I was trying to remember how they actually get into their sewer lair for different reasons, so hopefully this bit is as accurate as possible.

Thanks to everyone who left a review on the last chapters, btw. I replied to them in messages but will try to also answer those questions in text ^-^

Enjoy~

It's possible this chapter may get edited in the future as I'm not entirely happy with the way it turned out, if you have any feedback feel free to let me know.

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The sewers were like a maze to Jaya, and they never seemed to end. But the turtle in front of her seemed to know exactly where he was going.

She was tempted to just freeze the ice as she trudged along in the suspiciously-colored water, but she didn't want to waste her energy. Besides, she was a bender, she could just bend the water out of her clothes.

Still. At home, even in Ba Sing Sei, they didn't have sewers this.. Different.

The going was tough and she felt herself slow down; she wasn't used to this much walking-through-discolored-water. But ahead of her, Leo had stopped.

They were in a sewer disjunction, with 2 different paths splitting off from where they were. She expected him to show her where to go in one of those paths, but she was surprised once he spoke.

"This way." The turtle told her and dropped down an almost invisible hole, neatly carved into the ground.

Jaya peered down into the hole and followed, moving the air around her to stop her from colliding into Leo.

Leo led her further down the tunnel and towards a seemingly blank wall with a few pipes. Expertly, Jaya watched as the turtle pulled on a pipe and entered some numbers into the console that appeared. Then the wall in front of her shifted like it was being moved with earth bending, and the door opened.

"Oh, look who finally decided to show up." A turtle with a red mask scoffed as the two entered.

Jaya walked into the huge lair and looked up in awe. It was massive, with multiple stories and huge doorways leading into the different parts. She'd never seen anything like it before.

"Yooo, Leo's back!" A orange-masked turtle jumped down from the second story.

"Where were ya? Ditching us again?" Red asked.

"It's.. A long story." Leo answered simply. "Where's Don?"

"He fell asleep in the lab again." Orange came over to Leo, and it was then he noticed the quiet Jaya leaning against the pillar. "Whoa, who's she?"

Leo winced inwardly. He was hoping he wouldn't have to explain right away, and by extension, ask Jaya how she got here.

But before he could answer, Jaya walked forward. "My name is Jaya, and I'm not from your world. Leo and I were trapped in a cell together and there was no way I could have escaped without him.. I don't know how I got there or how I can get back, so I'm stuck here." She sighed.

"What makes you so special that they wanna drag you here?" Red grunted.

"I'm the Avatar." She answered softly.

"The.. What now?" Orange looked at her in confusion. "You don't seem like some kinda superhero to me."

"The Avatar, master of all elements, born as a peace maker between all the nations. Bring balance to the world. All the stuff and descriptions my mentor taught me when I was 10."

"What's all the racket?" The purple turtle entered the main room, yawning and stretching. "Oh, hey Leo. What happened to you?"

Jaya frowned as she observed the scene. These turtle creatures.. They seemed relatively unconcerned that their brother was basically kidnapped and trapped.. Was it a normal occurrence for them? Or did they just not know anything had been wrong?

"Don, can you look at Jaya's arm?" Leo asked, avoiding the question.

The turtle crossed the room and stopped at the sight of Jaya and his brother. "I heard half the story.." He interrupted before either could talk. "You can tell your half later. Come on." He motioned for the girl to follow him back into his lab. She paused momentarily, holding her arm again, before following him.

"Spill." Raph said as he approached Leo, watching them both leave.

Mikey looked at both of them briefly before running to catch up to Don and Jaya, exclaiming, "If she's a super hero, I wanna meet her and find out her origin story!"

Leo sighed. "Okay, Raph."

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Leo was running across the rooftops, doing his daily training run. After tossing and turning the whole night he figured he could use his energy for something more useful.

The sky was overcast and he didn't expect much to come out of his run. But the cool night air felt good on his skin, and loosening his muscles sent a calming relief through him.

Until he saw the shadow.

The shadow.. There was a figure behind him, following his run and every movement. At first he figured it was a building's shadow, but he kept seeing it, and then he knew: he was being followed.

On a rooftop halfway across the city, he stopped. Looking down to the street below, he watched and listened carefully behind him.

A thickening silence met his keen senses, but as he turned around, he saw a figure, hovering above the rooftop in shadow. It was as if it was made from the shadows itself, almost having no complete shape.

The figure seemed to move and out of nowhere, fell slowly to the ground. The shadows melted away from the body to reveal a figure dressed in a hooded cloak.

Leonardo unsheathed his blades and took a fighting stance, not knowing who this.. Thing was.

The shadow figure lifted up a hand, and a bunch of identical cloaked figures jumped onto the rooftop behind him. It was almost as if they were trying to copy the foot, except they were.. Different. Were they the foot? Or something more?

Leo's head was filled with thoughts buzzing around as he prepared himself for the fight.

"Are you the one called Leonardo?" The shadowy figure spoke for the first time.

"Who wants to know?" Leo replied briskly, crossing his swords in front of him

"Just take him, maybe he'll serve useful." One of the hooded figures told the leader.

The shadowed figure nodded once, and they all swarmed him. He was greatly outnumbered but soon defeated and captured.

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His brother looked at him in silence. "Were they foot?"

"No, they were something else." Leo answered, leaning against the pillar after finishing the story. "But they seemed to want to keep me alive, I don't know why. Or what they want with Jaya."

"Shell, I hope I don't come across em in a dark alley." Raph stood up from where he had sat down on the couch. "Let's go find the others and see what we can do."

Leo nodded and followed him into Don's lab.