Stealthily all the turtles went to the edge of the rooftop, and carefully looked over the ledge down into the dark alley. There at the entrance of the alley was a woman who, from the looks of her Blue Domino's jacket and pony-tail, was just getting off the early morning delivery shift at the local pizza place. She looked warily down into the alleyway, unsure about the credibility of her shortcut. She hesitated for a second longer, then seemed to make up her mind and while clutching her jacket tighter around her began at a hurried pace her journey through the alleyway. Unbeknownst to her, four turtles watched form the rooftops determined to see her safely through the alley. As she got close the middle of the alleyway where the shadows were the deepest, there was movement amongst the shadows.

"Hey Girlie, where you goin' so fast?" A rather sketchy young man said as he stepped out from an alcove that was next to a full dumpster. The turtles on the rooftop tensed, was this their guy? Leo motioned for them to wait, they had to see if he tried anything, and if he did, they would be there.

"Listen I don't want trouble, I'm just going home. Ok?" The girl said nervously as she attempted to scurry around the man, while at the same time give him a wide berth in the narrow alley.

The man cracked a slightly sick smile that made the girl shudder, and said, "Yeah, that's OK Sweet-thing, cause you see, me and my friend here don't want any trouble either, we just want a good time." He reached out and grabbed her by her hair as she passed. "And we figured you looked like you liked having a good time." Another guy stepped out from the shadows smiling just as evilly as his 'friend'. In a flash the girl found herself slammed up against the wall and dumpster.

"No, please, don't!" She began to beg and fight back as much as she could. The Turtles had seen enough, maybe this wasn't their murderer but these punks were just as bad. They got up and were about to go down and kick some rapist butt when a female voice rang out though the near lightless alleyway.

"Look! There in the sky! Faith Rewarded! They have not forsaken us!"

The two offensive punks looked up from their cringing victim and the first one shouted angrily, "Hey buddy just keep going and stay out of what isn't any of your business!" The turtles watched with fascination from their hidden view point on the roof top.

The voice replied with a smile, "It looks to me, like that girl that you were about to rape would like me to make it my business." with that said there was a blur of motion and the second thug fell to the ground with a gaping slash that went from his neck down to his belly. The first hoodlum turned around just in time to see his partner in crimes' organs spill out of his body. His face paled and he opened his mouth to scream but nothing was coming out. The girl just whimpered and pushed herself harder against the crusty dumpster and rough wall.

The turtles up on the rooftop were stunned, this had been an unexpected turn of events. Mikey leaned towards Donatello and whispered, "Geeze Donnie, did you even see that guy move? He was like a bullet!" Donatello turned and gave Mikey a withering stare.

"Uh Mikey, this guy just slaughtered a guy by gutting him like a fish, and all you are focused on is how fast he was able to move while doing that? Do you see the problem you are having here?"

"Freakin' A! Shut up you morons!" Raphael whispered harshly, "If this our the guy we've been trying to catch, then you two are going to blow our cover while you sit and have a chat about his abilities!"

Leo added in with a hushed voice, "Raph's right guys, we need to stay as silent as possible right now. We've seen just how fast and skilled this guy is. We don't want any trouble with him until it's on our terms." with that Leo turned back to the action going down in the dim alleyway.

The first man was currently on the ground weeping and begging for mercy from the disembodied voice," Please I—we were just going to—please, mercy! Mercy!"

"Oh shut up! I'm not going to kill you—tonight. I'm leaving you alive for one reason and one reason only, so listen up cause depending on how well you complete the job I give you, is going to be the deciding factor in how long you have left to live." The man stopped crying and became very silent. "This is your job, listen now, get this right. You are now a disciple of Master Saiz and you live only because of his blessed mercy. Go forth and spread the word that this area, from 47th to Laridman Ave, is Saiz territory. Go now!" The voice hissed. The man got up and without a second glance at his fallen comrade or the girl they had been about to victimize he ran out of the alley as fast as his legs could take him.

The Dominos girl was still down there in the alley crouched between the dumpster and wall, next to the gutted body of the would have been rapist. She was hiding her face in the wall and rocking back and forth crying, when she heard a voice that came from right beside of her, "Oh little Mama, it's ok now you don't have to be afraid of anything."

Surprised the girl stopped crying and whispered fearfully, "Are you going to kill me too?"

The voice chuckled and said gently, "No Little One, I'm not going to harm you at all, I wouldn't harm a mother to be."

The girl gasped aloud and turned to face the person talking to her, but found no one there. "How did you know? I'm not showing, and I haven't told anyone yet!" She stated. "Where are you, I can't see you..."

Across the alleyway there was a movement in the shadows that was almost undetectable and the Voice said with a frown, "Don't worry about being able to see me, the important thing is that you need to get home right now and rest isn't it, Sweetheart? You live around here don't you? Yes, I think I recognize your face you live the in the brick buildings, the next block over don't you?" The girl looked confused for a second, then slowly her body went slack and her eyes became glazed. As the shadow stepped out from its' hiding place, Michelangelo shifted slightly and brought one of his knees down from crouching position down to kneeling. The figure tensed and turned up to glance at the rooftop where the brothers were spying. Leo stopped breathing as he could feel her eyes lock with his, a feeling of terror washed over him, and then as quick as it had come, it subsided in to a feeling of peace. The figure shrugged its' shoulders and crossing the narrow alley picked up the lax body of the girl. Holding the girl's head close to it's hooded face it whispered, "Don't remember the evil which almost took place in this alleyway tonight, only remember this, should you ever need any help of any kind, ask around the streets for Master Saiz, say that Momo sent you." With those words the mysterious figure turned to take the girl who was now almost completely unconscious, back into the shadows and disappeared.

Raphael hit the roof ledge and swore, "Holy Shit. That was our guy!"

Donatello looked at with Raphael one eye raised and said, "You know, judging from the voice and build, I'd say that was probably our girl, Raph."

"You mean this entire time us, the police, and everyone else has been searching for a crazy guy, and what we should have been looking for was a crazy chick?" Raph said incredulously.

Michealangelo had been silent so far during this repartee between Donatello and Raphael when suddenly he spoke up, "She or he, it doesn't matter; is it really evil? I mean she just prevented a girl, a pregnant one even, from getting rapped. Maybe she did kill someone to do it, but... is killing someone like that really an evil?" He looked towards Leo for guidance. Leo had kept strangely quiet through out the entire exchange since the figure had offered help the expectant mother. His eyes were lost and he looked as if he was a million miles away from the rooftop and his brothers.

"Uuhh Leo? Anybody Home?" Raphael joked as he reached a fist over to knock on Leo's head.

Leo snapped from his daze and look quizzically at his brothers, "What did you say, Raph?" He asked slightly dazed sounding.

The brothers looked worriedly almost themselves, "It was nuthin' Leo, I was just messin' with you." Raph said gruffly.

Leo looked slightly confused as if they had just told a joke he didn't quite catch, "Alright then, I think we should call it a night and go back to the lair."

"But what about the killer?" Donatello gently prodded.

Leonardo's eyes got a funny look in them, "If that was our killer then I think—no I know—she will find us. We won't have to search for her anymore."

"But Leo how do you know—" Mickey started to ask but was cut off by a shake of a head from Donatello.

"Leo's right for tonight let's just go home, tomorrow we will deal with this"

All four Turtle Brothers Got up and stretched the kinks out of their legs and began the race back homeward.