Author's Note: Okay, so now that I've got my groove back, I'm going to be updating this a lot more. You guys are awesome :D More is to come within the next few chapters and it'll definitely pick up.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything of TMNT. I only own my OCs.
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Eri ran as fast as she could through the tight crowd of screaming people, fighting her way to get down the stairs and see what was going on. She shouldn't have left her sisters in the van, but curiosity got the best of her, and she was always the curious one of the sisters, so to speak.
"Hey! What's going on?! Why are you running?!" Eri yelled, trying to get answers from the terrified crowd.
"RUN! They've got guns!" a young woman yelled as she ran past Eri, screaming for her life.
Eri ran down the crowded staircase to the subway entrance, almost gluing herself to the tiled wall, waiting for everyone to get out of the entrance to further investigate. She felt around her pocket to make sure she had her phone on her. She did; pulling it out, she turned it onto silent mode, and waited for her heartbeat to slow down. Hopefully, she could get a chance to see this mysterious vigilante that April was talking about. Eri looked around the corner a little bit, and glued herself back into wall, seeing two men dressed in black and wielding large guns dashed across the hallway and down the stairs to the subway, yelling and shooting at random. Erica breathed heavily, trying to keep quiet as she battled in her mind whether to take the chance and go investigate or run like hell and get out while she still had the chance.
Eri pulled herself away from the tiled wall, and was about to start off on her investigation when she felt someone grab her shoulder from behind and pull her away from being seen.
"What the fu- Lauren?!" Eri hissed, glaring at her sister in shock.
"Eri! Are you out of your mind?" Lauren whispered heatedly, looking at her sister like she was insane.
"You have lost your motherfucking mind, sis! I mean, literally!" Rachel hissed louder, wondering why she would take off like that.
"Seriously, guys! This is a huge chance to help out April. We really need this just as much as she does." Erica said, looking down at her camera phone and back out into the deserted lobby.
"But, Eri . . . is it really with it? Let's just get out while we still have the chance." Danielle whispered as she looked back up the stairs leading to the city.
Erica looked at her sisters for a moment, then back at her camera phone. All she wanted to do was to help April out with her story. But, at the same time, she didn't want to risk her safety nor the safety of her sisters.
"Yeah, you're right. But, at least can we make sure no one is hurt first? Then we'll leave and go back to April and Vern. I promise." Eri sighed looking at her sisters with pleading eyes.
"Oh, Jesus and all that is holy, woman! You're going to get us killed." Rachel growled, looking at her sister like she really lost her marbles.
"Fine, but only for a moment." Lauren agreed, but looking at her with a defiant look of distrust.
Erica jumped up in glee as she ran over to the gate and jumped over the railings, looking around for anything that would catch her eye. The other three sisters looked at each other and begrudgingly followed Erica onto the other side of the railing. They looked around, watching each other's backs while investigating. Lauren felt the hairs on the back of her neck stick up, alerting her that someone or something was watching them. She glanced around, looking at every corner of the station.
"Come on, guys. We need to hurry." Rachel growled, watching Eri and Danielle wander towards the stairway and shot a few pictures of the scene.
Eri took a step down onto the stairs, and clicked the button on her camera phone. She remembered to take the flash off before using it, and looked down the stairway, seeing a black figure guarding the stairs with their back towards the girls. She saw that uniform before - the Foot clan! Oh, shit, they had to get out now before they were seen. Danielle grabbed her younger sister and pulled her up, but both tumbled backwards and crashing onto the tiled floor, alerting the guard at the bottom of the stairwell.
"Who's there?!" the black-clad guard yelled as footsteps were heard.
The four sisters looked at each other, and started running towards the main staircase of the substation. No matter how fast they ran, more of the Foot soldiers showed up, grabbing each of the sisters hard and halting their chances of escape. Lauren was grabbed by the back of the shirt, and tossed onto the floor by one soldier; Rachel was tackled to the ground, her head turned to the side and pinned down; Danielle was grabbed by the arms and restrained easily; and Erica was grabbed by the waist and had a gun held to her head.
"Get movin'! NOW!" one of the guards yelled as they began ushering the girls down the stairs and to the other hostages being held against their wills. The girls struggled against the guards to get away, but their grips on all of them proved too strong to break.
For once, Erica wished she had listened to her instincts and not her heart.
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The monitors glowed brightly in the lair, each one showing a different angle of the subway stations above the sewer systems. The Foot clan were on the move tonight, and their activity tonight was very heavy. The humans were being held against their will, taken as hostages for whatever sick and twisted game that the Foot were planning tonight.
"Surveillance is showing heavy, heavy Foot clan activity." Donatello said, glancing at each of the cameras, wondering why the Foot were so active tonight.
"They're taking hostages." Raphael stated, hoping to get some action tonight.
"What? You know, we're not suppose to go up top." Leonardo berated, knowing what the consequences were if they did travel up to the surface.
"We started something, and now we gotta finish it." Raphael said, glancing at the one camera that had the four girls being forced to the ground and held at gunpoint.
"This is insane! That cat is playing chopsticks WITH chopsticks!" Michelangelo exclaimed, noticing the smaller screen that had a small orange cat paying a piano with chopsticks tied around its paws.
"Don't be an idiot!" Leonardo growled as he punched a button on the keyboad console, and the screen went to the security footage in the substation.
They looked at the screen that had the four sisters held as hostages, wondering what was going to happen.
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Karai looked at the surroundings, noting the number of hostages that were being held down here. She smirked and knew that the results were in their favor. She had the vigilantes right where she wanted. Karai stalked over to the four girls in front of her, looking at each of them with an evil gleam in her eye. These four would be the perfect targets to get to their enemies. Her black hair that was pulled up high in a ponytail swished behind her, the red highlights bled from behind the black curtain of her bangs.
"We know you're out there! If you don't surrender, we start executing the hostages!" Karai yelled, looking all over the subway to find their enemy.
Danielle shook hard, her anxiety levels were reaching sky high. She looked over at Eri, hoping that maybe she had some kind of plan to get them out of this. She shifted her hand around in her pocket, and pulled out her phone to see what she can do to get out of this. In a brief few seconds, she pulled the phone up and took a picture of Karai before putting it back into her pocket.
Karai heard the sound and looked at Danielle, her gun trained onto her.
"YOU! Stand up!" Karai yelled, walking briskly over to Danielle, who shook hard.
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Donatello looked at the screen with his brothers, his body shaking in pure rage as the one female Foot soldier had her fun on the poor girl with the glasses on. She was so beautiful, just as her other companions were. He didn't understand why they would target these girls in particular. They've done nothing wrong. He watched as the young girl stood up, and held her gaze at the Foot soldier. He wished he had audio built into the security cameras so he could hear what was being said. He watched silently as the young girl stood her ground and glared back at the black-clad woman.
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Danielle looked at her captor, her gaze defiant and stubborn. She knew she was screwed, but if she was going to be backed into a corner, she would go down swinging. Her heart beat loudly; her breath lost in her throat; her stomach tight in knots, she would do the unthinkable if she had no choice.
"Give me your phone!" Karai yelled, her gun pointed straight at Danielle.
Lauren and the other two girls looked at their sister, wondering what she was going to do. Danielle slowly slid her hand into her pocket, and started to turn her body a little bit to the side. She looked at Eri, and winked at her, then whipping around and backhanding Karai in the face; the gun flying out of her hands and across the tiled floor. Erica looked in shock as she knew Danielle was never the fighter, but she was proud of her sister for taking this scary chance. Each of the girls began fighting off their guard, kicking and punching whoever was in their way.
Danielle ran over to the gun, hoping to get it until she was kicked hard in the stomach. She fell to the ground, clutching her stomach as she looked up at her attacker. Karai was pissed; how dare the little shit hit a Foot soldier, let alone her?! She grabbed the girl by the roots of her hair, and pulled her up to her knees, glaring at the girl with envy and intensity.
"You little bitch!" Karai yelled, slapping her hard enough for her glasses to fall off her face, and experience whiplash. Danielle gritted her teeth, hoping to bear the pain that she was taught by her sensei. Her lip was already busted open, her face starting to bruise from the painful blow.
Rachel saw what was going on, her younger sister being beaten by that Foot soldier bitch. Her blood raged; she kicked the one guard in his groin, and ran towards her sister. But before she could reach her, Rachel was tackled down by two more guards and struggled to get to her sister. She was being punched hard, her head smashed against the concrete and being kicked in the stomach. Lauren ran to her sisters, but she wasn't fast enough. She was yanked hard up against the wall, and was being assaulted, but tried to defend herself. Eri, who tried to get Karai off of Danielle, was punched hard and fell onto her back while feeling someone attack her hard.
"You four will be the first to die!" Karai yelled as she attacked Danielle with a ferocious appetite, signaling her men to attack the other girls hard with no mercy.
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Leonardo watched the scene played out in disgust; how the Foot have lowered themselves to common criminals. But that wasn't what got him; it was the fact that the Foot clan were attacking innocent young girls to get their attention. This was getting out of hand; those girls would be dead if they didn't make a move soon, and that was a guilt that he couldn't live with.
"Jesus, we can't sit here and do nothing!" Raphael yelled, pacing back and forth like a caged animal, waiting to strike out.
"Leo, we need to help them." Michelangelo begged, looking at the screens in horror as the Foot continued to beat the living hell out of the girls. He didn't like that at all.
Donatello was shaking; he felt like this was more than trying to get their attention. This was personal; he didn't know why, but he felt the need to go up and protect that innocent girl.
"Alright. Let's Rock and Roll, boys!" Leonardo commanded, fist pumping with Raphael before leaving the lair, grabbing their weapons off the wall and going up to the battlefield.
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Author's Note: Sweet! We finally get to see some action! I love giving cliffhangers :-) Hope you guys enjoy the chapter. Now I'll be working onto the next chapter! Reviews are welcome!