Emerald
Chapter 3: Attacked and Rescued

A/N: Here's Chapter 3 everyone. Sorry it took forever.

Disclaim: I DON'T OWN OR KNOW THE TMNT!! Happy? Why the shell would I want to any ways? Don't answer.

Emerald slows to a stop as she looks up at the night sky. As she stands there, the full moon rises till it is directly above her. Sighing, she sits down.

Honor here is different then from when I was at home, even though I don't really remember. I know things because they're feelings but I don't remember places or people. Emerald pulled her knees to her chest and rested her chin on them as she kept thinking. I don't know how different it is here but I do know one thing. Leonardo and His family are really nice. Maybe they can teach me.

With a smile now on her face, she stands and aims for the sewers, her honor towards herself restored.

- - -

In the Lair, Don was working on the toaster again, Mike was reading a comic book, Raph was having a fight with the punching bag and winning, and Leo was pacing. Mike looked up from his book and looked at his brother across the table.

"Shouldn't Emerald be back by now?" he asked, glancing at the clock. "It's almost midnight."

"Don't know," Don said, putting the cover back onto the toaster. He placed his tool next to it as he said, "I don't know how long it takes for one person to gain their honor."

"Oh," Mike said, looking back into his comic book before closing it. "I'm going to my room."

Mike stood and walked out of the kitchen with the comic book and walked towards his room. Raph looked up at Mike and his gaze landed on the pacing Leo. He stopped the swinging punching bag.

"Will ya quit pacing?" he asked. Leo looked at him. "You're making me nervous."

"Sorry Raph," Leo said, stopping. "Just a little worried, that's all."

And with that said, Leo walked over to the couch and sat down.

- - -

Emerald knew she was being followed. She had looked over her shoulder several time but she never saw who-what was following her. She began to run to loose her wild imagination and her pursuer. As she ran, she kept looking back, catching a glimpse of her follower. She ran faster than ever before with the hope of loosing her follower with no prevail. Breaths coming in short and quick, she turns a corner and finds herself at a dead end.

"Great," she said and she turned around to face the now stopped pursuer. "Who are you and what do you want?"

"I want your stone and for who I am, you don't need to know," the figure said, staying in the shadows.

"Why do you want my stone?" Emerald asked, not moving a muscle.

"For your safety," the figure said.

The figure took a step forward and Emerald took a step back. This went on for about 10 steps when Emerald's back touched the wall behind her.

"Give me the stone," the figure said.

"No," she said, glaring at the figure.

"Give me the stone, NOW!" the figure commanded and Emerald closed her eyes.

"No," she said and her stone began to glow. "LEO!"

A shock wave came from Emerald's stone and knocked the figure over.

Emerald's voice echoed through the sewers and into the Lair. Each Turtle stopped what they were doing and listened. When Leo realized it was Emerald who had called him, he jumped to his feet and ran out of the Lair with a katana in hand.

The figure stands up and brushes himself off.

"That's it. Enroku Sementro!" he called and outstretched his arm, palm facing Emerald. A ball of light came out of the figure's hand and was shot at Emerald.

"Sihngeton Reftectiona!" Emerald called, throwing her hand out in front of her, her palms facing the figure. An emerald dome surrounded Emerald and reflected the figure's attack back at them in a shadow form.

"Wha- Enrecan Tentrium!" the figure called, arm still out. Emerald's attack disappeared. Leo reached where Emerald and the figure were.

"Emerald," Leo said and he spotted the figure as the figure looked at him. The figure lifted his other arm, palm towards Leo.

"Restrana Tentaloon," the figure said.

"What th–"

Vines shot out of the water and rapped themselves around Leo's arms, legs, and mouth. Loosing his balance from the unexpected weight and movement, Leo hit the cement hard.

"Leo!" Emerald yelled. An emerald light surrounded Emerald and her eye began to glow emerald as well. "Santaina Reantingaha Satingheafe Sationjaya!"

A super shock wave shot out of the light around Emerald that destroyed the vines and that caused the figure to fly into the sewer water that froze with the unconscious figure under the surface. Leo was lying where he had fallen, in shock of what he had just witnessed. The light around Emerald disappeared and her eyes became normal. Emerald closed her eyes and fell forward, landing on her knees first before she fell all the way forward. Leo scrambled to his feet and ran over to Emerald's side. He turned Emerald onto her back and held her head in his hand. Leo brushed her short, golden brown hair from her face sighed. After a bit, Leo picked Emerald up, holding her close to his chest. Leo walked past the frozen, unconscious figure and the figure awoke.

The figure said something but it was muffled from the ice witch melted and became water witch lifted him out of the water and onto the cement.

"Give me her stone," the figure said as the water began rushing by again.

"Why?" Leo asked as he turned to face the figure. "What do you want with it?"

"That doesn't concern you, reptile," the figure said. He held out his hand, palm up. "Give me the stone."

"No," Leo said, talking a step back.

"Fine," the figure said, twisting his palm to face it towards Leo. "I'll just take it. Entremento Encarta."

A black sphere appears around Emerald's stone and it starts to pull the stone out of Emerald's shirt and towards the figure.

"No!" Leo called, stepping back again.

"Externa Feltera," Emerald said faintly and the black sphere disappeared.

"What?" the figure hissed. "You had used all of your energy with that last spell.

"I still have enough to help out my friend," Emerald said as Leo helped her stand.

"You will destroy yourself," the figure said and Leo caught a hind of amusement in his voice.

"Then so be it," Emerald said and she threw her arm up, palm facing the ceiling. Enterni Cantrea Fannadati."

A fountain of emerald liquid flowed from her faced up palm.

"No!" the figure yelled as he ran to where Emerald and Leo had been at before they had disappeared.

- - -

Within the Lair, the remaining three Turtles are busy on other things.

"Um…shouldn't we have gone after Leo?" Mike asked, walking out of his room.

"Nope," Raph said, not looking up from his book.

"Raph is right, Mike," Don said, not looking up from the computer screen in front of him. "Out of the 4 of us, Leo is the one Turtle you don't have to worry about."

"Ok," Mike said, shrugging. He was about to turn and walk back into his room when a flash made him stand still. Leo and Emerald had materialized in the middle of the Lair and Mike jumped down to the main floor. Both Raph and Don looked up from what they were doing and looked at the middle of the Lair.

Emerald fainted against Leo's shoulder and he shifted her so he could go down to one knee. Don was the first to come out of his shock of the fact that Leo had just materialized in front of him.

"What the shell?" he said, waking both Raph and Mike from their trance. "Leo, is she ok?"

"Yeah, just a bit worn out, that's all," Leo said, lifting Emerald into his arms just as Don reached him.

"K," he said before taking charge. "Mike, go get Leo's bed ready for Emerald. Raph, go get Master Splinter."

The 3 turtles split, leaving Leo with Emerald in his arms in the middle of the Lair. Leo sighed and made it towards his room. Mike helped Leo lay Emerald on the bed and Don walked in with a cup of tea. He placed in the nightstand and sat on the edge of the bed while Leo and Mike stood back. Leo collapsed into a chair and Mike walked behind his brother, rapping his arms around Leo's neck. Leo closed his eye as he laid his head against Mike's chest, glad for his little brother's concern. Don placed a hand on Emerald's forehead and smiled. He pulled it away and stood up.

"She needs some sleep and she'll be fine," Don said, separating Leo and Mike. Don looked at Leo. "What happened?"

"When I got to where Emerald was at, there was a figure there in front of her. When I had noticed him, he had already seen me and he said something," Leo said as Mike walked around and sat on the edge of the bed, Don finding another chair. "Out of no where, these vines tangled themselves around my legs, arms and mouth. The added weight and unexpected movement caused me to fall onto my face. I watched Emerald fight the figure with spells or something and she made the figure get stuck in the sewer water that was behind me by freezing the water with a shock wave with the figure under the surface. The strange thing was that the shock wave didn't affect me. It did, however, affect the vines binding me. Emerald collapsed to her knees before falling forwards. I hurried to my feet and I ran to her side. I rolled her over lightly and I held her for a bit before I picked her up in my arms and headed for the lair. When I passed the figure, he woke up. He made the water thaw and lift him onto the cement behind me. The figure said something like give me her stone. I had asked why and he said it doesn't concern you reptile. I said no and he said then I will take it. He said something and Emerald's stone was surrounded by a black sphere. Emerald mumbled something and the sphere disappeared. The figure said that Emerald had used all of her energy in the last spell. I helped Emerald stand but she still had to lean on me for support and she said to the figure that she still had enough energy to protect me. The figure said, you will destroy yourself and she said then so be it. With that she threw her hand up and she said something that made this emerald liquid come out of her palm and make us disappear."

Mike and Don blinked in amazement. Don, however, was the first to speak.

"Wow," was all he could say.

"Yeah," mike said, nodding his head. Mike yawned loudly and shook his head.

"You two better get some sleep," Leo said with a chuckle.

"Ok," Mike said and he leaped towards the door. Leo shook his head and turned to face Don.

"Doesn't Raph have to go all the way to April's?" Leo asked, frowning.

"Yeah," Don said, stretching. "Why?"

"I want you to go after him," Leo said. "I know I just said go to bed but I just don't trust the Foot. Take the Battle Shell and Mike, even if he complains."

"And you?" Don asked, nodding.

"I'll stay here and look after Emerald," Leo said, looking at the sleeping girl. "Besides, I'll just be in the way with me worrying about her all the time."

"Ok," Don said. "Keep your headset on so I can contact you if need be."

"Ok," Leo said and Don sprinted out of the room.

Leo pulled the chair he had been sitting in over to him. He sat down in it and sighed. He sat there for about 2 minutes before he realized that something was glowing under the blanket. Leo pulled the covers back lightly and realized that Emerald's cross was glowing. It was on top of her shirt and Leo picked it up. In a flash, Leo disappeared and his headset clattered to the floor.

A/N: There. All done. Chapter 4 up soon.