Disclaimer: I do not own the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles all property belongs to Laird and Eastman, Mirage Comics, Mirage Studios and 4Kids Entertainment.

Setting: Takes place after Turtles Forever in the 03 verse.

The Guardian Angel Saga

Story 3: Shadowplay

Prologue

Gabby held her stance. She waited only a few seconds before she sprang into action and delivered two kicks to her opponent and ducked to avoid the out reach of him. She had fought and sparred against many before and several were just as able to avoid her attacks, but she had never sparred against the one she was supposed to protect before.

She and her protectorate were on one of the many buildings of the city in the middle of the night. She had no idea why he wanted to train with here in this location instead of the Purple Dragon building.

"Come on," Hun said after Gabby missed another strike. "Don't hold back."

"I'm not holding back," Gabby said. She was not to upset with herself. While she was avoiding getting a hit on him he was also unable to make a successful attack on her. "Maybe you are the one who is holding back."

"I never hold back," he said and swiped at her again this time his claws managed to brush against her clothing.

Gabby ducked and rolled until she was just under him. She reached up and grabbed at his chest. Her fingers grasped a firm hold on a few sections of his plastron and pulled down.

"Uh," Hun said as he nearly went down on his stomach.

"Now who is holding back?" Gabby asked as she jumped onto his back and spring boarded into the air. She did not have to worry about hurting his back from that, not since he has a shell.

Her protectorate grunted and charged toward her.

Gabby was ready for him. She jumped and kicked.

He was also ready. He reached out and grabbed her by the foot before she managed to kick him in the chest.

"Just got the one foot," Gabby said and kicked him in the chest with her other foot repeatedly before he released his grip on her.

Poker Face started to play and both Hun and Gabby paused.

"What was that?" the mutant turtle asked.

"My phone," Gabby said as she pulled it out of her pocket. "I recently upgraded the ring tone. I decided to use the Lady Gaga song for texts."

"I guess now would be a good time for a break," He walked over to the mini cooler that they brought with them. He pulled out the large Gatorade and regular size Special K Protein water and tossed it to Gabby.

"Thank you," Gabby said as she caught it. She sat down and opened the bottle to take a sip. "Why are we training up here?"

"Cause this is where they train sometimes." Hun explained as he removed the cap from his drink. "I have fought against them many times when they were up here on the roof tops."

"So this is a training exorcise and hopefully we will find those turtles?"

"Exactly," He sat down next to the edge of the building and sipped.

If someone had told her months ago that there were mutant anthropomorphic turtles with ninja skills living in the city she would have thought they were crazy. Now not only did she know that they did exist, but now she was in charge with protecting one of them.

Granted this one was different. He was an adult. He was much taller than the ones they had fought against and he used to be human. His condition did not impede on his fighting. She had seen a few tapes were Hun was training with his Dragons when he was still human. In fact his mutation made have made him a stronger fighter. The claws on his hands were better than knives and he was bettered armored.

Gabby felt a little bit sorry for him. He did not want to be a turtle. She wasnt sure if he hated all terrapins or just the four mutant ones they had often fought against. She figured if he were able to choose what he mutated into it would be a big and powerful animal, like a bear or a lion.

"What does the message say?" Hun asked after he had finished his drink.

Gabby stared at the screen. "The mirror in question is handheld." She stared at the screen again. There was another text message. SEVEN SHALL FALL BY THE WEARERS OF VIRTUE. What the heck did that mean. She didn't even have time to ponder that when another message came in and told her to disregard that last one.

"I'll relay it to my men," Hun said as he pulled out his own phone. Before the two of them went out to train he had sent a few teams of Purple Dragons to seek all kinds of mirrors from various kinds of shops.

"I'll let them know we are looking," Gabby said as she typed a text back. "They say it hasnt arrived in the city yet. Its not even in the same country." A minute went by and she got a return message. That message was an invite by Charlotte to hang out at the ice cream parlor when Gabby wasnt with Hun. Charlotte sure loved her ice cream.

Hun did not give a verbal response. His face was twisted up into a vicious snarl. With a growl he bounded over to the nearest fire escape and jumped down.

"Nobody said this was an easy job," Gabby sighed and put her phone away. She picked up her cane that Hun had discarded earlier and climbed down after her charge to see what had got him so agitated.

Hun was standing in front of large and strange yellow and green vehicle that looked like it had been a garbage truck at some point. It had some strange modifications on it. As Gabby neared it she could see that some of these modifications were weapons.

"This is their ride," Hun explained as he wrenched his claws and fingers into the door and tore it open.

"Well you were right," Gabby said. "We did find them while out here."

Hun's snarl disappeared as soon as he looked inside the vehicle. It was replaced by confusion.

Gabby was able to hear background sounds that included small explosions. She could also smell garlic, tomato sauce and pepperoni. She looked inside and turned her head towards the back.

One of the four turtles was sitting with his back turned to them and watching the small screen that was set up. He was not alone. Raz was sitting next to him and both were eating pizza while watching a movie.

"Raz?" Gabby could not believe her eyes.

"Gabby?" Razs back turned rigged before she turned around. "Boss?" Her eyes widened in fear when she saw Hun.

"Hun?" The turtle also turned around. He was the one with the orange bandana. He picked up a slice of pizza and held it out towards them. "Want some?"

"What the hell is this?" Hun asked. "I thought you said you were meeting with your Internet date friend again."

"I think this is the guy she met off the net," Gabby said. Now everything made sense. No wonder they were getting along well at the costume ball and later refused to fight against each other.

"You have got to be kidding me," Hun said. His voice sounded weak and he was rubbing the top of his head.

Gabby heard something coming at her from behind. She spun around and swung her cane. The wooden weapon struck against metal and sent the sai flying back to its owner.

"So the rest of you showed up," Hun said and regained his ire.

"Easy," Gabby spoke in a calm tone and placed her hand on his arm. She was never weirded out by the texture of his skin. The scales were not dry, but more like leather.

"Always looking for a good rematch," the one in red said. He had caught his sai without any injury.

"What are you doing here?" The leader asked.

"You might want to ask the same about your little brother," Gabby said and pointed at the vehicle. If she diverted their attention then they could avoid a fight. Diversion and avoidance were sometimes the better tactics to use. "He happens to be inside with one of the members of my clients gang."

"What?" All three asked.

"He said he was going to meet his friend from the Internet," the one with the purple bandana said.

"Mikey is dating a Purple Dragon?" The leader asked.

"Let me at him," the one in red climbed into the van. "Mikey, what the shell are you thinking."

"You might want to come out of there, Raz," Gabby said.

"I'm coming," Raz climbed out. She turned to Hun. "So uh how was training?"

Hun just stared at her and blinked a few times. "Training? You ask me that now."

"Well I thought it was a good time."

"You," Hun pointed at her and then placed his hands on his head. "I, what is this?" He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Callie J Walker what the shell were you thinking?" He blinked. "Now I'm talking like them."

"This one's different," Raz said. "He makes me laugh and we share a lot of the same interests."

"You can't possibly like him. Not in that way."

"No not in that way. Hes just a friend."

"That would be enough little missy." Gabby placed a hand on her arm. "Don't want to give dad here an aneurysm."

"Not funny," Hun folded his arms across his chest.

"Maybe we should wait to talk when we are in the car," Gabby said. They had taken one of the Dragon cars from the garage.

"Good idea," Hun said as he rubbed his temples.

Raz sighed as she followed behind him.

Gabby glanced back at the van. She could hear two of turtles arguing back and fourth with Mikey with threats of their Master Splinter when he hears about this. The fourth sounded like he was trying to be a balance and trying to get everyone to calm down.

"Yep. Things are going to be getting more interesting."