Father was going to kill us when he found out what we were doing. It was bad enough we snuck out but we had stumbled head first into something I wasn't sure we were ready to handle. As usual the hot headed one leapt before he looked and the results were that we were surrounded by Purple Dragons. Growling in frustration I ducked under a blow and brought my katana up to block the pipe that went for the turtle next to me, who just happened to be the same one that got us into this mess.
"Good going Thane!" I snapped at him. "Now instead of breaking up a robbery, we are stuck trying to keep ourselves from being broken up!"
"This too much for you cousin?" He snapped back as his hookswords sliced a chain apart, his bright hazel eyes flashing behind his black mask. "Feel free to go home, Ty." I would have beat him, if I wasn't to busy trying to keep some else from doing it first. This was not good. We were way out numbered.
Lavinia came sliding in between the legs of another Dragon, her lavender mask tails and dark brown braid flowing beind her. A tonfa came up, nailing the guy in the nuts as she slid under him on her shell. I took the moment to kick his doubled over form away from my twin. Aunt Cris, or Aunt Marina, must have taught her that one. Mother really wasn't the nut hitting type. Aunt Caitlin never did fight, she was more inclined to think her way through things. She quickly rolled to her feet, landing a hit on another one with a baseball bat before it came down on my head. "Ty! Thane! The others are cornered and I can't reach them!"
I looked around to try and find my other cousins to see that my sister was right. Dammit! There were at least thrity men between us and them. Arianne's three sectioned staff was whirling around her, as leathal as her father's nunchucks. She was just as quick as him too, like a light green, blonde and pink whirlwind, but not even her speed could do much good with these kinds of odds.
Next to her a tall, yellow masked form tried his best to cover her. Ari was knocked back and Dante came in with a butterfly sword to block another hit at her. I didn't really like those things, I prefer the long slender blades of the katana compared to the short wide blades he was using. But he used them well, he was perfectly trained with them as he spun and brought the other in to knock a knife away from the Dragon who was going for our yougest cousin. Ari came back up swinging and expertly swung her staff around and took out yet another one.
I looked around, trying to find a way to reach my cousins while still dodging my own attackers, and I found them a way out. "Thane! Can you knock that fire escape ladder loose?" He didn't reply but quickly clipped a hook sword to his side and pulled out a sai he also carried, then launched it at the raised ladder. He hit it hard enough to knock it loose and it fell down with a rattle, taking out a Dragon with it.
"Father is going to be pissed if I loose that sai." He griped. He was worried about that? I was more worried about not getting my ass handed to me, by either Dragons or our fathers. We were so going to be in trouble if we didn't find a way out of here and get back home!
Ari and Dante quickly made their way up the fire escape, reached a ledge and followed it around then finally dropped down next to us. At least we were all together now, but still in serious trouble. We were on the wrong side of the ally to get away, the opening was on the the other side. Going up was out of the question too, since there were Dragons waiting for us up there.
"Anyone else getting the feeling they were expecting us?" Dante mumbled.
"Not us." Lavi corrected. "This is our first time out doing this, how would they know about us?" I knew they both were sort of right, this was a trap but it hadn't been set for us. And we blundered right into it. "We need to get out of here!"
"Sure thing, Ty. Just as soon as you ask those nice men to step aside for us." Ari replied.
Suddenly the press of Dragons stopped attacking and stepped back. That stunned us but we kept our guard up. And for good reason as a large form came walking into the ally from the other end. He was huge, at least as big as my uncle. I didn't know humans could get so large. I really had a bad feeling about this. "I think we are in trouble."
"What was the first clue? The fact that we snuck out or the fact that we are surrounded?" Dante said sarcasticlly.
"Didn't Uncle give you anything we can use here?" I asked him as I scanned the surrounding for any way out.
"Please, you know he doesn't let me have any of his good stuff. I'm only fifteen for crying out loud."
The large human had by now made it to us and looked us over in surprise. "What's this? More freaks? Not what I was expecting but I might as well wipe you out. No point in having more of you running around." He then looked at Lavi and Ari and I didn't like the leer that came over his face. "I might have some fun with you two first. You actually aren't to bad looking. A little weird, but not bad."
"You keep your filthy hands off of them!" Thane thundered and charged the big human before I could reach out to stop him. God he was so much like his father it wasn't funny. At least Uncle controlled his temper better. He was easilly caught by the throat and slammed into the wall behind us. Shit! What the hell was this guy? Lavi tried to go to him to see if he was hurt when that same hand reached out and picked her up, once again by the throat. She stuggled in that iron grip, obviously trying to get some air.
"The rest of you will behave, or I snap her throat." The large human grinned at us. Thane growled as he stood up, but held his temper in check and stayed back. Think, Ty, think! That was your sister he had! Maybe Father had been right, we weren't ready for this. And now we were about to pay for that mistake. All we could do was look on in horror as he stood grinning at us with Lavi dangling in his grasp.
Suddenly four dark figures dropped down in front of us. Quicker than we could ever hope to be right now one of them lashed out, knocking Lavi from the man's hand while another caught her as she flew out of his grasp. The one who knocked my sister loose turned to face me for a quick moment, his blue eyes blazing in rage behind that blue mask and I knew I was in serious trouble now. Nothing scared me more than the very mad figure in front of me.
"You are grounded for the next fucking month!" He snapped at me, then tore into the man in front of us. Father was pissed...
Uncle Raph went to Thane as Uncle Mikey set Lavi back on her feet. "Are you alright?" He asked his son in a gruff tone. Thane swallowed hard but nodded. "Good, because when we get home you won't be!" He snapped and Thane flinched. Uncle Raph then went to go help Father with the big guy.
Uncle Mikey and Uncle Donnie shot their offspring quick, disappointed glances, but said nothing before they too engaged the men in front of us. We had watched them numerous times as they trained, hell they were the ones who trained us, our mothers, my step siblings but none of us could match the raw power and speed of our fathers. But even they had a hard time with the sheer amount of goons we stumbled across, and it didn't help matters that two of the four were engaged with the large human.
After a few quick blows Father and Uncle Raph knocked him away and Father took a quick look at the situation, then glared back at us. We were to scared of them to move from that wall, maybe it would be safer to stay here? "Move!" Father snapped. "We need to get out of here and the only way is through them!"
"You heard him!" Uncle Raph growled. "You wanted a night on the town, you got one. Now move! Before I kick your asses!"
We shot into motion again. The large human made a move for us again, obviously figuring out that we were the easier prey. Hell we were just teenagers, still training ourselves. Before he could reach Ari, who was the closest target, Father again intercepted him. "Not his time Hun." He growled at the human and moved in again. While Father kept him distracted Uncle Mikey came flying in and landed on his shoulders, then let himself fall backwards using the momentum and his legs to fling Hun against a wall. Hun crashed into into it face first and upside down, hung there for a moment, then slipped down to the ground.
"This way!" Uncle Donnie called. He and Uncle Raph were trying to clear us a way through the mass of Dragons towards the alley opening on the other side. We quickly made our way to them, still unsure what to do.
"What? You forgot the last sixteen years of training? Use it!" This surprisingly came from Uncle Mikey as he came flying in over us, landing in a flurry of 'chucks and legs. Father came spinning in right behind him. His own katanas a blur in the air.
"You didn't have a problem fighting before we got here. What's the problem now?" Uncle Donnie asked. Um well, considering the fact we weren't supposed to be out here in the first place...it was kind of intimidating fighting next to them. We thought we did good, but we were still babies compared to them.
"You got yourselves into this mess, you fight your way out." Father told us. "We can't cover all of you. You have the skills, use them!" I sighed as once again I brought my katanas into motion. It would be just like Father to make us work our way out of this. He was a firm believer on you fix your mistakes. No way he was going to make this easy for us. We started this, he was going to make sure we finished it too.
Lavi fought next to me, her tankas moving with a fluid grace as she spun them around her. Her slender form belied the stength that was locked within. She kicked out and that kick sent a Dragon flying into another one and they both hit the ground. Then I caught a glimpse of a flash of light on metal and looked up to see a Dragon standing on the same ledge that our cousins used to get out of their eralier jam, and he had a gun. I didn't even think. "Lavi! Up!"
She effortlessly sommersaulted into my waiting palms and I sent her flying towards the man on the ledge. Before he could even lift his gun towards her she came in in a vertical spin, slamming her heel against his head, before she landed on the ledge. Then she sprinted along the ledge and quickly took out another one with a few quick punches. Then she jumped off of the ledge in a forward spin landing on yet another, taking him out the same way Uncle Mikey flipped Hun but this time in a forward roll and slamming the body into the ground. Father was over her in an instant to cover her as she sprung back to her feet, his swords intercepting makeshift weapons that were aimed at my sister. "Be more aware of your surroundings before you try a stunt like that, Lavi!" He snapped at her.
"Yes, father." She replied without pausing in her movements.
I heard a whistle of air from behind my head and spun, only to see a man pinned to the wall behind me with a sai. My eyes grew wide at the thought of what just happened. "Stop gawking at what the others are doing and pay attention!" Uncle Raph growled at me as he yanked his sai from the wall, then knocked the guy out. "Yes, Uncle."
Jeez, this fight was just as bad as a training session. Every move was analysed and if we screwed up, we heard about it. But in all honestly it felt good to have them there. A situation that seemed almost hopeless to us before was quickly turning into one that we maybe had a chance to get out of.
"Ari! You need to recover faster from your swings, you left yourself open!" Uncle Donnie scolded her while he stood over her as she picked herself up off of the ground.
Didn't mean that we wanted to get out of here though. I wonder if there was a chance I could make it to the docks and catch a boat to China? If their tones were any indication, we were nowhere near done with this ordeal after this fight.
"You deserved that, Dante. Need to be quicker on the counter attack, dude." I sighed. Even Uncle Mikey was pissed. This was going to be a long night.
"Hai, Uncle!"
"Thane! Stop using that as a damn butter knife and put some effort behind your swings!"
"Yes, Father." He growled out. Well he should be pissed, we wouldn't be in this damn mess if he had just held back! I had a few choice words saved up for my hot headed cousin when we got a moment. I had a feeling we would have plenty of those...in the dojo...with our fathers. Oh boy.
A cry of pain rang out into the night, and all thoughts of what was going to happen at home suddenly took a back seat. I knew that voice and my blood ran cold.
"Ari!" Uncle Mikey's voice followed and I turned to see him rushing to her as she slumped against the wall in pain, her hand clasped to her shoulder. Uncle Donnie was trying his hardest to cover her, but he couldn't fight and get her at the same time. Even in the dim light I could see the blood coming from under her hand. In a flurry of movement Uncle Mikey fought his way to her side and scooped her up, Father not far behind him. Jesus, we should never have done this. She was just fourteen for crying out loud. If I thought Father was pissed before, then I had no idea what to describe him now. He struck out around him in fury, anyone who got to close to the girl was going to bleed, a lot.
"Daddy, it hurts." I heard Ari whisper as they caught up with us. I coverd Uncle Mikey's other side now as they met up with me and Uncle Donnie covered the rear.
"I know pumpkin." Uncle Mikey told her softly, his own anger now gone, replaced with concern.
"Raph! We need to push through! Now!" Father called to my uncle. We were so close to the end of the ally, almost free.
Suddenly Hun was there in front of us again and Uncle Raph didn't even hesitate, he lept high, spun, brought his leg out and nailed him right upside the head and he was gone just as quick as he popped up. His flight path also cleared out a lot of Dragons and we had our opening.
"GO!" Uncle Raph thundered at us, and we went. We hauled ass down the street until we were a few buildings down, with the Dragons in pursuit. Once we got far enough away from the ally to where we knew the ones on the rooftop couldn't follow us, we went up ourselves. All we needed was one clear rooftop to get away from them and we used it. Once we were up Father led us across the gaps and uneven roofs until we left all signs of the Dragons far behind us.
We survived our first night out on our own, but now I wondered if the experience was worth it. I shot a quick look at my twin as we followed Father home, both of us knew we were in for it. That boat to China was really seeming like a good idea right about now.