked to the side). “All that can wait for another time, right now we need to focus on the plan.” At this time, Professor Perry had walked over and joined up with the group. At this same time, something had caught Raph’s eye as he walked out of the room. “Hey, you alright doc?” Sam asked the professor to which he smiled at the nickname he was used to some of the teens calling him. “I’m alright. I’m glad to see that all of you are doing well” he said with a smile. “Thank you for your help” Donnie said to the man. “Well it was thanks to your tools that I was able to hack into their system, so thank you for allowing me to help you…” “Donatello” he replied with a smile. “Oh you’ll like him doc, he’s a Brainiac like you” Sam called over. “I can see that. It’s a pleasure to meet all four of you” he said with a bit of excitement in his voice. Just then a voice came through the walkie talkie in Sam’s pocket. She brought out the device as everyone heard a voice say “Sam, if you’re there, all nonfighters are out of the building. The only ones left are the Mutanimals with Perry, the turtles and you. Well, besides for any other soldiers your crew needs to wrangle up.” Sam clicked the button and said “we’re working on getting these last few out. We’ll send you updates soon.”

Just then, Raph and another voice could be heard shouting at each other from the room next door. “No” Sam whispered as she sprinted out of the training room and into a nearby doorway and saw Raph and the giant mutant alligator glaring each other down. They both looked like they were about to throw a punch at each other, at least, that was until Sam ran over and used what remained of her strength power to block both punches at the same time as she then pushed the two apart. “What the hell are you two doing?! You both were updated that the other was an ally!” she shouted. “He still has a collar on and started throwing punches at me when I walked over to see if he was okay!” Raph called out. Sam turned towards the alligator that towered over her. “Explain!” The gator hung his head in shame. “One of the mutagen capsules around my neck broke as I was helping round up the soldiers. It’s slowly wearing off now, but it made me go a bit berserk. I’m terribly sorry” he said as he now looked back up at Raphael. “You have to learn to control yourself Leatherhead, you’re better than the violent being Shred-head wants you to be” she said as she pulled his head down and rubbed the top of his long snout which definitely helped him in calming down. Mikey smiled and walked over as he joined in petting the gator, to which the gator looked up and smiled at the new turtle that stood in front of him. “And you” Sam said as she turned towards Raph (leaving Leatherhead and Mikey to get more acquainted which she would never admit that she thought it was extremely adorable). “What do you say?” Raph rolled his eyes. “I’m sorry for trying to fight you after you tried to hurt me.” “What soldiers are you talking about?” Leo asked as he and the others now entered the room. “Oh Sachs was never alone,” the professor cut in, “he had soldiers guarding this area the entire time.” “That’s why when we ran at Sam we each signaled as to which direction we wanted her to throw us in. It’s a tactic that we all secretly worked on since we’re the largest of the Mutanimals and could handle something like that, and she’s the only one we could practice with thanks to the mutagen mixed with her sleeve device” Leatherhead added. “How does that work? How can you just simply give yourself mutagen and it not mutate you or anything?” Donnie asked Sam. “Shredder has been receiving shipments of all different types of mutagen. Each one is so unique and different from the others. Some have chemicals that can mix with peoples DNA in general, and some only match select people. Each one is extremely complicated and has been studied very carefully, and I found some that match me pretty well, but even if it matches with you, each individual person can only handle so much at one time without any type of side effect kicking in. With some people certain mutagen side effects never kick in no matter how much they use, and with others a side effect could kick in within seconds. “And you’ve been storing those capsules in your sleeve right? And I assumed two of your strongest matches have been able to give you wind and strength powers?” the brainy turtle asked. Sam nodded. “I missed your nerdiness” she said, receiving a small smile from the turtle.

“Good job kid” came a voice from the doorway as Dogpound, carrying Sachs over his shoulder, and the other Mutanimals now entered the room. “You remembered our training even with the mutagen taking over, nice job” said the adult male turtle with a smile (which seemed out of character based on his looks). “Not gonna lie Slash, it took me a second to know whether or not you guys were on my side or not, but the cues helped me realize what was going on” Sam chuckled. “Here, these belong to you” the canine said as he and the larger turtle handed their new allies their weapons. Each of them thanked the larger mutants before Sam once again took the floor. “So update me on whatever news you have” Sam said as she clicked the button on her walkie talkie. Now it was the lioness who took the floor. “We rounded up all the soldiers and we’re ready to take them outside where they’ll wait for the cops to come find them. I’m not sure where Shredder is right now, but we can take the soldiers out while also leading the professor to safety.” “Alright Mutanimals thank you for your help. Once you get outside find the nearest man-hole cover and get below ground. There you’ll find the other mutants and some rebel soldiers who will lead you to safety below ground.” “Wait, Jay?” Sam asked into the device. “That’s right! I’m at the parking garage across the street.” “Why are you still anywhere near this place? And wait, how do the Mutanimals already have a safe route?” “That would be thanks to me” said a familiar voice. “April?!” the four teen turtles said aloud. “She’s been our eyes on the streets and also helped us map out some spare locations below the sewers where our mutants can hide in safety” Jay said. “Sorry guys, but once I learned the truth about Sam and then learned that Irma was in the same boat then I had to find a way to help out, hehe” April said through the link. “Please just be careful” Leo sighed, knowing there was nothing they could do at this point. “Oh! There he is!” Jay announced. “Shredder is on the roof of your building! If you move quickly then you might be able to catch up to him!” “Until next time guys” Sam said as she nodded towards the Mutanimals. “Be careful and take care of yourself” Leatherhead said to the girl as he put a hand on her shoulder, and then did the same to Michelangelo. It seemed that within minutes the two had already gotten along quite well and seemed to enjoy the others presence. “Kick ass kid!” the larger turtle said just before the group left the room with Leatherhead helping carry the professor to safety.

“Alright guys, ready to end this party for good?” Sam asked with a grin. “It’s about time!” Raph exclaimed. “Do we have a plan?” Donnie asked. “Knock Shredder off the side of the building, right?” Leo asked. “I think we can handle that.” “Ugh, guys. I have some bad news. Shredder has some type of device in his hand, and from what I remember seeing in the labs, it’s a control for some of the bombs we were working on. I think he may have activated it and NO HE’S ESCAPING! I don’t know where it connected but he used a grappling hook and is sliding down towards a different building. You guys probably have about 5 minutes so you need to move now!!!” Jay shouted through his walkie talkie. “Sam, lead the way!” Leo instructed. Sam nodded her head as she sprinted out of the room. She made sure her bag was still attached to her as she led the turtles through the quickest stair wells and hallways that would reach the 15th floor. Donnie had set a timer and announced to the group that they had two minutes remaining before something would possibly blow up or detonate based on what Jay hold told them. They looked across the street where they saw Jay and April waving their arms on top of the parking garage. Donnie handed each brother a small hand-held grappling gun from his back pockets and they each launched the hook as they hooked onto the railing on the roof of the garage. Raph had just jumped from the roof and swung down and across to the other side of the street when four soldiers appeared out of nowhere, each wearing armor similar to what Shredder had worn when battling the turtles months ago. “Oh come on” Leo mumbled. “Guys no time! We’re all going to die if we stay here, fight us later!” Sam shouted at the soldiers. “You idiot! The time to fight is now! Now is the time to show that we were the right choices for these prototype suits!” they took turns in shouting to Sam. “Okay great Shredder used you to practice setting up an armored army I know about that AWESOME. Now let’s go so we can live and fight later!” she called out to them. “You fool, the time to fight is now! We don’t care if we die here, as long as we please Sensei then our deaths will be worth the honor!” Just then Mikey dropped his gun as he threw shuriken stars and then ran forward, using his nunchuks to fight and push back one of the soldiers as he tumbled into the other three. “NO! You need to leave now!” Sam said as she pushed him backwards away from the fight. That fast the soldiers were rushing towards them as Sam activated something in her sleeve. “20 seconds!” Donnie shouted. “You guys go! If the building comes down then I have a way out. Go now!” Sam shouted as she started blocking and throwing punches at the soldiers. Mikey would have stayed if it weren’t for the look in the girl’s eyes that begged him to trust what she said as she fought the four men in front of her. He loathed that there was nothing he could do as Mikey walked towards his brothers. He grabbed onto Leo and the remaining three swung over and down towards the garage. That’s when Sam heard a boom as the entire building shook.

Sam struggled as the four men towered over top of her and continued to throw punches at her while she blocked her face with her arms. She was in a great deal of pain since she was trying to conceal her gloves powers and was basically being hit over and over by the men on top of her…until the roof began to crumble. Hey eyes turned blue and black as she used as much force as she could to kick one of the men off of her just as the ground beneath her fell. That was one soldier gone, but the other three were still there as all four of them were now falling. Sam grabbed a kunai knife from her pocket and dug it down one of the men’s armor which sent a shock throughout the suit and knocked him out. The other two men grabbed her arms, but Sam then sent a huge gust of air from her palms. This startled the men as they let her go, and before they could react, Sam kicked her legs up into a split in the air, kicking both men far away from her. Now that she was free from having to fight, she could focus on escaping.

Sam aimed her palms downwards as she rocketed herself back up into the sky. As she traveled upwards she twisted and turned to dodge the huge chunks of debris that came from the building. Because only the part of the roof she had been laying on fell before the rest of it, there was still a tall part of the building that was continuously crumbling away. Sam tried to travel straight up as best as she could with the power that she had left, but she also knew that if she used this power for too long then it would eventually give out and she would be falling down along with all the debris.

Since Sam was fighting to escape from the crumbling building she hadn’t realized that everyone else across the street had thought ahead and was trying to help her as much as they possibly could with her escape. Jay had known that the railway was completely connected underneath the concrete ledge at the top of the building and had informed the turtles that if they could find a way to pull the railway up as a whole then they could have it stretch out as far as possible so that Sam could use it as a last resort to balance on and walk across. He knew from watching Sam train that her powers only lasted for so long and that she might need help if they ran out to early. Of course, Donatello had some tools that allowed them to quickly break away the concrete (which was also due to the turtles being much stronger than the average human) and after they had dug and broke down so much altogether along different part of the rail, they pulled up so that it stayed together at the bottom but now could be pushed outward in a solid straight line. “There she is!” April called out. Everyone looked up as they saw Sam finally reach where the top of the debris was and fly outward. Just as Jay predicted, the blue and black disappeared from Sam’s eyes as she dropped down way before she would have been able to reach the garage, but thanks to the extended railway she wasn’t falling to her doom. She clung onto the rail for dear life, trying her best not to look down as she did so. “Ohhhhh here comes the fun part” Jay muttered. “What’s wrong?” Leo asked. “Sam’s terrified of heights. Well, falling from them for that matter.” “How? She’s run with us along higher up places that were even further apart!” Raph exclaimed. “Yeah, but I’m sure she was either A. with other people or B. there was something that helped her travel or there were other things to grab onto. Right now she’s stranded out there with nothing to hold onto except for the tiny rail beneath her feet” Jay said. “So what do we do?” Leo asked. He never knew that Sam had this fear and tried to think back to times where they faced situations similar to this and what was done that kept calm. “Don’t worry, I got this” Mikey said with confidence as he then climbed up on top of the rail where it was still connected to the roof of the garage. “What are you doing?!” Jay asked aloud. “Hey Sam!” Mikey called out as he began walking out along the beam, “I have Attack On Titan spoilers!” Sam quickly looked up at him as she clung to the beam. Her chest was literally on the beam as her legs and arms were wrapped around the bottom part. “If you reveal one detail then I’ll kick your ass!” she called over to him. “I know what’s happening to Tatsumi to!” “DO NOT reveal Akame! Ga Kill spoilers either! You know I haven’t been watching any of my favorite shows! Not that, not Kill la Kill, not One Punch Man or Naruto, NOTHING! So hush!” “I’ve also seen concept photos of BTS for their War of Hormone music video. You’ll never guess what color Rapmonster’s hair is” he said in animated and teasing voices. “Don’t tell me!” “It’s pink.” “You dick!” “If you don’t want me to reveal all the other hair changes then you have to walk this way.” Sam groaned. “I can’ttttttt.” “Why not?” “Because I’ll die!” “Pshhh, no you won’t!” “Yes I will!” “You’ll die if you look down.” She tilted her head to the side. “Thanks…” she said dryly. He smiled at her as he continued to slowly walk closer to where she was standing. “That means you just have to keep looking up at me. That or I’ll keep revealing details about things you’ve been missing out on” Mikey teased. “Want to know how Guardians of the Galaxy ends? Since the day Donnie streamed it, it cut out at the end.” Sam slowly started to try and stand up on the beam. “Happy? I’m standing up” she said as she held her hands out to sides to help her keep her balance. “Great! Now start walking” Mikey commanded. “Or else I’ll tell you what happens to Groot.” Sam’s eyes that were focused on the ground below were now focused on the turtle in front of her as her entire head shot up. “Not my boy!” “Oh something happens to him, and I know what it is” Mikey said as he took a step backwards along the beam. “No I need to see it!” Sam said as she carefully took a step. “He doesn’t die right?” “Well I know the answer to that, and if you join me over here then I can tell you!” Just then Sam slipped. She was able to fix her footing in time and prevent herself from falling, but now her eyes were glued to the ground as her mind focused on the fact that it was a looooong way down to the bottom if she were to fall. Sam started panicking again as her thoughts were consumed by the fact that there was nothing but this thin and tiny little beam that she was walking on and that if she slipped just a little too far to the side then it was goodbye Sam as she fell to her doom. “Sam, look at me” Mikey said. He called out loud enough to get Sam’s attention, but he still did so gently. Sam looked up her friend who shot her a sympathetic look. “You’re going to be fine. Just stay focused, okay? The beam is plenty wide enough for you to walk on it. My feet are bigger than yours and I’m walking just fine!” he said as he took another step backwards. Sam nodded her head. “So what else have you watched?” “Dawn For the Planet of the Apes.” “Ha! I’ve already seen that one!” “How about the latest episodes of the Walking Dead?” “I hate you!”

As the two continued to make their way across the beam, Jay just stood there in shock. “Wow…he’s actually distracting her…” he stated aloud. “They don’t call each other best friends just for the fun of it” April said with a smile. “Yeah, it’s just the first time that I’m actually seeing it up close” he said in amazement. “Welcome to our world man” Raph teased. “Guys, we have company” Donnie said as he turned his head to the left. The others did the same as they watched some soldiers climbing up the side of the building using climbing claws. They then saw a few of them pull something out of the pouches along their chest as Leo feared for the worst. “MIKEY WATCH OUT!” he called out, but by then it was too late.

As Sam continued to stare at Mikey as the two walked across the beam, she saw something pierce Mikey. A shuriken star was now sticking out from his left shoulder as another star just grazed past his right calf. Sadly he couldn’t help it that he winced from the pain as he then lost his balance and fell to his right and off the beam. “Hang on Mikey!” Leo called out as he then leaped over the edge and caught his brother in his arms (luckily Mikey had moved far enough back that he was within reach of his older brother). Donnie then jumped over the edge and grabbed onto his brothers feet as Raph then leaped over and held onto one of Donnie’s legs. Because of the angle that Mikey had fallen in, each of the brothers had jumped at a point where they were just a hair too far from being able to grab onto the rail. Raph just missed the bar as he feared that they were all now about to fall to the ground. He was expecting to see his life flash before his eyes as they all journeyed downward, but something unexpected happened. While the brothers were all leaping off the roof to grab onto Mikey, Sam had quickly activated some mutagen capsules within her sleeve and had injected them into her veins. She did this as she sprinted along the beam, the adrenaline from needing to save her friends overriding her senses and making her forget where she was as she ran, and then leaped down right along the side of the beam so that her right hand gripped onto the beam as her left hand reached Raph’s hand just in time. Once again, her eyes changed color, except this time both her eyes had gone completely blue since this time she activated only the mutagen that provided strength.

The veins in the girl’s arms were bulging as she held onto the beam and also onto Raph. The combined weight of the four turtles was, well, a lot! Sam was struggling to hold onto the bar and keep both the others and herself from falling to the ground that was very far down from where they were. “Sam! Can you swing us?” Raph asked aloud. Sam fought her hardest to start swinging her body from side to side. It took a few moments, but with the help of the brothers in trying their best to move their bodies along with the momentum, Sam called out in pain as she was finally able to swing the guys up high enough that each of them was able to angle their bodies to where they would land on the roof of the garage. “SAM!” Jay screamed as he saw his sister’s eyes begin to close. Sam was DEFINETLY pushing her powers to limits that she had never pushed them to before during trainings and it was all taking a huge toll on her body. In this case, going from the long time that she used the wind power and now pushing her strength to new limits had pushed a limit as she felt her eyes grow heavy as she passed out on the spot. Her eyes closed, her hand unintentionally loosened its grip from the beam, and Sam began to fall, but she didn’t get far. Even before Raph had landed on the roof he had twisted his body so that he was able to see Sam begin to fall and instantly he threw a kunai knife that dug into the fabric of the hood on her sweatshirt and pinned her to the wall.

Jay let out a huge sigh of relief as he saw his sister stay put in her spot along the wall. “I owe you, so freaking much. All of you. Holy shit my chest hurts” Jay said as he tried to calm himself down. “I wouldn’t thank anyone just yet” came a low and raspy voice from behind the group. Everyone deadpanned as they saw Shredder standing there with about 20 Foot soldiers behind him. “Who are they?” Jay asked in a low tone as he glared at the man who was now in front of him. “Humph, did you actually think I would keep all my soldiers in that one building? I kept 95% of them there, but I would never keep everyone within that building. If I had done that, then you would have gotten away with what you did to me tonight.” “So you had tricks up your sleeve all along” Jay hissed. “Of course. Creating a clan the way I was, I knew that eventually someone would try to pull a stunt like this, so I had some of my best soldiers hiding elsewhere. None of the rebels have ever met with the men standing behind me, so no matter what not all of you could turn against me because you didn’t even know who everyone was” Shredder said with confidence in his dark tone. “Now, to finish the job. Hajime!” Shredder announced as the soldiers behind him ran forward to attack the rebels. Raph helped guard April as everyone else dispersed and move to different spots of the roof to try and break up the group of soldiers that they had to fight. Normally a group of thirty soldiers wasn’t too much of a challenge, but this fight was different. The soldiers weren’t fighting with regular weapons, but rather with the mutagen weapons that were prepared for taking over the city that night. This made things ten times more difficult for the turtles since they weren’t exactly sure what the mutagen from each weapon did. They had no idea what damages each chemical would cause which made it difficult to attack offensively. Raph and Leo’s opponents had flails with mutagen that oozed out through tiny openings where the spikes were, so these two had to block more so than attack since a regular blow from the weapon would cause more damage than usual. Donnie was being chased by some ninjas who had mutagen filled arrows and Mikey was fighting off some ninjas who had more electric whips (apparently powered by mutagen as well) as he used his nunchuks to deflect each shot aimed at him. Jay was fighting with his metal tekko that wrapped around his fists and had three short blades on them. He was holding his own until suddenly Shredder had walked over towards where he was standing and had grabbed him by the neck while he was distracted. Shredder then threw Jay to the ground, and before Jay could react in any way, Shredder had picked up and threw him down again. This pattern continued on until April couldn’t stand to just hang back while Jay’s body was being smashed into the ground and while everyone else she cared about was fighting a no-win fight as well. “SHREDDER!” she shrieked, revealing where Raph had tried to hide her as the fights went on. Now that April was in the open, she was vulnerable and could easily be attacked at any moment. This got everybody on the rooftops attention as everyone paused their fight and looked back and forth between April and Shredder who was holding a bruised Jay Allan Park within his grip. Shredder’s armor was much simpler compared to what he had worn months ago, but because Jay had been caught off guard he wasn’t able to gain his chance in actually fighting Shredder which was why Shredder had his hand around the man’s neck at this very moment. “O’Neil…get over here” Shredder commanded. A soldier then walked her over to the leader as the turtles watched with wide eyes, terrified that he would do something rash at any moment. Shredder then threw Jay across the roof as his body slammed into the small wall where the door to the roof was. April stared up at the man in anger, pissed that he could treat someone so kind the way he had and for the most ridiculous reasons. “What do you want?” she snarled. He shot her an evil grin. “I want the turtles to get on their knees. NOW.” Each of the turtles did as they were instructed, knowing that failing to listen to demands could lead to the death of either April or Jay. “Heh, you all are so foolish. I’ll give you props for trying, but it doesn’t matter since this will be the end for all of you.” Soldiers quickly surrounded the turtles and Jay who were now all on the ground. Each one had a weapon aimed at their opponent, waiting for the moment that their leader instructed them to shoot or slice. Shredder then pulled out a kunai knife and held it up to April’s neck as he held her close to him. “If only you all used your head and willingly joined the Foot. Each of you has potential, but you’re all too stupid to realize what you could be and instead try to fight me. I’ve been kind to each of you for too long, so this…this is our official last goodb-” Shredder was cut off as he heard a noise come from behind him. As he turned around he saw a weak and tired Sam taking her time as she was crawling over the ledge and onto the roof. Shredder made an annoyed face as he threw April down and commanded a soldier to watch over her as he now made his way towards where Sam was. She had been using climbing claws to reach her destination, but Shredder had ripped them away from her as he pulled her upward by her wrists and then dropped her on her back in front of him.   Shredder then picked up the girl by the front of her shirt. “I’m not one for playing old school, but I have some messages for you” he said as he then punched her in the face. “That one is from Karai.” He punched her again, “that one is from Hun. “YOU BASTARD!” Jay screamed out in anger as he rushed to stand up and charge forward. “LEAVE HER ALONE!” Shredder nodded his head as a group of free soldiers rushed and piled onto Jay. One kicked him in the side and Jay was officially down on the ground, but still struggling.   The villain then threw Sam to the ground. “That one is from Sachs.” “STOP IT!” Jay continued to scream out. He fought to stand up, only to be kicked down on the ground each time. A soldier then sat on the man’s back as he held his head back by his hair and then held a knife up to his neck. April was in tears from what she watching, and the turtles weren’t far from that same state. Mikey had his hands on the sides of his head as he tried to keep calm while the rest of his brothers were clenching their fists as they tried to do the same. They wanted to run forward and help Sam, but doing so could easily be the reason that Shredder slit her throat on the spot, and he could easily have the same thing done to April or Jay based on the positions they were in. There was literally nothing they could do but kneel here and watch as those that they cared about were beaten around like punching bags. Shredder dropped Sam to the ground for the last time as he then began to walk over towards Jay. “I’ve let you live for way too long, time to end that” he said as he extended the blade on his arm some. “*cough, cough* leave him. I’m the one you want. I’ve been playing you since day one. *cough*” Sam mumbled out. Shredder paused and eventually turned around and walked back over towards the girl. “You’re right” he said as he placed a foot over top Sam’s chest. “I was kind enough to let you live four years ago, and what do you do in return? You try to destroy everything I’ve spent years building up. Everything that was in that building was thanks to my hard work, and within a few hours you managed to crush it, literally.” He then began to apply more pressure as he pushed his foot further down on the girl’s chest. “I’m not going to be so kind to you and your idiot brother anymore, starting now. I’m going to send you the message that Tatsu was supposed to send you earlier. Any last words?” Sam looked up at him and gave a small, weak smile. “Your soldiers must really like me or something” she choked out, trying to catch her breath as she spoke. Shredder glared down at her. “What?” he growled. “APRIL!” Just like Sam had stated, all the soldiers had been looking at her while Shredder had been hurting her, and because of this, April’s guard hadn’t realized that there was a small hand-held tessen in her pocket. Jay had informed his sister the day previous that he had prepared the weapon for April in case she would need to defend herself, and now proved that Jay had made an excellent decision in doing so as the woman quickly grabbed her weapon, jabbed the hand from the soldier behind her, and then launched the weapon at Shredder, doing so at such speed that none of the other soldiers were able to react and attack their hostages in front of them. It pierced into the back of his armor, leading him to take a quick step back, and as soon as he did this, Sam’s eyes went blue and black as she swiftly pulled another knife from her pocket and slammed it with all her mutagenic force down through Shredder’s foot.

The man called out in pain as his foot was now stuck to the ground, and that fast Sam stood up and punched him in the face. The main goal was just too momentarily escape, and one punch was enough to do that. She also grabbed the fan from his back and launched it at the soldier that was about to hurt April. It cut into his shoulder, and within the second that he winced in pain, April threw a punch and hit him right in the forehead. It hurt her hand all the way down to her arm, but it hurt way less than it would thanks to the guys teaching her how to throw a solid punch.

While this was going on, the boys were all making their escape as well. When Sam had made her move and pinned Shredder’s foot to the ground, each of the turtles and Jay took advantage of the stunned soldiers around them. They each quickly knocked the mutagen weapons out of the hands of the soldiers so that they had either broken or had slid away from their holders. “NEW PLAN! KEEP THE SOLDIERS AWAY FROM THOSE WEAPONS!” Leo called out. As long as the soldiers couldn’t reach their high-teach weapons, then they had to fight with regular ones, and that made a hell of a difference. Jay was able to flip the soldier off his back and once he was free, he quickly charged towards Shredder.

Now was when the true battle began.

*Leo, Raph, Jay, and April POV*

Raph quickly ran back over to where April was standing as he tried his best to defend her, but now that she had her tessen out she at least had something to help her defend herself if need be. Soldiers came barreling towards him, and quickly he came up with a plan. Raph fought defensively so that as soldiers came charging towards him he could try to flip them over his shoulder. He moved up some so that there was a decent amount of space between him and April. This way, when soldiers were tossed backwards, April could land a final blow as she kicked each soldier that landed in front of her. “Atta girl!” Raph shouted back to her, proud of the woman who wasn’t usually much of a fighter yet was now kicking some major ass.

Leo was fighting off some soldiers (the numbers dwindling quickly now that they could all truly fight their enemies) but stopped once he saw Jay trying his best to fight Shredder on his own. Jay was actually a pretty skilled fighter. He was quick on his feet and was able to dodge each of the Shredder’s attacks, but it was obvious that he needed some help in being able to land an attack of his own. Leo rushed over and did his best to aide Jay in his battle. As Jay was pushed backwards, Leo ran around him and quickly brought his katana down against the blades on Shredder’s arm. Just as Shredder swung his other arm around to pierce Leo, the turtle had ducked down which now left Shredder open as he was leaning forward into his attack. Jay quickly ran forward and landed a solid punch with his tekko against the man’s mask, making a small dent as he did so.

Shredder was a bit taken aback from this attack. “Heh, good job Jay, but you’re not good enough.” Shredder then spun around so fast that Jay was caught off guard as he was kicked in the side and knocked over. Shredder then went to slice his bladed arm down on Jay’s face, but Leo cut in and used his katanas to block the attack. As he pulled upwards and brought the Shredder’s blades with him, Jay got to his feet and pushed forward as he tried to knock the Shredder off his balance and have him tumble backwards, but Shredder had moved just a second faster and twisted to the side and used Jay’s momentum against him as he then grabbed the neck of Jay’s shirt as he ran past him, quickly pulled him back, and then brought his elbow down against Jay’s chest. As Shredder turned back to face Leo, the turtle was now rushing forward as he used his shoulder to push Shredder backwards. The metal man would have been able to dodge this attack if it weren’t for Jay (who was now laying on the ground after being elbowed in the chest) who jabbed the tekko on his hand into Shredder’s calf, and as the villain was caught off guard, Leo shoved him backwards as he tumbled off the side of the building now that there was no rail to block his fall. Leo and Jay watched over the side as they watched their enemy fall.

They watched as Shredder flipped open a part of his wrist guard and pressed a button. Suddenly, the man’s armor extended along his back so that it was now much thicker like his original suit from months ago. This helped aide his fall as he landed in a parked trash truck on the street, but there was no way he was standing up any time soon after that fall.

Raph and April soon finished up with their group of soldiers and then joined Leo and Jay in looking over the edge and making sure that Shredder wasn’t moving from his spot. Once he felt that it was safe to look away, Leo turned to Jay. “You okay? You took some harsh blows back there.” Jay turned to smile at the turtle. “Ehhhh I’m definitely going to be sore in the morning, but I’ll be fine since I had you helping me. Thank you.” Jay then turned towards April. “You’re welcome for that by the way” he said playfully as he pointed to the tessen. “So, does this mean we get to train the Hogosha?” Leo teased. April was about to respond to him, but she was cut off by Raph. “Uhhh guys? Why is Donnie kissing Sam?” he asked in a confused manner. All heads turned towards the opposite side of the roof where Sam was lying on her back while Donnie leaned over her with their lips touching. “No…” Jay said softly. “That’s not kissing, that’s CPR” Leo stated as his eyes went wide, and all four of them quickly rushed over to find out what the heck was going on.

*SAM, MIKEY, DONNIE POV*

Now that Donnie didn’t have to dodge mutagen filled arrows, it was much easier for him to fight offensively, and he was loving it. He used his speed to maneuver his way throughout the crowd of soldiers as he used his bo staff to hit various soldiers as he ran. He was now feeling such an adrenaline rush since he and his family now had the upper hand that he was moving faster than ever before.

Mikey now felt the same way, especially since Sam was now safely fighting by his side. He could tell that she was trying to conserve her powers for the moments when she truly needed them as she fought on with her tonfa. Mikey sensed that there were some soldiers who were trying to escape, so he quickly jolted his right nunchuk in a way that triggered a blade connected by a chain to come out from side, turning the weapon into a chain sickle. He ran after the escapees and swung the chain so that it bound three soldiers together and made them tumble to their feet. By the time they were beginning to untangle themselves and stand up, Mikey had already reached their spot and was now fighting them.

Sam was still in her original spot as she used her tonfa to block attacks from the many soldiers that were now surrounding her. As she was fighting off the many soldiers in front of her, in her peripheral vision she saw one soldier who was hiding off in the distance by himself. Sam flipped one of her opponents over her shoulder and then threw him onto two other nearby soldiers so that she could watch the sneaky man from far off for a few seconds. What she saw was that the soldier had picked up one of the electric whips and was now heading towards Mikey’s direction. Sam began to mentally panic as she continued to fight the soldiers in front of her. She knew that if the man used the highest setting on the whip then one blow would lead to a quick death. She fought her hardest to knock out or even to at least push away the soldiers that were surrounding her, and in a final act of desperation her eyes went blue as a tremendous gust of wind came from her entire body, and the force from the wind sent each soldier flying and flailing backwards. She felt a bit weak, but as quickly as she could she rushed over towards where Mikey was standing. He only had about four more soldiers left in front of him, but his back side was completely open.

Sam ran as fast as she could. Her worst fear was about to come true, that her loved ones would get seriously injured because of her, and she couldn’t let that happen. Mikey had displayed his love for his sister in so many ways: defending her when his brothers still wanted nothing to do with her in the beginning, being patient in waiting for Sam to talk about her horrid past, waiting in her room for her even after he had told her to stay away, maintaining eye contact and trust when she froze the whip, risking his body to block her when bullets were shot at her, hugging her and comforting her when she was too afraid to speak or even look at him, and just recently walking out across the thin railway in order to help her make her way across to the safety of the roof. Mikey had always been there for her and Sam wouldn’t let ANYTHING happen to him, even if it risked her life, and that’s exactly what she did.

In order to save the greatest thing that had ever happened to her, Sam ran and pushed Mikey out of the way as the electric whip was about to land on his back as it now hit Sam right in the middle of her chest. Mikey had just defeated his four soldiers right before he was pushed, and now his face was filled with fear as he saw Sam get hit behind him. “SAM!” he called out as he ran over to the soldier who was still holding the whip, and bashed his fist against his face. Donnie had just finished up with his fight and had just seen Sam get hit with the whip as her body now went limp and fell into Mikey’s arms. She fought to move her arms, but it was obvious that she had absolutely no control over her body any longer. “Only…you know the word…to save me…” was all Sam was able to mumble as she started shaking in Mikey’s arms. Donnie then joined the two of them and took hold of Sam. “Mikey, do you remember what an AED is?” “Yeah, inside?” Mikey asked. Donnie nodded and Mikey took off towards the doorway in search of an AED somewhere inside.

Theme: Seven Lions x Illenium x Said The Sky-Rush Over Me (feat. HALIENE) (literally this song makes me tear up when I read this part) Epik High-Spoiler Linkin Park-Leave Out All the Rest

Donnie quickly and carefully laid Sam down flat on her back as he removed her jacket so that now she was only wearing her thin black t-shirt. He checked her pulse…and realized that there was nothing there. He then fixed his hands and began pressing down on Sam’s sternum as he began CPR. Donnie was trying to stay calm. He knew what he was doing, but obviously completing CPR in a real situation was different from training and learning the process, and knowing that Sam was basically lying there dead in front of him was making him mentally go insane. After 30 compressions, Donnie tilted Sam’s head back, opened her mouth, and put his lips over top hers as he checked and made sure he saw her chest go up as he gave her two breaths.

*Back to everyone’s POV*

“What’s happening?!” Jay exclaimed as he was now kneeling right beside Sam’s head. Leo and Raph were now kneeling across from Donnie as April kneeled down next to him. “Her eyes…” April said as she cupped her hands over her mouth as she felt tears start trickling down her cheeks. Sam’s eyes were still open, but they were dull and dry. At this moment everyone realized that Sam was already gone and that Donnie was fighting to bring her back. “No…” Raph muttered softly. “Donnie?” Leo choked out. “She was hit by one of those electric whips” Donnie said frantically while completing compressions. Jay was now the same as April as he had tears streaming down his face as he watched Donatello fight to bring life back into his sister’s body. “DON!” Mikey called out as he threw a small blue pack towards his brother. Donnie scrambled to get the patches of the AED set up as Jay lifted Sam’s shirt up so that the patches could be correctly placed as soon as possible. “Clear!” Donnie called out as he pressed the button that sent the shock throughout Sam’s body. April jumped some as she saw the girl’s body lift up some from the shock.

They all waited for movement…only for nothing to happen at all. “Again” Jay whispered. “Clear” Donnie said as he pressed the button once more. Sam gasped for air as some life came back to her eyes. She was able to lift her head up off the ground some which was also a bodily reaction from the shock. From right to left around her was Donnie, April, Mikey, Raph, Leo, and then Jay behind her. Sam could feel her body fading away from her, almost as if she was falling into the floor, and she knew her time would be up soon. Knowing these were her last moments, Sam couldn’t help but smile. All around her were the most important people in her life. She was able to make up with the turtles after all the horrible things that happened between them and in these moments their faces showed how much they truly cared about her. She had them and April who had all become her new extended family and were some of the main reasons that she was able to live life again and not just exist from day to day. And then there was Jay, the one piece from her past that made her want to live for the future. She wanted nothing more than to keep him out of harm’s way and know that he was safe, and now she knew that he could live his life the way he wanted to since the Foot clan had been broken up.

Sam smiled as these final thoughts swirled around in her head. She was grateful that the final images she would see were the faces of those closest to her, and she prayed that even though she was passing now, that none of them would join her anytime soon and would live long lives instead. She would have loved to been with all of them longer, but her time was now. Her eyes began to close and the smile on her face fell some as she lost control of her body, and within seconds, Sam had passed on.

Jay was sobbing out loud as he cupped his hands around his sister’s face. He was now officially alone as his final family member passed away in front of him. Donnie covered his eyes with his hands, knowing that tears were about to start streaming from his eyes very soon. April already had tear covered cheeks as she grabbed onto Donnie’s arm, providing comfort for both him and herself. Raph stood up and walked away so that when the tears started streaming down his face, no one would see it. Leo fought to catch his breath as he continued to stare down at Sam’s body. He kept waiting for her to move, for all this to be fake…but she just continued to lie there, and the mix of sadness and horror that he felt from what he had just witnessed made him feel like there was a lump in his throat. Mikey just sat there in disbelief. His best friend, the one that he had cried each night over as he waited for the moment when he would finally get to talk to her again, was motionless and limp in front of him. He kept thinking of something he could do, but there’s nothing that could be done to save someone once they had died, right? He kept replaying her words over and over in his head. A word that could save her, what could that mean?! How would that even work? He started clenching his fists together as he struggled to understand what his friend meant and he knew that if he didn’t figure it out soon then she would truly be gone for good.

That’s when it finally clicked in. A word that only he heard, that only he would know to think of. As soon as the word entered his thoughts then he knew that it had to be what she was talking about. “Cowabunga” he said softly.

Heads snapped as everyone was now glaring over at Mikey. Leo closed his eyes in annoyance, trying to pretend that he didn’t hear his brother say what he thought he did, but Raph proved this otherwise. “ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH Y-” he bellowed until her heard a small noise go off.

Everyone was silent as they heard some whirring sounds, almost like a machine was being put to use. “Voice recognition-“it’s your boy Michelangeloooo”-confirmed. Password: Cowabunga, accepted. Injecting mutagen now” came a programmed voice from Sam’s sleeve. Suddenly, the veins throughout Sam’s body lit up as mutagen traveled through them. The mutagen was dispersed from her right arm and gradually traveled all throughout her body. As the mutagen worked through its course, the girl’s body began to glow more and more, signaling that the mutagen was moving successfully through each vein.

Everyone had backed away and given Sam some space, not sure exactly what to do since none of them knew exactly what was going on, except for Donnie who had a strong guess. “This must have been her last resort, to transform her body if that’s what was needed to happen” Donnie stated in awe. Jay stared down at his sister in astonishment, and then looked over at Mikey. “She must have had a voice recording from her phone…but how did you know?” he asked. “She knew that Raph hated when I said it, so I only said it in front of her” Mikey mumbled. Jay continued to stare at Mikey for a few seconds as he noticed just how upset the turtle was. He knew that all four of the turtles and April were just as upset as Jay was with this entire situation, but he sensed that there was something different as he stared at Mikey who never stopped looking at Sam. Jay then turned back towards his sister as the mutagen had almost filled every vein in her body. The mutagen continued to light up and travel until finally the mutagen reached her heart and brain simultaneously. As soon as the blue had barely even touched these organs, Sam’s eyes shot open. Just like when she used smaller doses of the mutagen before, her eyes had black where white should be. And her iris and pupil shone bright blue instead of brown.

Everyone was so shocked about what they were seeing that they were caught completely off guard when a huge gust of wind shot from Sam’s body. The gusts were so strong that the turtles went and hid behind where the entry way to the roof was. Raph and Mikey had grabbed onto April while Donnie and Leo had grabbed onto Jay so that they, being the weakest of the group, would not fly away with the powerful wind. As they looked back over at Sam as they made their way to their hiding spot, they saw that she had sat up at some point within those past few seconds of them looking away, but she wasn’t calm. Sam was on her knees with her hands tightly holding onto the sides of her head. It looked as if she was in agonizing pain, but no one knew what exactly what going on or how to handle what they were seeing.

“Either of you have any idea what’s going on?!” Leo shouted to Jay and Donnie since the gusts were making it harder to hear. All heads turned as they heard Sam start shrieking non-stop as she continued to stay in her kneeling position. Jay started crying again as he witnessed his sister’s agony. “She’s NEVER used that much mutagen before! I know which two matched her DNA extremely well and she probably used those, but I don’t know how to handle what’s happening because neither she nor anyone else has tested that much of either on anyone! And I was never in the labs so I never studied them the way she did!” Jay shouted through sobs. Donnie was about to speak, but that’s when he realized the screaming had stopped. Leo, Raph, Donnie, April and Jay all looked over and saw Sam standing on her own two feet as she just stared at the group from where they were hiding. At first she just stared at them, but within seconds her simple stare turned into a furious death glare. “What’s happening?” April asked in a panic. “No one knows what this amount of either mutagen, alone or combined, can do to any person. It could have been a bad match…oh no…” “Come on Sam, pull through it, we can’t fight you” Leo said softly as he began to clench his fists as he mentally blamed Shredder for all everything that was happening. “Uhhhh guys?!” Raph exclaimed. Sam was begining to walk over towards where the group was standing, and she did not look happy. Whether the mutagen had changed her mind, whether it lead her to be controlled by someone or something else, whatever the infinite possibilities of what was going on, Sam looked as if she was ready to bash heads in. The guys began reaching for their weapons, though they knew they would never harm Sam, but they could at least defend themselves.

Everyone was terrified as Sam got closer and closer to the group, everyone except for Michelangelo of course. Without anyone realizing it, Mikey had slowly and quietly moved from his spot with the group and had been hanging from the side of the building so that no one would notice him, and as soon as he saw Sam start marching over towards his family, he swung himself back up and ran behind her. He hooked his left leg around both of hers as he placed his left foot on top of hers and then used his right leg to squish her legs together and then placed his right foot over top of hers. He then pulled both of her arms back and closed his left hand over top of her wrists as he wrapped his right arm around her chest, squishing her arms to her sides in the process. Of course Sam reacted negatively to this as her screams got louder, but Mikey wasn’t ready to give up anytime soon. “Sam!” he called out to her, “I know you can hear me! I don’t know what’s happening to you, but I know that you set all this up for a reason, so fight it! Fight off whatever is hurting you!” Sam tried thrashing around in the turtles grasp, but she seemed quite weak. Mikey guessed that either her body couldn’t handle the mutagen’s powers, or that her mind was so lost from the chemical that she couldn’t truly control herself, hence why her thrashing around wasn’t as difficult to handle as he had expected. Mikey then pulled her upwards so that her head was right in front of his. He leaned in towards her ear and whispered “It doesn’t matter what you do, you’ll never be able to get rid of me ever again. My family and I are with you until the end Sam, so stop trying to push us away and just let us in. I’m never letting you go Sam, none of us are…”

Maybe it was his words, maybe this was just the right amount of time for the chemicals to spread out and for her body to adjust, but Sam grew weak only moments after Mikey spoke kind words. Her body went limp and her eyes closed. She would have fallen face first onto the ground if it weren’t for the fact that someone was holding her with both their arms at that current moment. He gently flipped the girl around so that as he held her in his arms, his face was now looking down at hers. He kept waiting for some type of sign as to whether his best friend was okay or not and after what felt like forever, his worries were calmed as Sam slowly opened her eyes and revealed the normal brown color. She blinked a few times as if she was just getting out of bed and then slowly smiled up at the turtle holding her with such care. “You…did it…” she managed to say, still a bit groggy and sore from all that had just occurred to her. Mikey couldn’t help but smile back down at her. He couldn’t think of anything to say because his mind was so wrapped up in the millions of thoughts flying around inside his head. Did this mean that Sam was officially safe? What had just happened to her? Would that happen again? Would any other side effects come about over time? Did this shorten Sam’s lifespan? Was Sam a mutant now since she had mutagen in her body? Was the mutagen still in her body? All these ongoing thoughts were abruptly brought to an end as Jay ran over and screamed “HELL YEAH YOU DID!!!" and hugged Sam from behind, and by doing so, he squished Sam against Mikey’s chest. Sam stood there with a blank expression since she didn’t really know what to do since she had never been in a situation quite like this this one. Mikey however was laughing and smiling as he and Jay embraced each other in the group hug. The group was then enlarged as the other three brothers all ran over and then surrounded Jay, Sam, and Mikey in a group hug of their own as everyone basically sandwiched Sam in the very middle. April was wiping away the last of her tears as she walked over and smiled at the relieved and overjoyed faces of the boys who were happy to have their sister back. Since she was the only person who was watching everything from a further back distance, she was the only that realized that while everyone was participating in the group hug and had their arms wrapped around whoever was next to or in front of them, Mikey’s left arm dangled down next to Sam’s right as the two were holding hands the entire time the group hug was going on. Assuming it was just an emotional reaction from how close the two were, April decided to take a rain check on bringing this up to either of them and refrained from teasing about it since no one else had seemed to notice this had happened right in front of them. This was mainly because she didn’t want to make things awkward for either Mikey or Sam…but in all honesty she hoped that if something was going on here then she would get more chances at seeing something bloom if she didn’t bring it up which could bring cute scenes like this to an end, so she pretended to act like she had never seen anything.

“Whoa…” Sam mumbled. Quickly the group hug dispersed so that they could all see what was wrong. “I don’t feel so good guys” Sam said slowly, and right after the last word left her lips, her eyes closed once again as she fell into a deep sleep.

*The next day in the middle of the afternoon*

Sam slowly began to open her eyes as she saw mostly bright white all around her. She slowly began to sit up and realized that she was in a hospital room. At first she was very dazed and confused as she wondered how the heck she ended up in a hospital bed and after a couple of minutes, it was like a flip had been switched as memories from the night previous came flooding through her mind. She quickly looked around, trying to see if there were any cameras in the room that would spot her if she tried to sneak out. The first thing on her mind was that she needed to check on the turtles and make sure they were alright. That’s when she noticed a pair of navy blue sweat pants sitting on the couch towards the further side of the room. Sam carefully crawled out of the bed and walked over to the couch, surprised that she wasn’t anywhere near as sore and in pain as she thought she would be, unless the doctors had drugged her up already which would make a lot of sense based on how many dreadful cuts and bruises she had all over her body. On top of the pants was a note that said “I know you won’t listen and wait for someone to come back, so these are for you when you sneak off :P” A huge smile formed on the girl’s face as she quickly put the pants on and snuck through the hallways of the hospital until she had reached a staircase that lead her all the way to the roof of the building.

Once she reached the roof she stood still in the sun for a second, soaking in the sunlight that she hadn’t truly felt in so long while she was stuck hiding out in the headquarters building. She then sensed an impatient aura nearby as her smile grew wider and wider. “You guys know you didn’t have to wait all this time for me to wake up, right?” she asked aloud as she turned around to face the four heads that poked out from the small wall behind the doorway.   “Eh, there was nothing good on t.v.” Raph said with a smirk. Sam put her hand over her heart, pretending to feel bashful. “Well, I’m honored that I won the award for being more entertaining than public television.” “How are you feeling?” Leo asked. “Honestly I feel great right now, which I’m shocked at.” “Jay said they drugged you up real good with the anesthetics” Donnie added. “I was wondering that. Hehe in that case, I’ll have to thank the doctor” Sam said playfully. She then looked over at the youngest of the four brothers and noticed that he was acting completely out of character as he just stood there quietly. Sam walked over to him and spoke to him gently. “Hey, you okay?” she asked softly. He looked her right in the eyes as he spoke and asked “are you?” Sam tried teasing him, thinking that this approach would help him act silly and energetic as usual, but her face revealed where her mind was at and Mikey cut her off before she could reply. “Sam…” Her expression softened as she went to answer truthfully…only to be cut off by someone who came storming up through the doorway. “I KNEW IT! Why can’t you be normal and just relax in bed? Why are you so adventurous? Why can’t you just be lazy?” Jay shouted as he fought to catch his breath after running up all the stairs. April then came running up as well and was acting the same way. “Hey guys! I never realized how out of shape I was. Wow” she said as she bent over and put her hands on her knees. “Hey Jay” the four brothers said in unison while helping April maintain her balance. “Hey guys, long time no see. This is what my stupid sister does, gives me a heart attack 24/7.” Sam rolled her eyes. “Oh relax, plus you’re the one that left me the pants!” “Yeah, because I didn’t want you exposing yourself because I knew this would happen. I’m just glad you came straight here like we all expected.” Sam tilted her head. “We?” “We were talking to your brother last night and we deemed him as trustworthy, so we gave him lair access as we discussed what would happen when you woke up” Leo said with a smile. “Heh, looks like these guys know you as well as I do” Jay said. Sam had always hoped that Jay would get the chance to meet the turtles, but she never imagined that it would happen so soon. She wanted to continue relishing on these happy thoughts, but she knew there was more that needed to be discussed. “Jay…how many?” Sam asked, her smiling face switching over to a calm and serious one. Jay scrunched his eyes in confusion. “What are you talking about?” “You know what mean, how many people…” Jay nodded his head as everyone else on the roof top remained silent and calm, now also curious in the topic at hand. “Alright, now you have to be prepared for the number I’m about to say since I wasn’t expecting it either…0.” Sam looked back up at her brother, her eyes wide. “What?” Jay started laughing in relief. “None, there were no casualties from the rebels or the loyal soldiers and there were no serious injuries either. Sadly about ¼ of our rebels did need to go to the hospital, but not for any life changing injuries. I don’t know about how serious injuries were for the loyals, but hey it won’t matter much since they will all be rotting in jail.” “They all got caught?!” “Every single one” he stated with pride. “So what happens to everyone who escaped?” Raph asked curiously. “The police department have a program set up and A LOT of people from political groups within the city are on board with it” Jay replied. “How is that possible?” “You guys have no idea how many families were affected by the Foot’s actions. It wasn’t just everyday people on the street who were affected. Shredder had forced lawyers, doctors, all types of people to do various jobs for him, that or people with socioeconomic power, their kids were kidnapped or they had family members injured or killed, all types of crazy situations, so thousands of people throughout the city know about this situation and are fighting to help protect those who need it. All four of you saved the city in ways you can’t even imagine.” The bashful turtles were silent as Sam cut back in. “Sooooo what happened to the bad guys?” she asked in excitement. Jay spoke softly as he aimed for climatic effect. “So Tatsu…IS IN JAIL!” “Sachs?” “IN JAIL! And guess who the final person who’s been locked away is?” Everyone was waiting in anticipation, wondering which of the dreaded villains was now rotting away. “SHREDDER!” Everyone cheered aloud and joked with each other in enjoyment in knowing their dreaded arch enemy was now locked away and for the time being couldn’t harm them or anyone else. “Wait,” Sam started, “so Karai and Hun got away?” “Sadly yes, but the police are always on the lookout for them, and I’m also looking into their whereabouts so that I can get the scoop on the story” April said joyfully. “What ever happened to the Mutanimals?” Mikey asked. “Thanks to April here we were able to find various homes for them throughout the sewers where they’re guarding the professor.” “Why is he with them?” Raph asked. “He grew quite attached to all of them, and they all to him. I mean hey, he is the reason they all look the way they do now. That and he’s doing research underground with them with all the mutagen that we saved.” The turtles cringed a bit at this, and Jay sensed the reaction immediately. “Don’t worry, the Mutanimals are skilled and strong, they can protect him and all the chemicals with him.” “Why does he want to study all the chemicals in the first place?” Donnie asked. “Mainly for medical research for the Mutanimals themselves, but also to see if any of the mutagen or combinations can benefit and save the public in anyway.”

Just then, Sam’s body started tilting to the side and she would have landed right on the ground if Mikey hadn’t caught her before she fell. “Sam?” he asked, failing to hide how frantic he was. She stood back up as quickly as she could and faced him, though Mikey didn’t let go until she was standing on her own two feet for a couple of minutes. “Don’t worry, I’m fine. I think the anesthetics are starting to wear off some though.” “Where does it hurt?” Jay asked. “Uhhhhh well my back feels like it’s on fire, and the rest of my body just feels hot in general, though it’s probably from the burning from my back.” Jay smiled as he walked over and put his arm around his sister’s shoulder. “I think it’s time we all part ways for the day. Don’t worry, you’ll see these guys soon enough. We’ll both go, okay?” Sam shot her brother a huge smile and then aimed that smile over at the four brothers who were now standing in front of her. “Thanks again guys, for trusting me in the end. I can’t imagine what you guys were going through with the way things went down.” “We should have treated you better, but hopefully this makes up for it some” Leo said with an apologetic shrug. Sam nodded at him, but then she softened her expression. “You guys know it’s not the end though, right? Karai still has connections to soldiers from Japan and Hun can easily find more thugs to take advantage of, and we still have no idea who Shredder’s supplier was and where that person is now.” The four brothers all looked at one another, and then they all looked at Sam. “If any of them decided to come back, then they better be ready for what’s coming for them as well. None of us are going anywhere, so it’s them who should be ready” Leo stated with confidence. “Yeah, for us to KICK THEIR ASS! Nothing stops the green machine!” Mikey called out. “Ugh, let’s go” Raph said as he pushed his youngest brother and rolled his eyes. The turtles said their final goodbyes to their human friends for the day and the remaining human three did the same back as the turtles carefully and quickly made their way down the building and into a darkened alley where they escaped back down underground.

Sam walked with Jay and April back down to the room where Sam would receive her treatment. Her worst fear had now been shoved under the rug. She had worried for so long that the boys would never want to talk to her ever again and that once again she would be lonely, and if anything had happened to Jay then she would have been all alone for who knew how long…but they didn’t allow that to happen. After everything that she had said and done to them, all four of them came back and saved her in multiple ways. More than anything she was happy to them all acting as their usual selves, especially Mikey who was finally acting like his usual dorky self as the group made their exit. Sam couldn’t wait for when she would get to happily return to the sewers and even greet Sensei with a smile, and she couldn’t wait to see what their next adventure would be, but for now, she was just focused on taking her medicine and getting some more sleep.

She had no idea how many more adventures she would experience with the four turtles and her new family of mutants and humans, and she had no idea what else would blossom in the process.

Author’s Note:  If there's anyone who has read up to this point in the series, I would love to hear any and all feedback you might have :) It would really help me in determining what direction I'd like for this story to go.

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Samantha Allan Park Ch. #39

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Chapter #39

Sunday June 7th, about 3:00p.m. Still in Venezuela, about to depart back to New York

It took Donnie about 20 minutes to track a route that lead to an airport where the group could secretly board another cargo plane. It was the sketchiest thing the group had ever done since they were basically traveling and boarding the plane in broad daylight. They found some tarp and covered themselves as Donnie, being the quickest, ran over to an abandoned cart the workers drove to transport extra luggage to the plane. The group boarded the cart under the tarp as Donnie quickly drove towards a plane he knew was leaving for New York (he knew this by hacking into the airports computer system and tracked which planes were leaving for where and when). Mikey continued to carry a paralyzed Sam, though she was slowly gaining back her ability to move, but it was extremely slow. It wasn’t until 2 hours after the plane took off, about 5p.m. when Sam could officially move again. She thought this would be a reason for the boys to be happy, but this actually ended up causing more tension. Once she was able to move again the four brothers began arguing with one another, each brother blaming the other for something they did wrong during the mission whether it be something general or something in regards to Sam’s safety. The arguing went on for what seemed like forever. It was now 7:30p.m. and the brothers were still arguing with each other. They were all so focused on their harsh words towards one another that no one had picked up on how weak Sam had become despite gaining back her ability to move.

“You think standing on the sidelines makes you some kind of hero?” Raph bellowed towards his youngest brother as they stood towards the further back section of the crowded plane. Sam had walked over and was about to lean on Raph’s arm because of how weak she felt, only for him to walk away right before she did so. He was so furious with his youngest brother that he didn’t even notice how weak his female friend looked as she stumbled and managed to catch her balance as she awkwardly leaned on the wall. “You can’t just push past me like that bro!” “You were being a nitwit! You were gonna lose that thing!” “I wasn’t!” “Yes you were!” “No I WASN’T!” The two continued to yell back and forth at each other, getting closer and closer as they both moved their arms and hands to convey just how upset they were with the others words. The only thing that got the two to stop was when they heard Donnie shouting even louder than they were. “I had it in my hand! I had it right in my hand and you acted as if I wasn’t even there!” he shouted at his oldest brother who was sitting ahead of him. Just like his other brothers, Donnie was very physical as he verbally announced his frustration. And then just like him, Leo communicated the same way. Leo shook his head as he spoke. “It’s not my job to make your presence known, alright? Get out of your head and communicate” Leo announced roughly to his brother, punching his fist in his hand as a sign of how frustrating it was for him that Donnie acted the way his brain told him to but without letting the others know what exactly he was doing (in this case, specifically telling Leo what it was he was doing before the two collided in the water). Donnie rolled his eyes and walked away and sat down as he crossed his arms across his chest. He was so annoyed with his older brother’s words that he didn’t notice that Sam had slowly made her way over towards where he was standing and went to lean on his shoulder before he moved away. Sam stumbled down onto the box below her, but landed so that it looked like she had meant for the landing to be so clumsy. Leo was so annoyed that he didn’t notice how weak Sam looked and also overlooked her clumsy seating. Raph huffed from the back. “Well what do you expect? He’s all logic and no skills.” Mikey scowled at his red bearing brother. “Coming from the guys who’s all instinct and no restraint” he said, swinging his arms in front of him to diss his brother. Leo waved his arm as he stood up and stormed past Mikey. “What do you know about anything? You’re all heart and no brains!” Sam had been walking over towards Leo, but he had already stood up and stormed off towards the other side of the plane (attempting to sit away from his brothers but failing because of how tightly packed this plane was compared to the other). Sam just stood there. Her back was to the guys so none of them noticed, but her eyes began to close. She wasn’t blacking out because of her powers, but because her body had just pushed itself to great limits that day in general. She was about to fall backwards when Mikey caught her. He was the only one who had noticed her stumbles and as he held Sam now he carefully pulled her with him so that she was sitting next to him. He put his arm around her and nestled her in so that her head was resting on his shoulder.

Meanwhile, the rest of the brothers were still arguing. “How could you?” Donnie asked in a gasp. “You may know a lot about strategy but you know nothing about feelings.” Raph scoffed as he turned around. Leo bit his lip before turning to face the rest of his brothers. “Fair enough. You wanna know what I’m feeling?” he asked as he turned so that each brother met his gaze at least once, “we may be brothers, but we are NOT a team.” Mikey rolled his eyes and then looked back down at Sam. “Whatever man. If you’re gonna insult us some more then at least keep your voice down. Sam’s trying to sleep” Mikey bit back in a low voice. This caught Donnie’s attention and he darted his gaze towards the girl leaning on his brother. “She’s not sleeping Mikey she passed out. Sam!” Donnie said as he quickly walked over and kneeled down in front of the duo, snapping his fingers in hopes that Sam really was just sleeping and that he was being paranoid. Leo’s glare had softened into a concerned gaze as he watched Donnie start checking for Sam’s pulse and pull out his flashlight to check her eyes. Raph, who had been angrily pacing in the back, now stood completely still as he also watched his brother look after Sam. Donnie moved back and sighed as he clicked the mini flashlight off. “I don’t think she has a concussion or head trauma or anything serious like that. Her body’s probably just so exhausted it clocked out on her.” “She shouldn’t have been part of this” Leo and Raph oddly said at the exact same time. Donnie was extremely upset at hearing this, and he could tell that Mikey felt the same way based on the glare he had aimed at the floor in front of him. “We’re dropping this now” Donnie said in a cold tone. His voice wasn’t high, but it wasn’t a whisper. The neutral tone told the oldest two that now was not the time to share their complaints, and the fact that Donatello had switched from pouting to this bitter tone signaled how upset he truly was.

After this, the rest of the plane ride had been quiet. This was mainly because the boys were all furious with each other and were trying to remain calm after literally arguing for over a couple hours, but it was also because they were waiting for Sam to show signs that she was okay and wake up. It was mere minutes to 9:00 when the plane would be landing when Sam finally woke back up. She stirred slowly and was shocked to see the boys sitting silently and still like statues. This, plus Michelangelo’s soft and kind expression when she woke up, made her think that the storm of hateful words had passed. Little did she know, what happened earlier was just a short preview of what was to come later on.

After the plane landed, the group caught a break to dash to their truck’s hiding spot. They finally arrived back at the lair at about 9:40p.m. This was where the real “fun” began. Sam was feeling rejuvenated as she traveled back to the lair with the guys, but the voice she heard made her sick to her stomach from nerves. As the group made their way into the central part of the lair, sitting on the couch drinking tea with Splinter was Jay. As soon as the two sets of human eyes connected, the tea cup was set down and Jay was fuming as he rushed over to his sister. “Where THE HELL have you been!? Oh sorry Sensei” Jay said as he quickly bowed to the wise rat. “At ease my child” Splinter said with a kind smile. “I’ll let you handle this amongst my sons. I’m going to go to meditate” he stated as he walked towards his room. He wanted to allow this time for Jay to complete his “parenting” on his own. “What’s going on?” Leo asked in confusion since Sam had stated she called Jay and let him know what she was doing. “Sam where’s your phone?” Jay asked sternly. “Uhhhh-it’s in this backpack” she said, pointing to the bag on her back, “it’s dead though-” “WHY?!” “Because I used the chargers for Donnie’s machines.” She turned to see Donatello staring wide-eyed at her, not happy with this answer. Jay covered his mouth with both of his hands and closed his eyes as he sighed. “Do you have any idea how many times I called you?” “Well I just said-” “11 TIMES. 11 times Sam. I’ve been calling you for hours. What the hell is this about breaking into police headquarters? A-and-and flying to Brazil?! What the hell have you been up to?! Where have you been?!” “Oh you gotta be kidding me” Raph scoffed out loud as he turned wide-eyed towards Sam (all his brothers looked at Sam this way now). Sam gulped. “Oh now you’re worried huh?!” Jay shouted in frustrated excitement. “Tell them Sam. I want you to tell them right now.” Sam looked down at her feet as she talked. “So, I did call Jay and I told him about what I was doing…over voicemail” she said, muttering the last part. “OH MY GOD” “WOOOOOOOW” The four turtles were saying one or the other of these two phrases as they all threw their hands up in the air. “Sam” Jay said softly. “Yes?” Sam muttered. “You’re grounded.” Sam groaned. “For two weeks.” “What?!” “Absolutely no friend contact. That means no sports, no dance, and definitely no lair” Jay said as he violently shook his head. “Well that’s unfair because that’s just punishing these guys” Sam said in a cocky tone. She assumed at least Mikey would back her up, but this did not happen. “We’re cool with it” he said calmly as he shrugged his shoulders. “Dude?!” Sam said as she glared at her best friend. This set the turtle off. “You LIED to us Sam! You lied to me! Straight to my face!” Mikey began shouting as he jabbed his finger between himself and the girl in front of him. “I called Jay-” “And it went to voicemail! Which he didn’t get until after we left! You never told us that and you know the deal!” “Oh you mean the baby deal that I don’t get a say in?” “Are you serious right now? Do you hear yourself?” Raph roughly cut in. “Are you seriously getting upset because people care about you?” “Let her act that way” Leo cut in, “She’s staying back next time, regardless of what anyone else says.” This last comment was aimed towards Donnie who had gone against Leo’s orders in having Sam stay back in the first place, and like the genius he was, Donnie picked up on this instantly. He slammed his hand down on the table. “You wanna play this game? Alright, tell us how you really feel Leo. Since you’re so perfect and can’t mess anything up. LET’S GO!” “You said she could help and then you totally took advantage of her” Leo bit back. “HOW?!” “You kept making her do things that pushed her over her limits. Like why the hell was she under the plane?” “To help push it up!” Donatello acted out his actions as he spoke. “To keep it in the air! To prevent us from dying! And she did a freaking awesome job hence us still being alive!”

At this point Jay was sitting back and watching the brothers argue. He wanted Sam to see how much turmoil the brothers were in because of her decisions, but he was also curious as to where this argument was heading and what would be revealed. “So what, you couldn’t solve the problem on your own?” Leo barked at his brother. “Are you seriously blaming me for not finding a way to stop gravity? Then again, I’m nothing but brains and no skill” Donnie said as he glared at Raph before glaring back at Leo, “so I guess I’m supposed to just alter how all physics works. Because that’s all I’m good for, right?” “Dudes cut it out!” Mikey shouted. “Sam was fine when she helped with the plane. The real problem was her 3 blackouts.” “Dude you don’t have the right to say anything since you didn’t help anyone ever” Raph said as he pushed Mikey to the side. “And those blackouts never would have occurred if we hadn’t jumped out of a plane” he said, again, using his words to jab at Donatello. “Well if you would have jumped when I said to then Sam wouldn’t have had to save your wimpy ass!” Donnie barked back. “And if you hate my plan so much then complain to Leo! He’s our perfect leader so next time let him make every decision! I mean his is the only one that counts, right?” “I’m the leader! I figure out strategies and decide who’s intel works best and when-” “TOTAL BULL!” Mikey shouted. “You do what you want, whenever it pops into your head! You can’t call Donnie out on not communicating when you’re the exact same way! You think of one strategy and then boom-bye Leo! See you later!” “At least I move and do something! Every time I looked back you were goofing around! You couldn’t even hold onto the device for 2 seconds before it popped out of your hands” Leo scolded. “That’s no fair! We were all being thrown around!” “Well you need to learn to defend yourself you dork!” Raph shouted. “You’re such a dimwit you couldn’t even warn me that a box was heading my way before I almost fell out of the plane.” “I was looking for Sam!” “Great, so now we have to worry about you being distracted worrying about her” Raph said with an annoyed laugh. “Well you should be able to worry about yourself” Donnie snapped at Raph. “You should be on alert mode regardless of who’s around you.” “Not the point! Mikey shouldn’t have needed to worry about Sam being in danger in the first place! That’s why next time she’s staying home!” Leo bellowed. “Cut the bull!” Mikey “we need her-” “What we need is to keep her safe, which you failed at doing when you let her head smash against the wall-” “Oh and you did such a great job keeping her safe when you and Raph landed on her and crashed into the floor! Yeah I saw that!” “Well then that’s even more reason that she shouldn’t have been there. If we can’t even take care of ourselves and we’re the ones hurting Sam-” “Ummmm no!” Donnie cut in, “Mikey and I brought Sam to safety at the rapids, you’re the one who went off on your own without a word!” “Because it’s not my job to babysit Sam when we push her so far that she passes out!” “We’re a team!” Mikey bellowed, “we all help each other out!” “Oh yeah because you totally helped Mikey! What exactly did you do again? Besides sit back and goof off I mean” Raph snarled. “Sam was weak as hell and she did more than you! She was on the sidelines and still helped me reach Donnie in time to protect him. You were next to him and didn’t do shit!” “What I’m hearing is that for a 5th time Sam saved one or all of us” Donnie said in a matter-of-fact tone. “And that she was safe on the sidelines!” Mikey chipped in. “Yeah, until she made the decision to throw herself into danger!” Raph barked back. “So what I’m hearing is that we can’t trust Sam” Leo said, mimicking Donnie’s tone as he stared at him. “WHAT?!” Donnie and Mikey hollered. “She was in a safe spot and then purposefully went over her already shortened limit and put herself in danger by attacking and gaining the attention of Bebop and Rocksteady! If she can’t fight then she should be in hiding, and if she can’t voluntarily hide and protect herself then we leave her home!” Leo argued. “How can you not see that Sam easily could have died?!” Raph added in furry. “How do you not see that without her we all could have died?!” Mikey fought back. “It has nothing to do with her, it’s about us!” Donnie added to the argument. “We don’t communicate and then it leads to chaos. You know, Sam and I talked before she saved Mikey, we talked before she kept the plane in the air, and she talked to Raph before he saved me!” “Great” Leo said as sarcastically as possible, “so that means we’re a team that can’t communicate with each other which results in us taking advantage of our most vulnerable member, and we make her do everything else for us because we can’t work together and take care of ourselves.” “How are we supposed to protect her when we can’t even take care of ourselves?” Raph asked in disappointment. Leo waved his arm in front of him. “Add that to the list of reasons why next time she’s not-” “ENOUGH!”

Sam’s eyes lit up and huge wind gusts flew from her body. Jay was grateful that Raph was so close to him as he lunged and held onto Jay before the winds flew him back against the wall. The other brothers stood their ground as best as they could until the winds died down. None of them, not even Jay (being so caught up in the brothers argument), had realized that Sam was losing her cool as she heard the brother’s arguing about her. She was hurt for so many reasons. She hated to see them arguing like this in general, but knowing that she was a main cause for it hurt her even more. She hated herself for not being able to help out more, she hated that she knew little to nothing about her powers, she hated that the brothers were blaming each other for not keeping her safe, and she loathed that she had no self-control in her body attacking Bebop and Rocksteady. And she knew that admitting this would just make matters worse, but for now the only thing on her mind was getting the guys to stop arguing the way they were.

“YOU!” she shouted as she stared at Leo, who in return was staring at her with a shocked expression. He definitely was not expecting this outburst, though he felt that at this point he shouldn’t be so surprised. “Stop blaming Donnie like he scripted for everything to go the way it did! You’re lucky he formed any plan where the plane didn’t fall right out of the sky. I didn’t see anyone else up there trying to fix it. And last time I checked you didn’t communicate and say what you were doing when you went for the device in the water either! And if you EVER tell Mikey he has no brains again I will literally kick your ass!” “And YOU!” she shouted as she now turned and faced towards Raph, “Stop hating on your younger brothers! At least they have faith in me that I can help, which I DID SAVE YOUR ASS! So stop acting like I’m just a nuisance! Same with you!” she said, pointing back to Leo before she continued to verbally attack Raph. “And I’ll kick your ass if you ever tell Donnie he has no skill ever again! HE’S SENSITIVE!” “And YOU!” she said as she now faced Donatello, “Leo didn’t communicate in the water but neither did you! Yeah that’s what happens when you bench me, I see everything! So no you didn’t have it right in your hand, you didn’t even touch it! Technically he did, you both were close but you idiots don’t talk! Maybe if you guys would try to understand each other rather than just yell at each other than you would know how he really feels. The reason he’s a total ass to all of you is because he cares!” “And you” Sam said in a low bitter tone towards Michelangelo, (in fact, this low tone sounded more pissed than the way she yelled at the others) “First of all, I’m flattered you worry about me, but you still have to worry about these dorks!” she said, rapidly pointing to the other three brothers. “Thank god Raph was okay, but worse things could have happened if he had fallen from the plane at a higher level, so pay better attention! And THANKS for having my back in regards to me being grounded. Like, okay yeah I know I broke the rules, but this was to retrieve ooze from the police so that it was held somewhere safe and couldn’t harm people, and then Brazil was to retrieve a device so that we could PROTECT. THE. WORLD! I mean hey” she said in a sarcastic comical tone “I thought saving the world came first over calling my brother and getting permission, but obviously my thoughts don’t matter. As long as I’m following the rules, right?” All the brothers, mutant and human, looked down or away from Sam. They agreed with her words and they all realized that had been harsh towards both her and the other brothers. Sam’s verbal rampage was not over just yet though. “And hey” she announced as she faced all four mutant brothers, “if you have a problem with me, how about telling me about it instead of arguing about it while I’m standing right here. Oh, or would you rather me just sit on the sidelines and listen to you verbally attack each other and me not help? Because god forbid I get my feelings hurt or something. Or god forbid my powers take over again and try to keep you guys safe! Because that’s freaking horrible!”

At that very moment, something clicked in Donnie’s mind. “Sam” “WHAT?!” she shouted, obviously not ready to end her rant just yet. “What’s going through your mind right now?” Donnie asked cautiously. “I just said it! Like, I literally just said a lot! Be more specific.” “What are you most angry about right now, at this very moment. Of everything you just said, what upsets you the most?” he asked calmly, even though his friend was shouting at him. “Gee I don’t know. Maybe the fact that you’re all arguing because I couldn’t control myself” she replied sourly, “I mean forgive me for thinking you guys could die and me just reacting without even realizing what I was doing” she said, waving her arms in front of her, moving with the anger inside her. Her words however now caught all the turtles attention. “Wait, what?” Leo asked. “When were we gonna die?” “When you went over the waterfall.” “But, we’re turtles” Leo stated, confused at what had concerned his friend so much that she went ballistic and threw herself in danger afterwards. “Yeah but you didn’t know how high it was, or what was at the drop, you didn’t know if you’d be safe or not.” Wheels were spinning in Donnie’s head as he walked forward and grabbed Sam’s hand. “Come with me, right now.” He needed to get her to the med wing right away and test to see if his theory was correct. “Not yet!” Sam yelled as she pulled away, “I’m not done bitching!” Donnie then grabbed her other arm and basically starting pulling Sam, like he was dragging a child who didn’t want to leave the park. “Perfect” he replied, “keep talking as we walk.” This got Sam to stop and she finally started walking with him towards the med wing outside the lair. Leo and Raph exchanged glances for a split second and then chased after their brother, with Jay and Mikey right on their tail.

They entered the med wing to see Donnie sitting and typing away on a computer while Sam had a helmet with some patches hooked up to her head. The remaining four boys just stood and listened outside the doorway, watching to see what exactly was happening and what Donnie was thinking. “When was the last time your powers took over?” Donnie asked as he paused his typing. “Ummmm, I wanna say police headquarters.” “Why?” “…I don’t wanna say” Sam mumbled, a bit embarrassed. “Tell him or its three weeks” Jay stated. Sam groaned. “I was pissed.” “Why?” Donnie asked gently. “Because they called you monsters. That upset Mikey, and then that upset me. And then I thought how the rest of you were feeling, both how you guys actually felt and then how you were probably also pissed because that guy upset Mikey. The next thing I knew, Raph was carrying me out of headquarters and you guys were checking on me.” Sam’s eyes were now glued to the floor. Because of this, she didn’t see the concern on the faces of the brothers in the doorway. Donnie would have had the exact same expression on his face, but right now he was masking these thoughts as he typed away on his computer. “Okay, when did they go off before that?” “Uhhhhh, oh, when Leo benched Raph and Mikey.” Brows rose when they heard this. “When was this?” Donnie asked. He didn’t remember hearing about this. “I felt them kicking in when Leo said his opinion was the only one that mattered. It was weird, like I could actually sense my powers kicking in and I was able to control them. But then they started getting stronger. It was the first time I actually felt them rising up before they took over.” “You said an enemy was attacking” Raph added softly. Sam looked over at the group in the door way and stared at Raphael, her eyes stating that she wanted him to keep talking. “You said an enemy was attacking, that he was hurting me and bringing chaos into the family. I said that it was just Leo being a prick” (to which Leo pursed his lips and looked away, starting to get a bit flustered at constantly being called names like this). “I told you I had no injuries and you went back to normal.” “Wait, so what was the exact reason your powers starting going off?” Donnie asked. Sam paused, remembering the situation for herself. “Raph got hurt…in a sense. That’s the last thing I remember.” “When did they go off before that? Can you remember?” Sam took a minute to generate her answer. “When I met Casey. I sensed someone had attacked Sensei and I thought he was in danger. Then Leo was holding me and Mikey’s hands were on my shoulders. Apparently I had tried to hurt Casey because he was the first unknown face I saw and I thought he was an enemy trying to hurt Splinter.” “How far does this go?” Jay asked. “These all sound recent.” “The last one I can remember is when Donnie shocked Mikey. At least that’s what Raph told me had happened and apparently I snapped.” Donnie’s eyes went wide for a second since he had no clue what she was talking about. “When was this?” he asked. “In the jumbotron. April called and Mikey was being a dork and apparently you shocked him and then that set me off.” “Do you remember why?” “Mikey got hurt” Sam said bluntly. At this point all the boys were beginning to sense a pattern.

“It’s based on emotions” Leo stated. “Right?” A small printer in the corner was now printing out colorful photos. The pictures displayed a cranial figure representing Sam’s brain and which parts were lit up during the conversation. There was only one main chunk where a huge area was lit up in the picture. “That’s the temporal lobe” Donnie stated as he looked over the scans that were taken throughout the conversation. “We finally have an idea as to how your powers work.” “Sooooooooo what’s happening?” Mikey asked, having no idea what was going on. Donnie turned around to face the rest of the group. “The temporal lobe handles multiple tasks, including those involving memory and emotions. There’s the hippocampus which deals with long term memory, there’s the limbic system which carries out the experience of emotions, there’s the amygdala which deals with memory, decision making, and emotional reactions, there’s the locus coeruleus which deals with physiological responses to stress and panic, there’s-” “Spit it out Donnie” Leo urged. “I always thought Sam was set off specifically based on what she saw and heard alone, but it’s not just her senses, it’s how she processes them.” “So, it’s every time she’s upset?” Raph asked. “Not just upset, specifically when she feels someone she cares about is being harmed. Her powers have gone off…8 times.” “What?!” Jay asked. “List them. Now!” “The first time was when she was with me in my lab. I burned myself and she literally demolished the device that caused the burn. The second time was when she caught Raph chasing Mikey. The third time was when she caught Leo and Raph arguing and butting heads. Fourth time was me shocking Mikey. Fifth time was when she thought Casey was hurting Splinter. Sixth time was when Leo yelled at Raph right before we left for the museum. Seventh time was at police headquarters. The eighth and final time was when she saw us heading for the waterfall. Each time she thought someone was in danger and she felt a need to protect them. Her powers could even be connecting to past memories of needing to protect us and it just takes over and goes Hulk until someone calms her down.” “Wait, hold up” Raph cut in, “that all makes sense BUT why would she freak out when I chased Mikey? She’s seen that AND me and Leo arguing tons of times, but she only went crazy once for each situation.” “It was out of context” Leo cut in, his eyes wide as the wheels in his head began to turn as well. “Sam was meditating with me when you were chasing Mikey. She didn’t know what caused the argument. We were literally leaving my room and you two ran by us. And then when we were arguing-” “She was with Donnie in the med wing. She’s always there when the fights start, but those times she wasn’t” Raph said, now truly understanding how all this worked. “Plus this explains why she never freaks out during trainings” Mikey said with wide eyes, officially catching on to what his brothers were getting at. “She sees us sparring and knows we’re not in any danger.” “Has this been a normal thing?!” Jay announced. “Why have I not known about this?!” All eyes were now on Sam who was twiddling her thumbs. “I was going to tell you…but it either slips my mind or its bad timing.” “How is your life bad timing?” Jay asked, fuming the entire time. “Dude, you’re getting married and have a job while also advocating for the Foot Survivors organization. You have a million things to worry about, I’m not going to make them worse!”

Hearing this, Leo and Raph had to leave the room. They both walked back to their designated rooms, knowing that if they continued to stay that they would just start arguing again like they had earlier. They wanted nothing more than to keep their sister safe, but they couldn’t fathom Sam’s thoughts of hiding information. Maybe later they could try to talk to her about it, but they both knew that now was not the best time.

Mikey sighed with a saddened expression on his face. He was also worrying about his sister and best friend’s behaviors and mindset as of late. He sensed that now was a good time to let Sam and Jay talk, so he also walked back to his room.

Donnie wore the same expression as his younger brother. He felt the same way and decided to let the human siblings share their moment. This was the perfect spot for them to talk since it was not located inside the lair but was still nearby. He pat Sam on the shoulder as he walked out of the room.

That just left the human siblings to share their moment in peace.

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