"Very good my children. You still have much to learn, but I see no harm in you four joining me tomorrow to find food." Master Splinter stated to the four very excited turtles. Young Michelangela jumped up and down in excitement. Splinter could not be more proud of his sons and daughters. As always Leonarda excelled in the lesson, followed closely by her brother Rapheal. Donetello and Michelangela could use a little more work, but Splinter reminded himself that they were only six years old.

"Yay! I'm so happy that we finally get to explore the tunnels with you. This will be our first adventure outside the lair." Michelangela beamed, grinning from ear to ear.

Splinter stopped in front of his daughter, "Yes, but you must remember to stay close to me and not wander off. There are beings out there who would mean us harm if they found us."

"You mean those robots you told us about?" Donetello asked.

"Yes." Splinter replied, thinking back to when his life changed forever as he transformed into a rat and the four little turtles he had bought from the pet store turned into something more human. Then those strange identical robots, whose glowing green ooze caused their transformation, tried capturing them to experiment on them. He did not regret what happened that day though, especially since it gave him another chance at having a family.

Coming back to the present Splinter continued, "That is why you must do as I tell you tomorrow. And remember your ninja training, make sure you are not spotted by any humans."

"Yes Sensei," each turtle responded.

Splinter smiled, "Then off to bed. We have a big day tomorrow."

None of the turtles had ever seen Michelangela run to bed that fast before in her life.

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Leonarda followed swiftly and quietly behind Master Splinter, occasionally looking behind her to make sure her siblings were still there. Even though she didn't show it, she was just as excited as Michelangela to be on this little expedition. Before they had left this morning Splinter had pulled her aside and asked her to watch out for the others. She was proud that Splinter trusted her enough for the job. She knew it was partially because she was the oldest, but she was also the least likely to wander off. Michelangela wanted to explore everything, Donetello would get sidetracked by anything he could possibly use to build a new piece of machinery or pertain to science, and Rapheal would wander off just cause he could. She rolled her eyes at that, thinking how Raph would defy any order he could.

They had been exploring the tunnels most of the morning by this point. They had found a decent amount of food, but not enough to last them very long. Eventually, Splinter came to a man whole. He did not want to leave his children alone in the tunnel, but he knew he would not find enough food for them unless he went to the surface. Making his decision he said, "Wait here, I must go up to find us more food."

As he was about to turn around he heard Michelangela say, "Can't we come with you?"

"No, it is to dangerous and you are still to young to come with me to the surface. Wait for me here, I will return as soon as I can."

And with that he was gone. Rapheal grumbled at not being allowed to follow. Donetello and Michelangela were slightly nervous, but Leonarda kept them calm. Suddenly there was a shout of, "Krang! Krang has found the missing mutants." Turning around the turtles all gasped when they saw that it was the robots Master Splinter had warned them about. There appeared to be five of them. "Good Krang, now Krang must capture said mutants so Krang may experiment on them."

With that the Krang opened fire on the turtles and chaos ensued. The turtles, sticking together, ran down random tunnels with the Krang not far behind. Soon they were lost, but they knew they couldn't stop. As Leonarda tried to lead her siblings to safety, she heard Michelangela grunt. Turning around, causing Raph and Donny to stop along with her, she realized Michelangela had tripped and the Krang were closing in on her. "Angela!" Leonarda yelled as she, Raph, and Donny rushed back to Michelangela's side to help her. They were immediately surrounded. When the Krang opened fire once more, the turtles all jumped and dodged out of the way. Sadly, Leonarda jumped in the opposite direction of her siblings, seperating her from them. All the Krang turned their focus on Raph, Angie, and Donny who had unknowingly backed themselves into a corner with nowhere to run.

Seeing this, Leonarda panicked, afraid for her siblings lives and did the only thing she could think of. She hoped her plan would cause the Krang to focus on her instead of her brothers and sister. Pulling out her twin katanas (that is what they are called right), she charged at two of the robots and plunged her blades into their backs causing them to spark and offline. As she had hoped, this caught the attention of the three remaining Krang who turned and fired at her. She dodged and called out, "Come and get me you stupid Krang!" The Krang started chasing her, completely forgetting about her siblings. As she ran off to lead the Krang away from brothers and sister, she looked back at her siblings to yell, "Run! Go hide! I will find you later!"

She took the Krang on a wild goose chase, but eventually she began to tire. She turned a corner only to find a dead end. There was nowhere else to go seeing as the only thing in front of her was several outlets of cascading water which fell down into a swirling pool below. She turned around hoping there was time to choice another tunnel. Unfortunately, the three remaining Krang had caught up with her and were blocking her escape.

"Surrender mutant so the Krang may perform experiments on you while Krang hunt down other turtle mutants."

She had to get back to her family, but she knew her chances of getting past the robots were slim. An idea popped into her head. It was a crazy idea, but it was her best bet of getting away. She carefully back up to the edge of the pool below her. Seeing she was not surrendering, the Krang on the left pulled the trigger once more. Leonarda jumped and took the plunge, but not fast enough as she felt pain bloom in her right temple. Before she could register anything else, she hit the water, hard. Head spinning, she held her breath as black spots popped up in her vision. The swirling water pulled her into another tunnel. She swam, trying to find somewhere to surface. When she thought she could hold her breath no longer she saw light. Swimming towards it, she found the surface.

Taking deep breaths, she took in her surroundings. To her horror, she realized she was above ground. Remembering Splinter saying to stake out of sight, she got out of the water in search of some place to hide. She didn't get very far before she saw more black spots and felt searing pain in her temple. She stopped, trying to clear the black spots. Realizing she wouldn't get very far, she look around for any nearby hiding place. Spotting a bunch of wooden crates, she made her way over to them. She found a crate that had a broken lid where she could open one corner of the lid enough to squeeze inside the crate. Inside the crate were tons of packages of biscuits. Once Leonarda got the lid situated so no one could see her, she checked herself out. For the most part she seemed fine, except for the side of her head where she had been hit. It was bleeding profusely. Taking out some bandages she kept, she began to wrap her head. Once finished, she laid back hopping to get rid of the wooziness. She had to get back to the sewers and her family, but she knew she couldn't right now in broad daylight. She would just have to wait until nightfall. Slowly loosing consciousness from all the blood loss, her last thoughts before darkness consumed her were hoping that her brothers and sister were okay. As she was slipping off into sleep, she was unaware of the fact that the crate she was hiding in was being loaded onto a ship.

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Splinter had finally found enough food to last them a while. It took him longer than he had hoped because three Krang (the same three Krang who found the turtles, they were headed to inform the rest of the Krang about the turtles) had discovered him. He took them out easily enough, but the hard part was leading them somewhere secluded.

When he made his way down into the sewer, he realized it was to quiet. Hurrying the rest of the way down, he looked around searching for his children. There was no sight of them. Splinter started to panic, fearing the worst. Catching Donetello's sent, he started making his way through the tunnels. He hoped his children were alright. Why had they not silenced to him? Why had they left there spot? What could have caused them to leave? It was not like them, especially Leonarda and Donetello, to disobey.

After fifteen minutes of searching, he finally found them. "Donetello! Michelangela! Rapheal!" They were all hiding on top of a piped near the tunnels ceiling.

"Master Splinter!" They all cried, jumping down and hugging him.

Splinter looked around confused. "Where is Leonarda?"

Michelangela sniffled, "We don't know. She never came to find us like she promised."

"Donetello, what happened here? Why did you all run off?" Splinter inquired of Donetello, knowing he would get the whole story from him.

"It was those robots you told us about. They call themselves the Krang. They found us while we were waiting for you to return. They started shooting at us, so we ran. We couldn't loose them, and they eventually had the three of us surrounded. Leonarda got their attention, and lead them away. She told us to hide and that she would come find us. She never came to find us Master Splinter." Donetello finished, his voice quivering.

Fearing for his oldest child, Splinter rushed his other three children home and went out searching for Leonarda. His search was fruitless. He continued searching for the next two weeks in the hope that he would find her or she would somehow find her way home. Even though he never found her, he still believed she was out there somewhere. He just knew it, she had to be alive.

Hope you like it so far, I'm not completely sure what all is going to happen. I have an basic outline of where I want this to go, but I may add some stuff later on. Just so you know Angie or Angela will be short for Michelangeala, and Lea will be short for Leonarda. Please review.