To whomever was reading this before my computer shat itself,

The first two chapters have been edited but they should basically be the same. I'm reworking #2 at the moment.

I'm so sorry for the delay.

Disclaimer- I do not own TMNT

Chapter 1

"Welcome to New York City, Ghost."

"You summoned me?" A voice came out of the darkness.

"Yes. I have an assignment for you." Karai answered. She turned away from the window in time to see a shadow free itself from the wall and move stealthily across the floor.

The dark figure knelt before her and spoke, "Karai, Mistress of the Foot clan. I am duty bound to inform you that your contract with the Blood Guilds is ending." The shadow held out an envelope.

"Then you had better fulfil your side of the contract to my satisfaction." Karai answered taking the paper.

"How can I serve you?"

"The task I want you to do will be far different to any other the Guild has performed for me."

"We have never failed you." The black-clad Ghost locked eyes with Karai. Karai smiled slightly at the anger in those cold eyes.

"I am merely warning you not underestimate your prey. They have great skill and work as a team."

"I have never failed." The shadowy Ghost repeated.

Karai nodded and moved back to the window. She sensed the assassin moving back into the shadows and called over her shoulder. "Watch them and report their actions to me. Do nothing else."

Only Ghost's eyes shone in the candlelight. "As you wish, mistress."

"Mikey! If ya don' quit it, I'm gonna beat the crap outta ya." Raphael growled at his brother.

"But Raph! It won't take long, pleeeeeease!" Michelangelo pleaded hopping from one foot to the other.

"I'm trying to watch Super Smack-down and if ya don' move by three, I'm gonna move ya with my fist." Raph stood slowly showing the orange-banded turtle he meant business.

Mikey's eyes went wide. It was fun getting Raph all riled up but it usually ended in several bruises. "Please Raph. Just five minutes."

"One." Raph stepped forward.

"Come on Raph, you don't really want to hurt me." Even before he saw the smile bloom on Raph's face Mikey knew Raph would feel fine about what he would consider his 'exercise'.

"Two." Raph cracked his knuckles.

Mikey gulped but didn't move from infront of the screens. "Three minutes?"

"Three!"

Mikey screamed and ran as Raph lunged for him. Raph pursued Mikey around the room coming closer to catching him at every turn. Finally, after several minutes of running and dodging, Michelangelo found himself backed up in a corner with nowhere to run.

"I'm gonna enjoy this." Raph pushed one hand into Mikey's chest and the other drew back to strike.

"Raphael! Michelangelo!"

"Ah great." Raph muttered under his breath.

Leonardo dropped into the living area. "What's going on?"

"Nuthin'. We were just sparring." Raph replied pulling away from Mikey, who then looped an arm around Raph's neck. Donatello stepped out of his train-car adjusting his bo-staff on his back.

"I was just about to show Raph this cool new trick I mastered on my board." Mikey grinned as Raph snarled.

Leo nodded and walked towards the utron elevator with Don. "You can do that later Mikey we're going topside now."

"Excellent!" Michelangelo exclaimed as he ran for the alien device. Raph glowered and followed. He could use a good work out; maybe they would get lucky and run into the Foot then he could bash a few heads.

The turtles dashed through the city; jumping off ledges and propelling themselves through the air only to land gracefully on the next rooftop and do it all again. As they neared Central Park Leonardo gave the signal to stop. Catching their breath they looked out over the busy city, just a couple of blocks away Central Park sat in quiet tranquillity as the night settled over the ever busy city. Don started chasing Mikey around the roof because Mikey had hit him on the head with his nunchaku, Raph crouched on a maintenance shed and Leo watched the streets.

A shout broke the evening's peace.

Mikey stopped his impersonation of King Kong and hurried to the edge of the build with his brothers. A woman in a long coat ran down the alley calling out a name, a scream from the far end replied. The woman rushed after it. Leo looked at his brothers.

"Let's check it out."

They leapt from the edge onto the next building following the running figure. The alley opened into a wide courtyard, the woman stopped for a moment before spying a trio of people at one end, the one in the middle was struggling.

Raph had just scaled down the fire-escape in time to hear "Sara!" and see the cloaked woman dash towards the people. When she was halfway across the courtyard, lights flooded the area and people streamed out of the surrounding buildings. Raph recognised the insignia and cast a grin at his brothers.

Purple Dragons. They might not be Foot ninja but they would allow him some fun.

The gang surrounded the four people on three sides. The woman ran forward and pulled the smaller figure away from the gangsters.

"Stay behind me Sara." Raine commanded as she pushed her younger sister behind her. Moving backwards she blocked the gangsters from reaching Sara.

"Raine? We're cornered." Sara said fearfully as her back touched bricks.

"I know, but this way they can't sneak up on us." Raine replied as the gangsters approached.

"And we can't escape." Sara retorted. Raine raised her fists as one member ventured too close and got socked in the jaw.

"Do you have your pepper-spray?"

"Yeah." Sara pulled it out of her pocket.

"Use it."

Raph tensed as the gang closed in on the two women. 'I think it's time to intervene' Leo said next to him.

"I was hopin' you were gonna say that." Raph said as he jumped over the railing into the mob, closely followed by his brothers.

A Purple Dragon had just grabbed Raine by the arm and yanked her away from Sara when a shadow passed over and her assailant fell to the ground. Looking around she saw other figures moving swiftly in the dark. The gangsters were falling like flies. Raine stared, the people fighting the gangsters looked like they were in costumes, she watched as they flipped and kicked and sent the Purple Dragons flying through the air. Wrenching herself back to where she was, Raine searched the area for Sara; a muffled cry from the alley-way sent her in that direction. The deepening night made the shadows deeper, darker. Raine tried to see any flicker of movement, she darted forward intent on exploring the alley for her younger sister when a hand grabbed her around the neck and drew her into the shadows.

Raph looked at the unconscious bodies on the ground and grinned in triumph. It had been a short fight but tough enough for him to work out some tension. Raph's eyes skimmed the area for the two women, he'd last seen them next to a wall but there was no-one there now. Maybe they had run away when they had the chance. Raph turned to his brothers; Mikey was still spinning his nunchaku, Leo was taking all the weapons away from the bodies and Don was scouting the buildings.

"Guys you should see this."

Leo looked up. "What'd you find Don?"

"Electronics, weapons, drugs, money. It's all here."

"Something major's going down." Mikey said as he shoved his nunchaku into his belt.

"Definitely looks like it. Hey Raph, they even have cars hidden away in here…Raph?" Don turned to see his brother gazing down an alley, his sai's still in his hands. "Raph the fight's over, we won."

"Yeah, but I got this feeling that somthin' ain't right." Raph frowned and moved to his brothers.

Several sounds chose that moment to escape the alley and alert the four turtles to trouble. Hurrying into the alley Raph was glad that his instincts were still sharp. A loud clang came from halfway down the alleyway. Raph ran towards it with his brothers close behind. The sound of boots crunching met Raph's ears as he rounded a corner and followed another lane in search of the fight.

A shout rang out and Raph slowed, he was close and didn't want to run into a random fist.

"Sara run!" Raine screamed as she shoved her sister towards what she hoped was an exit.

"Bitch!" The gangster whose hand she had just bitten was looking murderous.

'Fuck!' Raine thought as she tossed a look over her shoulder, running in the same direction Sara had gone, Raine prayed that she was safe. Another look over her shoulder proved that the burly gangster wasn't ready to let her go. Dashing passed boxes of junk and puddles that smelled repulsive Raine looked for glimpses of Sara, a scream to her left brought Raine to a stop. A yell from behind her sent Raine running down that side alley. The scream had sounded shocked and she was sure that it had been Sara. The alley was almost completely black; the shadows would have been perfect to hide in. Raine was still searching for Sara in the gloom when she ran into something unyielding.

Thud!

Raine landed hard on her butt. She looked up to see the wall that she had hit but instead saw the outline of a person in the darkness. Panic shivered up her spine. Crashing noises from the mouth of the alley meant that she was trapped between the unmoveable shadow infront of her and the Purple Dragon behind her.

Leo stared down at the girl, it the darkness her couldn't tell her age but she had sounded young when she had been screaming for the other girl. A quick look over his shoulder proved that the other girl was safely huddled in Mikey's arms. Leo reached out to the girl on the ground; hesitantly she placed her hand in his. Leo easily drew the girl to her feet. The sounds of the gangster were getting closer. Leo grabbed The girl by her shoulders spun around and propelled her towards his brother. Turning again Leo noticed that Raph had dropped from the fire-escape and was ready to fight the Purple Dragon. Loosening his katana, Leo moved into a fighting stance and waiting for their target to approach.

Raine stumbled through the alley; the mysterious figure had just spun and pushed her. Disorientated, Raine was happy when she finally reached a wall, bracing her hands; she leaned forward and rested her forehead against it. That was when it moved.

'Fuck! Another one!' Raine's head shot up just as arms closed around her. Raine was struggling against those arms when she heard,

"Hey, take it easy. We're not going to hurt you." His voice was gentle and calming.

Raine looked up and searched the dark to make out the features of her rescuer but all she could see were his eyes. "Who are you? Where's my sister?"

Those eyes were gentle and warm with compassion. He opened his mouth to answer but was stopped when the sound of metal striking metal reverberated in the small area. Raine twirled around to see three dark figures fighting. One of those she guessed was the Purple Dragon the other two must be similar to the person holding her. The gangster swung a pipe hitting one of the defenders. The nameless guy holding her shouted, "Leo!" as a body slammed into the wall. Raine then found herself in a new set of arms as her rescuer darted forward to help his fallen comrade. Raine noticed that she was only being held by one arm, looking across Sara was in the other.

"Sara! Are you okay?" Raine pushed out of the arm and clutched her sister to her.

"Raine! Oh my god! I was so scared." Sara said as she held onto Raine.

"Come on dudettes let's get you outta here." He grabbed their hands and pulled them away from the fight.

"Leo!" Raph heard Donny scream behind him at the same time as he heard the thwack of Leo's shell hit the brick wall. Anger flared in Raph, he was the only one allowed to beat up Leo. Raph renewed his attack on the Purple Dragon. The guy was a mountain of muscle with a 3-foot metal pipe, Raph jumped the swinging pipe and kicked him in the head. The gangster fell hard, Raph advanced but was stopped by a hand on his arm. It was Leo.

"Let him go."

"What?" Raph demanded. He could see the Purple Dragon retreating.

"Let him go. Mikey got those girls out. That was all we wanted to do."

"I wanted ta beat the crap outta that guy."

Michelangelo bounded around the corner. "I dropped them off on the street."

"Come on guys, let's get out of here." Don said as he reached for the extension ladder on the nearest fire-escape.

Ghost stood on a rooftop watching the turtles arguing. 'They fight like ninjas but behave like teenagers.' She mused to herself. Overall Ghost was impressed with their style and skill, they would be difficult, but she was always up for a challenge. She grinned. She had watched them fighting the Purple Dragons half an hour ago, since then they had travelled through the city. They were now loitering on the top of an apartment building near the Hudson River.

A fight broke out amongst the brothers. Ghost leaned forward to study them. The turtle with the red bandanna appeared to be impatient to fight as he was the first to strike; the one Ghost had picked to be the leader was the target of his attack. Instead of meeting the attack the blue turtle merely blocked his brothers' strikes until the two other interfered. The Purple grabbed Red and pulled him apart from Blue, Orange ran over to help as Red broke free. Shaking off the others Red moved away and disappeared over the edge of the building.

Ghost straightened as the others followed. She could now develop a plan for the destruction of the turtles. Her conscience pricked a bit, it didn't seem right that these four warriors should die for revenge. But it wasn't her place to question the morals of her job, the turtles would get that same treatment as any of her other assignments. Still, she would speak to Karai about the use of innocents to lure prey. She was grateful that the turtles had saved that poor girl, any longer and she would have done it herself. Her watch beeped, she had to get back to her apartment.

"We'll meet soon turtles." Ghost whispered before disappearing into the dark.

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