Begins with Family
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This is my first fanfiction so please keep that in mind. However, I do value all opinions to help improve my writing and encourage people to review. Thanks, enjoy!
Chapter 1: It Begins
No one's POV
"Come on team, move shell." Leonardo's eyes, disguised by his blue mask, gaze at each of his brothers.
They continue to simultaneously leap each rooftop with stealth and agility.
"We have to find the mutagen before the kraang does. Donnie, are you still getting that signal?" Leo questions.
"Yeah, the mutagen tracker is working perfectly, as expected," replies Donatello triumphantly.
"It should be right around...here!" Donatello informs as he brings the team to a halt.
"Spread out and search the area." Leo instructs.
They search every square inch before Mikey's voice fills the air.
"I found it! I am awesome!" he cheers.
"Alright, good job team," Leo encourages. "Let's return to the lair."
"I can't wait! There's still some leftover pepperoni pizza in the fridge!" Mikey announces.
The team is about halfway back when Leonardo suddenly shifts directions. "Follow me." he insists.
The three turtles exchange a glance before following orders.
"Leo where are we goin'?" Raph whispers.
"Trust me." Leo replies.
Raph exchanges another glance between his two younger brothers before returning his gaze to Leo. Suddenly Leo alters directions again. The team hurriedly changes their direction as well. Leo continues to maneuver before coming to a halt in the shadows behind a brick entrance to a rooftop stairway.
"Dude, where are we going?" Mikey persisted
"Sssshhhhh." Leo whispers glaring at Michelangelo.
"Leo, what ya doin' bro?" Raph's asks, a twinge of annoyance showing. His gaze meets his older brother's.
"I think we're being followed." Leo informs them.
"I don't know, I just have a bad feeling." Leo explains before returning his gaze to the rooftops.
Mikey, Donnie, and Raph scan the surrounding area but find nothing.
They wait there another minute.
"Can we go home now?" Mikey whines.
"Just wait one more…" Leo was cut off by a throwing star cutting into the bricks, inches from his head.
All four turtles whip around, their eyes meeting with the black masks of the foot clan.
"Spread out." Leo orders before diving to avoid the next throwing star.
Raphael immediately springs into action, twirling his twin sai at his sides. Two foot bots are beheaded, and Raph makes his move for a third. Donatello does a backflip over his enemy. Taking advantage of the foot bots lack of evasion, he stabs it's midsection with his bo staff. Michelangelo wraps his nunchuck around one of the bots wrist and yanks it towards him, finishing it with a swift kick off the rooftop. Leo slices one in half. Then he leaps to avoid the throwing stars, he brings his katanas down, two more bots are sent tumbling to the ground.
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Less than a minute later, metal is scattered about the rooftop. No foot bots remain.
"Ha, didn't even break a sweat." Raph gloats.
"That was almost too easy." Leo cautions.
"Or we're just that good." Raph suggests.
"So turtles, we meet again." a figure reveals itself from behind the shadows.
He scrapes his metal blades against the brick stairway as he advances towards the brothers.
"Shredder." Leo's deep blue eyes lock onto his enemy.
"Too bad your master isn't here to witness your demise." Shredder taunts.
The four turtles join together in a defensive position.
Shredder readies his blades, making the first move. He jumps from above and angles his blades downwards, forcing the group to scatter. Raph makes the next move, slicing to the left. Shredder pulls to the right, easily dodging the twin blades, then performs a stabbing motion towards the red clad turtle. Raph does a backflip then the metal sais clash with Shredder's blade. Leonardo strikes Shredder from the side, causing his enemy to stumble backwards slightly. Donatello takes this opportunity to charge Shredder and force him back, however, Shredder thrusts his fist at Donnie. The turtle avoids the fist, but not Shredder's blade. The blade causes a long gash by his face, tearing his purple mask. Shredder then stabs Donnie through his plastron and propels him into the stairway wall.
"Donnie!" three worried voices call for their brother.
He groans with pain before his body goes limp. Blood slowly forming a pool where the unconscious turtle lay. Mikey defends his older brother as Shredder charges the defenseless turtle. His nunchucks wrap around Shredder's arm before the blade could pierce Donnie's body again. Raph and Leo both leap in front of Donatello and kick their enemy back away from their younger brother.
"Mikey, get Donnie out of here!" Leo shouts, turning his attention to his youngest brother.
"Leo, watch out!" Raph calls, though it was too late.
Leo whirls around only to find the Shredder's blade coming down towards him. He dives to the left, though the blade still pierces his shoulder. Shredder then kicks Leonardo down and hurls him off the rooftop, sending him plummeting into the alley below.
"Leo!" Raph cries out, crossing his blades in front of his plastron. Shredder charges Raph, then leaps over him, proceeding towards Michelangelo and Donatello.
""Mikey, NO!" Raph hollers just as Shredder's lunges. Mikey jumps to avoid the fatal blow but the blade pierces his leg. Mikey falls to the ground. Shredder then proceeds to stab his blade into Mikey's thigh. His foot slams down on the turtles injured leg before he knocks the turtle down with his armor covered fist.
Raph clashes his sais once again with Shredder's blade, leading Shredder away from his younger brothers. Mikey takes this opportunity to carry or rather drag Donnie into the corner, his own injured leg hindering the speed of his progress. Mikey then jumps over the gaps between rooftops, each time his foot makes contact with the buildings pain shoots through his leg. He is able to conceal both himself and Donnie in the shadows a few rooftops away from the fight.
"It's going to be okay Donnie." Mikey whispers. He barely manages to wrap his mask around his brother's plastron to stop his brother from bleeding out before slipping into unconsciousness.
Meanwhile Raph dodges a stab from Shredder's blade, though Shredder grabs his throat. His grip tightens until Raph begins slipping into then slams Raph onto the ground, forcing his world to go black.
Shredder turns around to find that Michelangelo and Donatello are gone.
They won't survive anyway, he guessed by their injuries. However, the other two might still be of use.
Sorry, first chapter and it's a bit of a cliffhanger already. The poor brothers can't seem to catch a break it seems.
Please let me know if I should continue this story and if you find it interesting. Thanks for reading and please let me hear your thoughts and review. Thanks!