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Chapter three
Leah woke up the next morning groggily. Two hours of sleep wasn't exactly the best motivator to get up in the morning. She slammed her alarm clock into the wall ultimately shutting it off. Her mind slowly began to recall the events from the previous night. Had she really met the four allies last night? Looking down at her bandage answered her question. Her mouth was tender and swollen as she yawned. Anger flooded her mind remembering where it had come from.
Lee had given a stern talking to her when she had gotten home last night. He had been worried when he saw she wasn't in bed and not answering her cell phone. She hadn't been able to tell him about meeting the four allies due to her promise to them, so when he asked about her leg she told him she had taken a first aid kit. The girl got a large pit in her stomach when she lied to her twin. They usually told each other everything.
The minute she stood up her leg screamed in protest. Leah gritted her teeth refusing to use the crutches. Her muscle needed time to repair itself before she would be much use now. Once more she cursed that Foot ninja she thought she'd killed. She limped to the bathroom and got ready for school. When she had finished, Lee suddenly whipped into her bedroom with a first aid kit and the crutches. Leah groaned when she saw them.
"Oh come on. You'll heal faster if you use them. Now give me that leg of yours," Lee said thwarting any argument she may have had.
His eyes widened, "Looks like something went completely through your leg!" he exclaimed.
Leah looked at him sheepishly, "A sword might have," she replied with a half-smile. Her lip wouldn't allow a full one.
His face fell, "Leah," he dragged her name out.
"You kids are going to be late if you don't hurry," their grandmother shouted from the kitchen. They had been living with her since the betrayal of their mother. Leah frowned remembering the awful day.
Flashback
She walked aimlessly trying to get over the mysterious death of her father. Leah had just finished patrolling the city only an hour ago and was still in uniform. She had been mourning him greatly all day. All the ninjas avoided her not wanting to get involved. As she began to walk down a random hallway she heard her mother and Master Saki talking in a nearby training room. She frowned and curiously snuck up to the slightly ajar door.
She was fifteen at the time, and had recently completed her training and was a full-fledged Foot elite ninja. Her mother had been so proud of her and Lee and even took them on their first patrol of the city. It was a tiring life. Leah would go to school, come here, train, eat, and sleep. She didn't go to sleepovers or to the movies when she had to do her duties to the organization. Her father on the other hand had allowed her to see her first movie in theaters, taken her to her first restaurant, and even let her eat sweets. And now that was gone. Tears stung her eyes. All she had now was the Foot clan, her birthright according to her mother. It had already been planned that once her mother reached the point that she could no longer fight Leah would take over being the leader of the elite ninja.
"You took care of the job last night?" Master Saki asked my mother.
Leah could picture her mother bowing, "Yes, Master, I assure you James Paine died last night. The news was delivered to the twins this morning," she explained.
The girl's heart stopped beating and her breath caught in her chest. Her mother had killed him. Leah's sudden anger began to slowly turn into an inferno of hate. Her eyes began to glow unknown to her. A strange feeling exploded from her body as light bulbs burst, windows cracked, and the door flew off the hinges. She just wanted to scream at the world about how unfair it was. Why couldn't she just have a normal life?
Master Saki's eyes widened and pointed at her, "The girl, Mallory! The girl must have overheard us!" he shouted as her mother's eyes widened and she took off at Leah.
The girl dodged her mother and ran for the elevator heading straight for her brother. The second she reached his room she banged on the door urgently when Lee's tear stained face opened the door. He sniffed and looked alarmed at his sister's expression.
"Leah-," she cut him off.
"We need to go right now! Mom killed him! She did it! She did it!" Leah wailed repeating 'she did it' over and over.
Her brother's face darkened and he nodded. They ran for the exit, but the alarm was suddenly raised informing everyone in the organization not to let them leave. Everything was beginning to close and lock, and the Foot building was instantly crawling with ninja looking for them. The twins stuck to the shadows until finding an open vent. Leah knocked the security camera sideways obscuring its vision of them as they left the Foot headquarters hopefully never to return.
Once out the twins searched for their father's relatives, and eventually found their grandmother's doorstep after a week on the streets. She had gladly taken them in being what was left of her son. Their grandmother, Jan, was going by her maiden name due to the horrible divorce from their grandfather, and made her hard to track by the Foot clan. Leah and her brother weren't stupid. They would come after the siblings, but the two had a few tricks up their sleeves. Doing a little undercover work being the elite ninjas they were, they destroyed their own documents and wrote up some more claiming to be bastard children from their father's dead sister.
Leah was now Andrea Maria Walton and Lee became Lance James Walton. The twins even went as far as to make each other a year apart with Leah being the oldest, and chose different birthdays. They were using the organization's tricks against them. Their grandmother handled the rest adopting them. Jan had even decided to move out of her cozy apartment, and move into the suburbs to hide them even further. She signed the two up for the nearby high school, and the rest was history. Lee Alton Paine and Leah Alice Paine disappeared off the earth.
End Flashback
Leah shook the memory from her brain for a more positive thought. Her and Lee's eighteenth birthday was coming up meaning it had been nearly three years since they began their war on the organization. It was exciting, but they weren't going to celebrate it. The twins were very dedicated to their fake lives. Leah didn't want to give the Foot any suspicion about who they really were.
"We will be on our way shortly, Grandma, Andrea has some boo-boos from sneaking out last night," Lee replied wrapping up the hideous wound and handing Leah the crutches.
He scowled at her, "Use them. We need to be back out fighting the Foot asap," he said as she sighed. She knew he was right.
On the way out their grandmother pestered Leah about her lip and leg for a moment, and in order to distract her Leah asked her how work had been that night. Jan worked third shift and was only a couple of years from retirement. Something the old women made mention of frequently.
The school day went by lazily with Leah nearly falling asleep in each class, but she knew she needed to be there. The girl wanted her diploma. She was surprised that they hadn't done an investigation on physical abuse yet, but maybe the excuse of being an extreme skateboarder worked. Most of her day, she daydreamed about the four allies, and hoping to get to see them again in particular Leonardo. Leah's heart swelled at the thought of him. The minute school let out Leah was attacked by Jessica.
The girl was probably her closest friend. Jessica had natural wavy brunette hair, but dyed it blonde. Her roots were showing and she always wore too much make-up. She was very popular in the school, and Leah had a feeling she only hung around with her to get at her brother. It was no use though. Lee didn't date.
"Andrea! Hi, wait up!" Jessica called after her trying her best to get to Leah as her stilettos stuck into the grass.
"What's going on Jessica?" the kunoichi asked maneuvering her crutches so she wouldn't crush Jessica's toes.
"Just the usual ya know? Girls want to start drama right before we leave high school," she replied smacking on some minty gum.
Leah chuckled. She didn't know what was ever going on with that girl or even how she got so much 'drama'. Lee was waiting for her by the car and raised a brow at his twin's companion. She usually didn't walk with Leah to her car.
"Hi Lance!" she hollered at him waving frantically. He half-smiled trying to appear nice and did a small wave back.
Leah could see where girls would be interested in her brother and not just girls either. The football coach begged to have him. It was obvious why. Lee was tall, muscular, had a deep voice, and looked straight out of a James Bond movie with all his protruding scars. It was obvious he could take a hit. The hook he had with the ladies though was his mysterious act not to mention that with each girl he declined the more they chased him wanting to be the first girl to have ever achieved to be his girlfriend.
He glared at his sister and all she could do was shrug, "Well Jessica I'll see you later. I hope you do well with your problem," Leah said trying to get rid of her for Lee's sake.
"Oh well it was nice seeing you, girl. And you to Lance," she answered turning and making sure her ass was plenty noticeable as she sashayed off.
"I wish you hadn't done that," he complained making a fake pained face after helping his sister into the car.
"Hey, it's not my fault she followed me, besides it'll only be a week left before she graduates," Leah explained as they headed home.
"And you too, don't forget that," Lee added with a smile. The only consequence of pretending to be a year older than Lee was not getting to graduate together.
Leah smiled, "Yeah, I only wish you were graduating with me," she replied.
"The price of secrecy is worth waiting the extra year," Lee stated fiercely.
"Want to do some training when we get home if you are up too it?" he asked changing the subject seeing my downcast eyes.
Leah smirked at him, "Please, I bet I could still kick your ass," she taunted her brother as he laughed.
"You really need to be more humble. Always so cocky," he replied as he turned onto their street.
"I know, I know. I wouldn't be in this predicament if I weren't so cocky," the girl agreed reluctantly.
After her training with Lee, she worked on her homework, and by the time she was finished it was time for supper. Leah cursed calculus for being so hard and went to eat. Conversation at the dinner table revolved about her night out, and scolding from both her grandmother and brother. It got to the point where she just wanted to go to her room, so she hurriedly finished and almost ran to her room to get away from the nagging. She meditated trying to get her mind settled before bed so that maybe she could sleep without her plaguing nightmares. She sighed crawling into her bed.
Leah was suddenly thrust onto the roof of the Foot clan's headquarters. A large battle was ensuring with the turtles, Lee, and a lot of Foot ninjas. Her dream was suddenly nothing but the blackest dark and pain. So much pain she couldn't hold it in. She felt her body explode and a piercing scream rang in the darkness. Leah woke up with a start almost flipping off her bed.
The girl sat up letting her feet dangle off the bed and ran her hands over her face letting out a groan. Her nightmare was getting stronger. So much stronger now she even felt the pain after she woke up. She needed to go jumping and forget the dream, but with her handicap it wouldn't be possible. Leah decided she could still walk though. Taking the subway to good old NYC, she began her walk by merging with the night crowd on the streets. She noticed her limp wasn't as bad as it had been that morning, and decided to try jumping.
Blending into the shadows, the girl managed to grab onto a fire escape and climbed up to the roof. She rubbed her hands together nervously as she prepared for the jump. It was the moment of truth. Leah took off at a quick sprint and jumped loving the feel of freedom from the ground and the warm May air until she came crashing down. Her muscle wasn't yet prepared enough for the jump and was unable to hold her weight as it came down. It buckled and she fell hard scratching up the left side of her body.
A loud moan escaped her broken lip.
"That was a pretty stupid idea if ya ask me," an unknown voice stated its tone amused.
Leah's eyes widened. She wasn't prepared for a fight, and didn't even have her weapon. Adrenaline pooled throughout her body, and with its help she managed to instantly pull herself up not even feeling the pain she was in a second ago. Even without her weapon she could still defeat whoever this was. Hand to hand was her second best fighting technique. But when she set her eyes on the owner of the unknown voice she relaxed.
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