Chapter 1

Raphael is running across the rooftops of New York, looking for something to take his anger out on. He and Leo had gotten along for a few weeks after the incident with Winters, but then they went back to fighting all the time, at least he hasn't hit Leo yet. Raph stops as he hears the sounds of a fight, he looks down and sees this guy attacking a girl with a sword. The girl has a knife and is holding her own, until the guy stabs her through the heart. While the guy is gloating, the girl uses the knife to slash his throat until his neck is severed. A blue light starts to rise from the body. Raph takes out his shell cell and calls his brother.

" Put Don on now!"

"What is it Raph? I'm busy here so this had better be important."

"You want important then maybe you can explain this" Raph holds the phone so that Don can see the light sparking around the two bodies on the ground. "This important enough for you, Don" The lightning increases glass shatters and Raph is struck. He screams and drops the phone.

"Raph? Can you hear me? Raph!" You hear coming from the phone, and then silence as the connection is severed.

In an underground lair, a panicked conversation is taking place. "What do you mean you lost the connection?" Leo grabs the phone from his brother, and hears the dial tone.

Donatello goes to his computer and pulls up a program. "I mean that something must have happened to the phone, and if you would let me work I could find out where he is and get us to him. Leo you heard him scream, we have to get to him now" He sees a red dot on the map of the city. "I found him, let's get going". The three brothers head out the door and in search of the missing member of the family.

Back on the street, the lightning has stopped. The girl slowly crawls toward the body of a giant turtle, she checks him over and realizes that he seems to be fine except that he was caught in the backlash. He starts to wake up. She helps him sit up and when he notices her she tells him, " It's OK, just take it easy you got hit by some lightning, but your going to be alright. Do you have a name? My name is Rachel."

"I'm Raphael, how can you be here? I saw him gut you." They turn as they here running steps coming closer. Rachel grabs the knife she dropped earlier and waits to see if the footsteps belong to friends or enemies. Three shadows appear, they look much like her new friend, and she lowers the knife. "Hey guys, how did you find me?"

Rachel looks at Raph, "I guess this means that you know them, mind introducing us?"

"This is Rachel, the one with blue is my older brother Leo, the other two are my younger brothers purple is Don and orange is Mikey the baby of the family. I don't know about anyone else but I want to get some sleep, and I would really rather do it in my own bed, not here in the street."

"Let's get you home, Raph." Leo helps Raph to his feet. Raph sways and Leo holds on to him. "Raph you alright, Don could you check him out?"

Don moves over to look at Raph checking for injuries, finding none he looks at Leo. "I can't see anything wrong with him."

"He is probably just tired, I know I sure am. He should be fine after he gets some sleep. Just take him home, and put him to bed before he falls over, and you have to carry him home." Rachel tells them. Don catches her as she falls, already asleep on her feet.

"What do we do with her, Leo? We can't leave her here alone." Don asks.

"I would really like to know why she reacted to us as if it was normal to talk to giant turtles. I don't like it, it could be a trap, but I guess we don't really have much of a choice, do we? So I guess we take her with us. Let's get going, before we have to carry Raph, too" They head home hoping they are doing the right thing bringing her into their home.

They walk into the lair and Leo helps Raph up to his room and puts him into bed. Leo looks at his brother and finds him already fast asleep. As he walks out of the room he can't stop smiling at his tough guy brother curled up in his bed sleeping peacefully. He walks back down and finds the rest of his family standing around the sofa talking. "Raph's sleeping, how are things here?" Leo asks.

"You were right to bring her here, my sons. Now I believe it is time for me to retire for the night. Goodnight my sons I will see you in the morning." Master Splinter says as he heads off to bed.

"Don, how is she doing?" Leo asks.

"She seems to be fine, but Leo, she was covered in blood and there is a hole in her shirt. It looks like she was stabbed in the stomach, Leo. How can she be fine, it doesn't make sense." Don tells his brothers.

"Well, we might as well get some sleep we won't get any answers until she wakes up anyway. I'll see you in the morning, and Don try to get some sleep, night." Leo goes to his room and tries to sleep.

"Night Mike" "Night Don, and go to sleep like Leo said, please" Mike tells his brother as he goes to bed.

I will, Mike, I promise." Don says as he goes to bed.