The sewers where damp, the sound of dripping water echoed through the tunnels, yet in the distance a small streak of light Shone brightly illuminating the small passage. The light came from a door that was slightly ajar, the room behind it was elegant for being in the sewer a large bamboo mat covered the floor, a large tree that had sprouted from the waste and mud, stood firmly just off from the centre of the room, the walls where nothing flash yet had a few Japanese paintings on them and the far wall had a large mural of what seemed to be a battle, also several weapon holders where mounted on the wall each holding a variety of classic Japanese weaponry.
Knelt at the foot of the tree sat a rat the size of a man wearing a traditional Japanese robe, next to him sat four others not rats but turtles each looked about three, and as they meditated it was clear that they had very different personalities, the one closest to the rat sat quietly, unmoving you'd think he where asleep if not for the uneven pattern of his breathing, next to him sat a slightly darker turtle the for some reason looked angry at something, his features where creased as he frowned at some unknown object and slouched slightly as he let out a long, agitated sigh gaining him a disapproving sigh from the rat and a small snicker from the turtle on his left, this one was a much lighter green and had a face that was infested with freckles he was constantly squirming and looked far too happy this left the final turtle who was much taller than his four brothers and a lot skinnier to, his mouth was slightly parted as he took deep breaths showing the single gap in his teeth.
"Teishi" the rat said in a low voice as to not scare the four turtles, slowly opening their eyes they all turned to look at the rat. "You have done well my sons, but Michelangelo you need to sit still" the freckle covered turtle gave a goofy smile and screeched the back of his head "sorry splinter" giving a small smile splinter dismissed the four. As they all went to sit in the larger open room with what looked to be a kitchen with a small battered old fridge, counters that where covered in grub and an old stove that was so rusty it looked as though it would crumble at the touch, further across there was a dipped aria that had two grimy old couches a fairly clean rug and a TV that sat upon a small crate. Michelangelo launched himself on the couches "finally, I thought that would never end!" Michelangelo half screamed "meditating is a key skill we need to become good ninjas so deal with it" Leonardo said as serious as he could before Raphael pushed him over the futon "blah blah, stop talking and lets go hit sit something I'm sick of sensei tellin me what ta do" he said making his way to the tunnel entrance, "but raph you can't go, sensei told us not to wander the sewers" Donatello stuttered chasing after raph and grabbing his wrist, spinning around raph freed his wrist and pushed Donnie away making him stumble backwards, "listen if ya don't want ta come with me then fine but I'm going whether ya like it or not" raph turned on his heels and stormed out, the three remaining brothers exchanged glances and scrambled after him.
After hours of walking and the occasional wall punching, the four finally reached a large room with a large pool in the centre which appeared to be the drain, the water was murky and green, much resembling goo it flowed into a small grate that led to the outside world providing the only light in the huge room, the walls where coated with pipes moss and mould. the boys where in awe suddenly a smile that starched from ear to ear split across mikey's face "cannonball" he yelled plunging into the murky abyss almost as soon as he jumped in he reappeared coughing and spurting "help, help I cant swim!" sighing Donnie strolled over to Mikey and pulled him out, Leo glanced around "so does anybody know where we are" dread suddenly dawned upon there faces until Donnie mentioned he knew a way home. after about an hour they all decided they should head home, but on the way out raph decided to push Leo into the water, as he had been dead set on not getting in however the drain had started to empty just as Leo got above water level he was dragged back down the strong current whisking him away, raph had tried to go after him but Donnie refused to lose another brother, "what are ya doing that's Leo we need to go get him" raph said freeing himself from Donnie's grip "yea he could get eaten by sewer-gators" mikey whispered earning a death glare from both his elder brothers, "Leo isn't going to get eaten by sewer-gators that's stupid, well go get sensei and look for him, now lets go" Donnie said firmly and dashed off raph and mikey following closely behind.
meanwhile
everything was blur, one minute he's with his brothers the next he's being sucked into a giant wormhole of green and now he wakes up in a very unfamiliar part of the sewer. its pitch black and the only thing he can see it two small holes of light beaming from a manhole cover. "Guess that's my only way out" Leo sighed as he climbed the rusty ladder and with a lot of effort he eventually lifted the manhole cover. The light that had been beaming down had been from a street light as the sky was pitch black, the narrow alleyway was shrouded with shadows and then there was a rattling coming from the garbage bins, shaking slightly Leo edged closer and lifted off the lid to revel a small tabby cat, he sighed "just you, I was worried for a second" the small cat meowed and purred contently as Leo stroked it but eventually got startled and ran off as a small clutter drew Leos attention. Staring into the ere darkness he took a deep breath "h-hello" he stuttered internally cursing himself for stuttering, a small trail of blood made its way towards his feet as a large figure emerged, Leos eyes widened in fear as a tiger the size of three men emerged dropping a victim who had somehow lost a finger. it took a few seconds for Leo to comprehend what was going on, once he did he let out an ear piecing scream and ran for dear life, he hadn't a clue where he was going, but anywhere was better than there. he must have ran about twenty seven blocks before he found himself in china town ad took refuge in an old garage, Leo felt like his lungs where about to explode he had d never run so much in his life and he desperately needed water, but for now Leo was quite contempt with just catching his breath.
It had been about five minutes and Leo was about to go find something to drink when the door to the garage was bust to the ground, it was the tiger again, how had he found him Leo shuffled back as if trying to merge with the wall as the tiger headed towards him and picked him up by the edge of his plastron, "I'm not afraid of you" Leo said trying to sound tough but came out as a high pitched squeak, This actually made the tiger chuckle "what's your name kid" he asked his scarlet eyes piercing the dim lighting, Leo was confused to say the least, wasn't he trying to kill him "L-Leo" he managed to choke out the tiger raised an eyebrow and put him down, Leo was still baffled by the whole thing, who was this guy and what did he want also why did he kill that guy, his train of thought was interrupted by the tigers deep voice "well 'Leo' your not bad took me a while to find you and your not too big of a coward, what are you doing out here" should he really trust this guy for all he know he might be trying to kill him to, but he does need to get home, "I'm lost, I got carried away with some water and lost my home, w-will you help me" Leo looked up with hope in his eyes, the tiger seemed startled, but after a few minutes replied "fine but I don't want any crying or wining or whatever other stuff kids do, ok" a smile split across Leos face as he gave an over exaggerated nod and made himself dizzy, the tiger let out a sigh and they sat off "oh hey, mister, what's your name" the tiger stopped dead and was silent for a few seconds "tiger claw"