"Ow Mysti too tight" Dominic told her friend. "Sorry" Mysti said loosening the ties on the dress. "Are you nervous" Dominic asked fixing her long blonde hair into a bun. "A bit. I mean this was supposed to be Tonya's big night not mine." Mysti said. "So she's still missing?" Dominic asked. "Yeah nobody's seen her in weeks" Mysti said. "Hey don't worry about it this is your night to shine Mysti" Dominic said smiling at her friend. Dominic was proud of her friend. Mysti-Ane' was not someone you would expect to be able to dance. She had a heavy build that was never seen in dancers but she could out dance everyone in New York. In fact, she was one of the most inspiring people Dominic knew.
The two dancers walked backstage. They were surprised when several masked individuals dressed as ninjas leapt down from the upper balcony and surrounded the two of them. They closed in on them with weapons. Dominic took up a fighting stance and stepped in front of her friend. "Back off" Dominic growled thinking that they were here for her. "Stay out of this" one of the ninja's said and attacked but Dominic caught the attack throwing the man off balance. She did the same to a few more ninjas clearing a path. "Run" She told her friend and picking up the broad swords she kept hidden backstage. They were a bit thinner and lighter than most other broad swords. It made it much easier to defend herself. Mysti had almost made it to the door when someone in the craziest looking samurai suit either of them had ever seen cut her off. This was the Shredder. He raised his blades to strike Mysti down. Dominic was barely able to stop his attack in time. "Holy crap this guy is fast" Dominic thought to herself. "You insolent girl!" the Shredder growled knocking her to the side. "He's strong too" Dominic though getting back up. "You should have stayed quiet Tonya" the Shredder said. Mysti backed up. "Stop!" Dominic yelled stopping another attack. This time with one of her blades to his throat. "That's not Tonya. That's her twin sister Mysti" Dominic told him. "You truly expect me to believe that" he asked. "Mysti you got your phone with you?" Dominic asked. "Yeah" she squeaked. Dominic stuck one of her swords into the wooden floor keeping the one at his throat. "Gimme" Dominic said holding her hand back while keeping her eyes on the Shredder. She opened the flip phone. Luckily Mysti's screensaver was of her and her sister. "This proof enough for you?" Dominic asked holding the phone up for Shredder to see. He narrowed his eyes. "Very well. My apologies" he said. "Honest mistake" Dominic said withdrawing the sword poised at his neck not wanting to continue the conflict. "Foot clan move out" Shredder said signaling with his hand. Dominic handed the phone back to Mysti and pulled her sword out of the wood floor. "You are and impressive warrior" the Shredder commented. "As are you great master" Dominic responded bowing her head in acceptance of his compliment. She turned away as Shredder vanished guiding her terrified friend away as the ninja disappeared.
"Mysti I have a pretty good idea what happened to your sister." Dominic said to her friend. "What?" Mysti asked obviously still shaken. "If I had to guess I'd say witness protection has her stashed somewhere" Dominic said. "And they didn't think it was a good idea to tell her twin sister?" Mysti asked. "Are kidding me? The Feds are idiots." Dominic stated. "Girl you are too young to have had dealings with the feds" Mysti laughed. "You'd be surprised." Dominic commented. She was right most thirteen year olds didn't deal with this kind of stuff but then again she wasn't a normal girl. Mysti glanced at the swords in Dominic's hands. "Why are you carrying around real swords" She asked. Dominic laughed. "We live in a city literally full of crazy people. I never go anywhere without these" she said returning the swords to their sheathes. "Fair enough. But where did you learn to fight like that?" Mysti asked fixing her dark brown hair back into a bun. "Self-defense training" Dominic lied. Mysti seemed to accept this and vent on with the show. It was a complete success with Mysti triumphing in the spotlight.
Dominic walked down the street. It was late and there was hardly anyone else out. Even so the city was still loud. Dominic couldn't shake the feeling that she was being followed. She didn't feel threatened however. Her swords were strapped to her back hidden under the large overcoat she wore. Dominic walked into the run down building where her apartment was. Dominic opened her apartment door but jumped in surprise as something fell down from the ceiling stopping just in front of her face. "Hi" said a voice to her. "Oh my gosh Sneaky you scared me!" She scolded the cobra. He just flicked his tongue at her. "Come here" she said holding out her arms. The six-foot-long king cobra dropped from the branch suspended from the ceiling curling around Dominic's shoulders as best as he could. Dominic caught the rest of him in her outstretched arms. The snake pulled the rest of himself onto her shoulders. It was his favorite spot to be. "I caught another rat" the cobra hissed proud of himself. He had a silly grin on his face which made Dominic laugh. "Sounds like you had an exciting night" she said as she unstrapped her swords and put them at the head of the bed. The snake stopped grinning. "What happened?" he asked. "What makes you think something happened?" She countered sitting on the bed. "You put your swords at the head of your bed instead of at the foot. You only do that when something has happened." the snake hissed. "Alright you win." She said stoking the snakes smooth tan scales. "Some guys attacked the theater before the performance looking for Tonya. Long story short I stopped them from killing Mysti and they left." She informed the snake. "Did they follow you from the theatre?" the snake asked. "I don't know" she confessed. "I will watch you tonight." The cobra stated. "Don't you always" Dominic laughed. She set the snake on the bed and prepared for sleep. Dominic climbed under the ragged blanket. Sneaky curled up next to her on top of the blanket staying warm from her body heat. His eyes fixed on the door. A slight breeze rolled through from her slightly opened window that she could never quite get to close as Dominic drifted into a light sleep.
In the darkness a ninja silently climbed down onto the fire escape. He opened a small bag and pulled out a small cobra. This was no normal cobra however. It had been modified to produce a venom that did not kill but merely paralyze its victims. The snake hissed angrily as the ninja forced it through the window and dropped to the floor. It slithered along the moving towards the heat of Dominic's body. Before the snake could even climb onto the bed, Sneaky dropped off the bed in front of the much smaller snake. They both displayed their hoods and vicious hissing escaped both of them. The little snake was hardly threatening to the cobra twice his size but he was extremely aggressive and struck barley missing the other cobra. Sneaky returned the strike with one of his own. The two snakes continually struck at one another. The loud hissing was enough to wake up Dominic. She turned on the light in time to watch Sneaky deliver the final strike to the throat killing the intruder. The smaller snake had bloody bite marks all over him. The sight of the dead snake saddened her. She picked up her own cobra looking him over for bites. She found none. A flash of movement caught her eye. It was the ninja. He quickly climbed out of view of the window. Dominic set the cobra in his habitat. "Stay here" she said as she picked up her swords.
Dominic wretched to stubborn window open. Her eyes turned purple as a few of her teeth sharpened and her claws extended. The ninja was fast but Dominic was faster. She used her claws to climb the outside of the fire escape. She was not letting this go. The ninja had made it halfway across the roof when the pommel of one of her swords struck him in the head knocking him to the ground. She had her other sword at the side of his neck. He rolled over to face her holding his hands up in surrender. "What's the big idea" She demanded. Her eyes were still purple and her claws still extended making her look even more intimidating. The ninja didn't answer. Dominic thought she could see him smiling through the mask. Out of nowhere ninja appeared on other rooftops and jumped to hers. Now she understood. Dominic kicked the sword she had thrown back up into her free hand as the ninja closed in on her. She dispatched many of her attackers not killing them, none of them being able to injure her in the process. She used her senses to their fullest but would not use her magic even if it wasn't a fair fight.
"Enough" The ninja backed away from her to reveal Shredder. "You" Dominic growled narrowing her eyes. She did not lower her swords. "Very impressive young one" he said stepping forward. "What do you want?" she demanded. "There is a battle going on going on between good and evil. I ask you to join my army of humble ninja in fighting this battle" Shredder said. "Oh so that's why you let loose a venomous snake in my apartment in order to kill me." Dominic counters. Shredder laughed. "It wouldn't have killed merely paralyzed. You will serve me." He commanded. "No." Dominic stated. "Very well, then you will die." He threatened signaling the ninja to attack. This time there were more of them. It was much harder to dodge attacks. There were four in particular who were dressed differently. They were the only ones who managed to land blows on her. Dominic was forced to bring her wings out in a burst of white fire and use them as shields. "Interesting" Shredder muttered as his elite sliced through the membranes in an attempt to get to her. Dominic was so focused on them he did not notice Shredder's approach until his sliced up her back causing her to drop to her knees. Blood seeped from her wounds. "Any last words?" he asked using the tip of his blades to make her look at him. "Burn!" she gasped. Her eyes glowed a brilliant purple as an explosion of fire sent Shredder and his warriors flying away from her. "I should have just done that in the first place." Dominic thought to herself before collapsing. The spell and blood loss had taken the last of her strength. The last thing she saw before the darkness over was giant turtles and guys in trench coats.
The guardians and turtles hurried to the fallen girl. Donatello examined her. "Guardians what are you doing here?" Leonardo asked. "We saw the Foot engaged in conflict." One of the guardians answered. "Guys she's barely breathing." Donatello informed them. "Worry not turtles." A guardian said picking her up. "We will care for her. The guardians hurried off before the turtles could ask any questions. "Well that was different." Mikey commented. "No kidding." Donatello replied, "Did that girl have wings?" "I remember when we were the weirdest things in the city." Mikey laughed. "She didn't even leave us any Foot ninja." commented looking at the surrounding roof tops. Suddenly groans caught their attention as some of the ninja got to their feet. "Oh yes she did." Raph smiled.