"Chapter 1~ A Anniversary of Dreams and Nightmares
"Leonardo was meditating when mikey slid opened the doors and interrupted "Leo, do you know where my new gaming console is?" Leo sighed and left his meditating state to face his youngest brother."No, last time I checked you were playing with it last night to defeat that galaxy game." He responded
"Mikey's widening smile already told Leo what Mikey was about to say. "Oh yeah! Thanks dude, I remember, Galaxy bots here I come!" He yelped excitedly and ran out of the dojo, passing Raphael on the way.
"Hey, wanna spar or continue sitting there?" He asked, unsheathing his chosen weapons of sai and slicing the air.
"Leo rolled his eyes, but realized that his Raph would only bother him until he spared, he stood "First off it's meditating Raph, and second, depends, you wanna lose?" He teased, unsheathing his own weapons- the Katanas.
""Ha! You'll win when my shell turns pink" He teased back and they were off.
"Leo and Raph were a flash of blades and fists as they attacked each other, until a few minutes later they were at a crossroads as both their blades crossed each others in a X motion. "Your move Leo." Raph growled as he pushed against his brothers blades.
"Leo was about to respond when Donnie came bursting in "LEO! RAPH! SHREDDER! SHIP! ATTACK! GO!" Was all he could get out before running away again towards his lab, without hesitation, his older brothers followed, understanding his younger brothers rambling as a warning of an oncoming attack that was going to come from the shredder
When they caught up with Donnie in the lab, Mikey already there, "Don, what's the Shredder up to now?" Raph asked, as Donnie was frantically looking for something in the lab.
"The foot and Shredder are getting a huge shipment tonight at 10:30!"
""Shipment of what dude?" Mikey asked
""It's the Shredder, I bet it's something horrible and dangerous." Raph told him.
"I bet its a shipment of pizza." Mikey told him
"And why would the shredder get a shipment for pizza?" Raph asked, on the verge of annoyance.
"To have a shredder party." He answered indignantly.
"Raph whacked the back of Mikeys head "Hey!" He yelped
"That's for being yourself." Raph responded
Donnie ignored them and found something that looked like a small computer chip and went back to his computer, plugging the small thing into it. "I don't know what's in it, but if its coming for the Shredder, I doubt its food, and I'm sure that once he gets it, we are going to have some really late nights."
Leo looked at the time 5:00 p.m "That's not going to happen, we are going to stop the Shredder and the Foot before they can even reach it"
"But we don't even know what's in the shipment! If we go and stop it thinking its mutagen and it turns out there's an army of ninjas on there, thats a big risk."
"Which is why Donnie is going to find out by eight."
Donnie only gave a small nod before typing codes and digits into the computer.
{Time- 8:35}
"Eureka!" Donnie shouted from inside the lab.
Leo- who had been pacing and thinking in the living room for three hours, Mikey-who was gulping down pepperoni, mushrooms, bacon wrapped marshmallow pizza down, and Raph- who was training with the Shredder Dummy, all jumped at Donnies voice.
"Quickly, the three of them rushed to the lab "You got something Donnie?" Leo asked hurriedly. Time was running out and they needed a plan now.
"Yes! The ship is filled to the top with new top-of-the-line stolen military weapons." He told them, then leaned back in his chair and started biting a pen as he thought to himself. "Maybe I could cause one of the missiles inside to explode remotely?...I would have to be in range….But other than that I have no idea how we're going to stop the shredder from getting his hands on that stuff without getting into a big battle on the docks with him."
"But donnie, if we blow up the missile won't the other weapons explode? Hurting more people if you have to in range with the city?" Raph asked
"What if we sink the ship like Captain Fishsnout did to Dr. Walrus in the sequel to Tidal Waves?" Mikey suggested. Everyone stared at him "What?"
"Can someone please remind him what universe he's in?" Raph asked sarcastically
"Actually he's right." Leo said
"Now everyone stared at him "He is?" Donnie and Raph asked in disbelieving voices.
"I am?" Mikey asked, then hurriedly corrected himself "I mean, of course I am!"
"Well almost" Leo started "Don, can you take control of the ship remotely, like you could with the missile?"
"Donnie frowned "Well, If I can get past the firewalls and safeguards I think so, but I don't see how…" he trailed off, the wheels and pistons in his head starting to crank in full power. He turned started to type more into his computer, mumbling words and numbers the others couldn't understand.
"Uh what?" Was all Mikey asked
"If Donnie can take over the cargo ship by hacking into the ship-"
"I can drive it to the middle of the ocean and blow it up where no innocent casualties will be lost." Donnie finished, barely looking up from the computer.
"But what about the thugs already on board dudes?" Mikey asked "I know they're evil but we can't just blow them up. That would make us just as evil dudes.
Leo bit his lip at his youngest brothers questions, it was Donnie who answered "By hacking into the ship, I can also hack into the intercom and warn the members on board, give them a ten minute timer to get to the lifeboats and away from the explosion." Donnie suggested/p
Raphs eyes narrowed "We can't just let those thugs escape! They'll just go back to doing the same thing! Just another thorn in our shell, we need to get rid of them!" He growled
"Leo looked between his brothers, all waiting on him for an answer We can't let them escape, but we can't just kill them. He thought, then dared look at the time 8:46 He gave a deep breath and closed his eyes, entering into a thinking spot in his mind. A few minutes of silence, his eyes snapped open, causing his waiting brothers to jump as his head swerved to Donnie.
"Don, is there any king of police station near the Cargo ships route to the Docks?" He asked.
Donnie nodded slowly "Uh let me look…" He started typing vigorously into his computer "Yea! There's one just a few miles inland from the river but-"
"Leo cut him off "Alright I have a plan." And he laid it out, immediately after they all nodded at they're leaders plan-even Raph who rarely agreed with his brother. It was simple, Donnie would not Hijack the entire boat, but only the GPS programming, which is what the thugs would rely heavily on with the darkness. The turtles would wait at the spot Donnie would type into the GPS, only a few miles from the police station, where the turtles would tip the officers off and make sure that the thugs were arrested. The weapons would be returned to where they belong and the turtles would have done nothing more than watch from the shadows.
"Only a few minutes later the four brothers were rushing out of the door before Splinter appeared and called after them from the entrance of his room. Surprised, the turtles nearly tripped over themselves to come to a halt. They looked back at Splinter, looking at him in confused faces, especially since they're sensei and father had not come out of his room or called for any training today.
"Splinter opened his mouth to speak when he hesitated and closed it, looking at the ground and took a deep breath before looking at his son's again "Be careful my sons. " was all he managed. "Hai Sensei" They said in unison, Leo was the only one it seemed who noticed they're fathers hesitation, the others too focused on the mission, I'll ask him about it when we get back. He noted to himself and lead his brothers to the dock.
[Splinters POV]
As Splinter watched his sons run to stop Oroku Saki, it took all his self-control not to tell them to stay, to let his enemy win, just to ensure that they were safe. So Saki could not win like he had 16 years ago. However, he knew he trained them well, they were all strong, and they had faced much worse than this. Usually the old sensei was not as worried-although he was still a father and always worried about his sons- however today was different, for today was the anniversary of that horrible fire that took away his beloved Teng Shen, the memory may have been 16 years old, but the fain he felt was still fresh in his heart. So as he waited for his sons to return, he paced, trying to stop the dark lump and dark memories that sat in his body.
{Time- 1:50 a.m.}
By the time Leo returned home, he and his brothers were too exhausted to the giant sigh of relief coming from Splinter. Things had gone to plan, but the turtles ended up having to fight the thugs on the boat so they would be unconscious when the cops arrived. Turns out, one of the thugs was one of the top ten wanted thief by the cops too, making it easier to convince the cops to check it out, all it took was a picture of the man to sent them to the meeting spot. Thankfully the team was able to win with few injuries, Donnie was limping slightly from a bruise on his leg and Raph's arm was bandaged as a bullet had made its mark in his arm.
"Leo decided that he would ask Splinter why he was acting so strange tomorrow, as he could barely stand around long enough to make sure Raph had his bullet out and was safe. Heck, he couldn't even stay awake that long, his brothers saw that he was about to pass out, so Raph had Mikey and Donnie force Leo to leave Raph to get the bullet out with Splinters help and go to his room and sleep. Leo was asleep before his head hit the pillow.
As he fell into dreams and cursed himself for not being able to stay awake to make sure Raph was fine, through all of it Leo went to sleep knowing he would sleep in dreams. As no matter what, it could have been so much worse and he and his brothers had stopped the Shredder from whatever plan he has cooked up. He couldn't imagine a life without his brothers, without this life, he never wished for it to change. Without a second thought, he let his mind slip into dreams.
{Time- 3:30 a.m.}
"The only sound that filled the lair where the sleeping snores of the Hamato family. Inside his room, Leo dreamed he was meeting characters from his favorite show space heroes when he felt darkness grip him. Instincts screaming at him to wake up, he did, only to realize that someone with an iron grip and cold hands were clamped tightly around his throat. Out of pure instinct Leo's hands tried to grip and claw at the hands that were choking him, but it was in vain as the the hands didn't flinch. Leo tried screaming for his family, for someone to save him, but his voice came out little more than a croak. As Leo felt his body shut down from the lack of oxygen, his body slowly stopped struggling under his assailants hands. Leo's head slumped to the side of his bed, where his eyes grew wide in fear as he caught a glimpse of his attacker. As his vision blurred and blackened, Leo saw a glimpse of shadow and death.
