I ducked the blow coming for my head, then brought my asp across the back of my attacker's knee and he swiftly leaped up out of the way before it connected and took a step back. I just spun myself in to follow him and brought other asp up to block his weapon as it came down for me again. If I gave him an inch of room he would nail me, I've learned that the hard way to many times.
If you want to learn to get inside someone's defenses there is no better teacher than Donatello. That turtle was leathal with that bo staff of his so I had to stay close to him if I was going to last longer that two minutes. That didn't mean he was defenseless close up either as he brought the end of his staff in to jab me in the side. Somehow I twisted and managed to dodge the blow, barely, and he brought his own leg out to trip me as I was off balance. I allowed myself to fall and brought myself in a backwards roll as the staff slammed into the mat where I had been just a moment before. I came right back up to my feet and rushed in right behind the weapon as he pulled it back. He spun it around and brought it in towards my side and I deflected it upwards with my asp so that it swung out over my head and he smoothly spun it around and brought it down again in an overhead swing. I crossed my asps and blocked the staff over my head. Shit...now I was screwed...his leg came in and his foot connected squarely with my stomach sending me rolling along the mats in the dojo.
Stubbornly I got back up and he twirled his staff around and faced off with me again. "Better, but still not good enough."
"I'm not going to lose this bet." I growled back at him.
He grinned at me. "I'm not so sure about that." And he came at me again.
I lept over the low swing and he expertly spun his staff around as i was still in midair to again catch me in the side, and again I blocked it as I came down and the staff rotated around as he brought the other end in lighting quick. I knew that one was coming too and already had the other asp in place. Dude was quick though, I almost didn't get the asp placed in time. The staff pulled back and spun again and this time the tip came in for me. I knocked it away and again spun myself inside the reach of the weapon, this time I launched my other arm down and connected a blow on his arm as he again brought the staff around.
"Hit!" Leo called from where he was watching amused and the staff stopped it's swing. "She won the bet. She got a solid hit in."
"I'll be a sonofabitch..." Raph muttered. "She actually nailed him."
I looked at Donnie with a large grin. "You," I pointed an asp at him. "are babysitting." Shit, the things I had to do to get a god damn babysitter in this family. Ugh.
"Dude, you so got owned on that one." Mikey grinned.
Donnie sighed. "I guess that's what I get for going against a mom who needs a break."
The reasons for the bet were in a playpen against the wall next to where their father was leaning. They were about eight months old now and took everything in with a quiet calm gaze. Nothing really upset those two. I had originally thought raising twins would be difficult but they made it ridiculously easy. Then again, Leo was their father after all, really didn't expect otherwise from them. Two sets of brown/blue eyes looked up at their uncle as Donnie walked over to them. "Well kiddos, it looks like your stuck with boring ol' Uncle Donnie." Titian blew him a raspberry and Lavinia just stuck her thumb in her mouth.
Cris came walking into the dojo. "And how did it go?" She asked.
"She actually got a hit in." Raph grinned at her.
"No shit!" She turned to Donnie. "Looks like your staying behind this time."
"Rub it in why don't you."
"I thought I just did." She looked at the others. "So when do we do this?"
Leo looked at her. "When ever you guys are ready. I'll stay here with Donnie." He smiled. "He might need a little help since he always seems to get out of babysitting."
"Dennis and Amy should be home in about two hours." I told him and he nodded.
"I'll make sure someone is there to get them."
"Just don't let Amy smother the babies." I grinned at him. I had thought that maybe my older, human, children would have taken this whole thing hard. Pffft...boy was I wrong. Dennis, my oldest now 8, didn't seem to mind the little ones to much. As long as he got his 'mommy' time from me he was pretty easy going about it all. I just had to make sure not to neglect him even though I had my hands full with the little ones. Lately however he had been spending a lot of time with Donnie. The boy had always been my tinkerer, he had a wild imagination and he could build things out of legos that would make you blink...a lot. Donnie caught on to that and even encouraged it in him. Even letting the boy help him if it was safe. Amy, now 7, adored her little siblings. Of course she adored anything that was a baby. You could come home with three headed parrot with a monkey's tail and scales and she still would think it's cute if it were a baby. We just had to make sure she didn't over cuddle with her siblings, she could get a little rough with her hugs if she was excited. She loved to help with them too, as long as she didn't have to change a stinky diaper, she drew the line on that part. Nope no poopy diapers for her, she firmly informed Leo and I that that was our job.
"Come on already!" Cris said impatiently. "It's been ages since we got to train together."
Leo laughed. "Go. We got this."
"WooHooo. Ninja hide and seek! You two are it!" Mikey ran out of the dojo.
"Wait for me numbnuts!" Raph took off after him.
"Hey! No fair! We do we have to be it!" Cris also ran out. I started laughing as I followed them, it's amazing how they sometimes bring out the big kid in you. As fast as we were by the time we left the lair and entered the tunnels both brothers were gone.
"Those big fucktards." Cris grumbled.
"Come on, standing here calling them names ain't going to help us find them." God it felt to get out and do something, even if it was training. God I missed this. Cris and I moved out as quietly as we could which was still loud by their standards. I sighed, this was going to take awhile.
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I enjoyed this kind of training. I'm not for one to spend long hours in the dojo beating the crap out of my brothers. Moving around, sneaking, pestering the hell out of the others, now that was the way to train. I really missed Vicky's presence during our training but it couldn't be helped I guess. She did have two new babies to take care of after all. Still I was glad she was able to come out with Raph and I tonight. She was like a female Leo, but more fun.
As soon as I left the lair I went up into the shadows above and Raph peeled off in another direction. Today was stealth training, usually I suck at this but those two were the ones chasing us so I figured I had a chance. Glad Leo wasn't playing though, he'd find me in the first five minutes. And Donnie cheated with his silly ass high tech goggles...give me Vicky and Cris any day, at least I stood a chance with those two.
Enjoying myself immensely I sneaked farther along in the tunnels. I didn't get much of a head start and I needed to put some distance between us if I didn't want to get an asp or hanbo up my ass. Not that they would find me, heh heh. Well wait, Donnie thought for sure that Vicky wouldn't hit him and she gave him a good smack. Shit, they are getting good, maybe I better actually try to hide this time just to be safe. Yeah that might be a good idea. I stopped and listened, real good idea, I could barely hear them. I sprinted forward along the ledge I was traveling on determined to get ahead of them.
I rounded a corner and stopped so fast I almost skidded off the ledge. Well now, what was this? Why was there a woman down here? And why did she look like someone's walking punching bag? I watched quietly as she made her way stumbling along the tunnel, her dirty face looking behind her in fear. Finally she collapsed against the wall and sank down to the tunnel floor, shaking. From cold, fear or exhaustion I couldn't tell. Man, this was a mess. I couldn't really just leave her here like that though. Fuck it. "Ma'am. You ok?"
Her head shot up to where my voice came from but I had already moved, and her eyes followed me. How in the hell did she do that? I know she couldn't see me. "Please, please help me." Oh her voice was so pretty... Snap out of if Mikey shit. If Raph were here he'd smack you.
"I'm going to come down, don't freak out. Please don't freak out...It hurts my ears when you females start screaming bloody murder right in my ear drums."
"I won't." She did try to get up though but fell back over.
"Well, here goes nothing." I mumbled to myself and dropped down next to her.
Her eyes grew wide a bit, but she didn't seem to surprised. Uuuummm ooookay. Where were the popping out eyeballs? "Your one of them. One of those turtles." She said softly. Oh shit... What did I just stumble into here. And why was it always me to get into these messes? Look she had pretty green eyes...
"Can't really hide that fact. You got me." I smiled at her. "Now you wanna tell me what's wrong?"
Before she could answer she looked over my shoulder, her eyes again filling with fear. Yup that was the oh shit, something was about to go wrong look. I pushed her further down the tunnel. "Keep following the tunnel, there are others out there who will help you. I'll deal with this."
"But-"
"Go!" I pushed her again and she stumbled away.
I just hope I did the right thing. I followed the tunnel in the direction she had come from and saw a form move ahead of me in the shadows. So this must be the pursuer. Well I was going to take care of him right now. I went back up to my ledge and again followed it, sure he couldn't see me in the darkness. Well this should be close enough. Down I go! After I hit the ground I lashed out, fully intent on knocking this intruder to the fucking moon. I stopped the blow as I realized it wasn't a man at all, it was another woman. Maybe she needed help too. I figured out real quick that I fucked up when I felt the shock of a stun weapon hit me. "Well that was pathetically easy." I heard her say as she cranked up the power. Yup I screwed up bad this time, I thought as I blacked out.
