Black raven hair tossed over a shoulder slipping her bat under her arm as she shimmed her way down a water pipe. She looked below her for a moment as the ground was further down than she liked. She landed on a shaky old fire escape, kicking down the ladder as it stops eight feet from the ground. She rolled her eyes in a growl, gripping the metal bars as she let her body slide to a stop. Her feet dangle a couple feet from the pavement as she dropped, in a crouching position looking around the alleyway.
She couldn't remember the last time she had done this. She knew it had to of been since she was sixteen, younger but she just as flexible in her skills. She smirks slipping the wooden bat from her underarm slowly as she lets the handle twist in her palm. She walks down the alleyway to the street as she sees Purple Dragons loading a van. She narrows her eyes through her hockey mask as she crouches down watching from a safe and quiet distance.
She had been waiting a long time for this. There they were the ones that thought it best for her to leave. She was captured and treated like a little pet for weeks in that cage they kept her in. That was until her friends and her brother set her free. She was stupid for going up against the odds but that was the way her dad taught her. To do what was right even if the odds were against her. And tonight, that might have been the case as well, but at least she was prepared.
She trained for years waiting for the day she could come back to the city, her city and take vengeances out on the man named Hun and his Purple Dragons. She was Alexandra Mildred Jones and she wanted payback.
She watched them carefully from the dark shadows of an alleyway as they gave a signal to move out. She hurried over to an alleyway on the opposite side of the street.
"There he is." She heard a raspy voice say from behind her. She froze almost instantly at the new sound slashing its way through the silence.
"You're getting sloppy Jones." Another voice came as she clenched her eyes, and her fists. Her heart leaped in her throat as she tired to make her body turn towards them. She heard the footsteps coming closer as she finally moved her foot slowly, then her shoulders turning and facing them.
Large shadows on the other side of the alleyway, inches away from the light given off by the moon. She winced trying to make them out as they stepped forward into the light. Her eyes grew wide as she saw the crowbar and chains twirling and twisting in their grasps. Purple Dragons. She turned her wincing eyes into a narrowed glare through the plastic slits as they came closer.
"Not so tough without your green freaks are you vigilantly?" She felt a small fire erupt in her stomach. They took her home from her, her father, her life that was once beautiful and something she wished everyday to gain back. These assholes took that from her. She braced the bat over her shoulder letting her stature not be taken for that of a woman's. Her leather jacket was baggy enough to cover her curves, worn around the edges and tattered, his leather jacket.
"Weren't you a lot bigga last time we saw you?" One asked as the other nudged him.
"Who gives a fuck?" He said smacking the metal against his palm as he stepped closer. She shifted back twirling the bat in her grasp as the other started walking along with his idiot friend; then they went at her.
She braced herself for the impact as she jumped up into a kick delivering a swift blow across both of their faces. They stumbled back as she caught her bearings twisting her bat as she stood. She smirked under her mask gripping the handle of the bat with both hands and smacking it upwards as one of the thug's heads snapped back, falling into the cold puddle behind him. The other wiped debris from his lip, growling behind his wet hand as he ran towards her. He caught her stomach with his shoulder as he slammed her body against the bricks in the alleyway. She let out a grunt as he furrowed his brow ripping the mask from her face.
"You!" He said as he stepped back letting her body fall onto the concrete. She rose to her to her knees slowly shaking her head from dizziness as he stepped towards her kicking her in the gut. She fell back against the cold ground bringing her knees to her stomach in pain as he chuckled. He grabbed her shoulder, picking her up from the extra leather of her jacket. "You're gonna make a pretty little prize again for my master." The Dragon said as his hot rank breath washed against her face. She winced to the smell moving her face from it as he dragged her out of the alleyway throwing her body into the bed of the truck.
"Get in there." A Dragon hissed as he tossed her into a cell. She stumbled back slightly, catching herself with her own balance as her eyes remained in a tight glare. "Enjoy your screams." He said shifting his glare from her to the space behind her. She furrowed her brow, dismissing it completely.
"Fuckin' Dragons…" She said under her breath as he walked away. She sighed looking up the length of the cell doors as she had a strange urge to turn around, the feeling of eyes on her. She flicked her side swipe bangs from her eyes as she turned her head slowly over her shoulder. She saw them standing there leaning against the wall in complete silence. She opened her mouth, in shock as she looked them up and down slowly in the moonlight. She turned her head back towards the cell doors as she tired to think of something come up with. She clenched her eyes shut as nothing came to her turning back as her body fully faced them.
"We're not going to harm you." One said in a soft gentle voice. "I'm Leonardo, these are my brothers. Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo." She nodded her head slowly. She back up, keeping from the light shinning in a small window from the moon. She couldn't let them see her, recognize her. She backed up again, watching them intently as they looked amongst themselves for a moment. She heard a commotion coming down the halls as the cell doors sung open slamming against the metal bars.
She stumbled forward on to her knees as Leonardo leaned down to help her. She picked her head, flipping the hair out of her face as she made eye contact with him. He pulled her to her feet effortlessly as she pressed her lips together, pushing the hair out of her face as Leo narrowed his eyes slightly on her. She made a nervous smile come to her face as she pushed away; all turtles looked her up and down.
"Yeah well, you tell Hun that I ain't leavin' until that piece of shit comes down here and handles me personally!" Alex narrowed her eyes turning towards the familiar voice. The Dragon smirked walking away from the cell.
"Have fun with your little family reunion vigilantly." He said as a door slammed behind him. Casey furrowed his brow turning around slowly as Alex lifted her hand, closed fist and punched him across the face. He stumbled back from the hit as she felt arms wrap around her shoulders almost instantly.
"Alex, what the hell?!" Casey said as he held his face.
"You said you were gonna stop this Casey! You swore on dad's grave that this shit was gonna end!" She screamed as she tried to break from the grip being put on her. They finally let her go as she straightened her shirt out. She looked over her shoulder quickly as Raphael was holding her. He glared at her before she turned her attention back towards her idiot brother.
"Listen, this ain't my fault alright I…" She narrowed her eyes punching him across the face again. "Fuck…" He said in his hand. He pulled it away as blood streamed from his lip. "Where the fuck did you learn howda punch like that." Arms wrapped around her again as she went to run at him.
"You need a time out." She heard his thick Brooklyn accent say from behind her. He wrapped his arms around her waist as she kicked her feet to get free. She narrowed her eyes on his as he put her back against the wall keeping his hand on her chest, across her collar bone. She glared at him then at Casey as Raphael looked over his shoulder at his hockey masked friend. "When the hell did you let her come back?"
"I didn't." Casey said crossing his arms and glaring at his sister. She glared back as Raphael looked towards her.
"He didn't have to! I can..."
"No, we sent you away and you should of stayed..."
"Don't lecture me Leonardo I am not one of your brothers!" Alex snapped back as Raphael sighed putting his hand for his brother to stop coming towards her. "Whateva…" She said turning her face away from them.
"I knew you looked familiar." Donnie said rubbing his head. She pressed her back tighter on the wall as Raphael's hand rested on her chest.
"Will you just listen to me and…" Casey started.
"NO! I'm through listenin' to you because everythin' you fuckin' say is just incoherent bullshit that makes absolutely no sense!"
"Alright, we get it you're angry…" Leonardo started as she relaxed her body back against the cold concrete wall. Raphael took a small step away from her dropping his arm, still standing in front of her in case she made another attack. She sighed, crossing her arms over her chest as she shifted her weight onto one foot, as her hip stuck out on the side. Raphael looked up and down her body slowly as her scowl remained off to the side. "However, this is your brother and we are in a situation where a discussion like this can wait until we are all safe and sound." Leo said calmly as his brother's nodded their head.
"Speakin' of which, you got any ideas fearless?" Raph asked as Alex relaxed her expression watching him as the moonlight hit his emerald colored skin. She tilted her head slightly admiring his flex in muscle as he moved his arms to cross over his chest plate. She arched a brow slightly from surprise of his form. She remembered him when she was younger as that familiar feeling crawled its way back up to her stomach. She closed her eyes for a moment pushing it back down from where it came from.
"Not so far." He sighed looking over at Donnie as he shrugged.
"Why are you here?" Raphael asked as Alex looked towards him with a raised eye brow.
"Why does that matta?"
"Because, you're yellin' and screamin' at Casey for lettin' this shit go then what are you doin' here and doin' back?" Raph asked stepping closer to her as she tightened her back against the cold bricks. She furrowed her brow in thought and aggravation as he took another step closer. She slipped away from him backing up as he turned towards her, arms still crossed tight over his plastron. "You gonna answer me?"
"I couldn't just let you guys do this on your own, especially not you Case." She said in solemn tone towards her brother. He crossed her arms looked at her as she sighed letting her body fall back against the wall behind her. "I just, I couldn't stay away. I went through a lot of training and got better. And besides, it isn't like me to just get up and run from my problems! Dad didn't teach us to be pussies so why the fuck should I start now just because some jackass thinks he can push me around, fuck that and fuck them! I through being pushed around!" Alex said slamming her fist against the bricks beside her.
"You're a lot feistier than I remember?" Mikey said eyeing her carefully. She smirked a little.
"You had training?" Leonardo asked stepping over to her. She nodded her head slowly as he crossed his arms. "From who?"
"They just taught me the basics and things I didn't already know from you guys. I took a couple sessions on martial arts at a wreck center they had there." She shrugged. "I would have been fine if it wasn't for you." She said pointing towards her brother. "You keeping up with this fuckin' hockey masked vigilantly thing, I couldn't even wear mine without being mistaken for you!" She said stepping towards him as Leonardo took a quick step towards her. She narrowed her eyes on her brother as he held up his hands.
"Hey listen, I didn't tell you to cramp my style." He said tugging on her leather jacket. She growled pulling her sleeve away as took the jacket off tossing it on the floor.
"I don't want the fuckin' thing anyways." She said walking back over to her corner as they both turned away from each other.
"Ya know, this'll go a whole lot quicker if you two stop bickering." Leo said looking back and forth between the two.
"Iunno, can he handle not being a complete moron for two seconds?" Alex asked over her shoulder as Leo sighed holding his head.
"What the fuck is your problem huh? What did I do to you?"
"You sent me away!" She said turning around. "I had a home here, friends and family and just like that you took that shit away from me because you didn't have faith in me Casey!"
"It wasn't just me ya know, the guys thought it be best too." He said looking towards Leo who nodded his head.
"We couldn't protect you forever." Leo shrugged as Alex looked from Casey to Leo, over to Raph as he moved his gaze to the floor as her eyes went on his. She narrowed her eyes at all of them.
"Fine, fuck you then." She said moving away from them, into her own corner of the cell. Casey sighed running a hand through his hair.
"She's just upset." Leo said softly.
"Upset isn't even the start of it Leo." She said over the silence. He looked back at her as she sat against the wall, her legs bent as her elbow rested on one to hold her head up.
She started fiddling with someone in her shirt as Mikey picked his head up from the sound. He was closest to her as he leaned over a little to see what she was doing. She picked her head up looking at him as he furrowed his brow nodding his head towards her. She looked up at Casey and Leo as they both looked down the hall through the cell bars. She tilted her head for him to sit by her as he got up quietly and quickly moving over to her.
She had her hand down her white tank top as she pulled out a long wire from under it. Mikey made his eyes wide as she clasped a hand over his mouth. She placed a finger to hers to keep him quiet as he nodded his head. She looked over towards Leo and Casey as she got up. Raphael walked towards her as she moved her bra to readjusted herself.
"What?" She whispered hoarsely as he narrowed his eyes.
"What the fuck are you…" She put her hand over his mouth as he glared at her. She stepped away from him pushing Leo and Casey out of the way as she looked down the hall. She flipped her hair over her shoulder as she placed the wire into the lock, moving it around. Casey leaned over her as she pushed him away.
"What are you doin'?" He asked as she looked up and down the hall again.
"Gettin' us outta here since you wonderful gentlemen are havin' such a problem with it." She said as the lock clicked. She leaned against it as it sung open, looking behind her. "Never send a man to do a woman's job." She smirked looking down the hall again and walking it. Leo grabbed her arm as she pulled away. "What?"
"We don't know what's waiting for us." He said in a harsh whisper. She arched a brow with a slight smirk.
"I do. A buncha Dragons…Oh poor little boy doesn't know howda fight with out his swords?" She asked with a pouty lip as he narrowed his eyes pushing past her. "Ha, knew that would get 'em."
"Yeah, just wait till he kills you later." Donnie said walking past her.
"Meh…I had a good run." She shrugged with a smile patting his shell. He gave a meek one back as she nodded her head. "I missed you too Donnie." She said softly as he followed his brother. Mikey was next as he threw his arms around her in a hug. Casey grabbed him by the shell pulling him down the hall.
"C'mon shell for brains we don't have time for a reunion." Alex smirked as Mikey walked with his brother. Raphael leaned off from against the wall as she looked over her shoulder at him. He kept his eyes on her in a tight glare as she just smiled.
"Nice goin' kid." He said shorty uncrossing his arms. He put his hand on her back shoving her forward as she stumbled a bit catching herself. "I'll take the back, catch up with the othas." He said as she turned around quickly glaring at him.