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"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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Notes: Japanese talking; regular talking;

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"Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the NYPD's top benefactor, Eric Sacks." The announcer said and the room burst into applause. I don't know why April wanted me to come with her to talk to our father's old partner but she wouldn't let up when I said no. When her boss told her that she needed more evidence about what she saw at the docks she wanted to talk to the one other person she knew what would believe in her. Which I highly doubt because he's done nothing to contact her or myself in the past years.

"Please, please, please." He spoke to the crowd and told them to sit. April and I remained standing behind the cameras that were in the back of the room. Yuki was waiting for us with April's partner Vern in his van outside. Yuki didn't want to draw attention and I didn't blame her. "I have to say, it's wonderful to see so many people out here tonight, especially in a neighborhood so hard hit by the Foot's crime wave, Years ago, my life was touched by a tragedy. I was a young scientist working with a world-class team in cutting edge research. And our laboratory was attacked, set fire to, robbed, by the cowards that call themselves the Foot Clan. Several of my employees lost their lives that day. And it is in their honor, in their memory, that Sacks Industries, whether through Sacks Biomed, Sacks Robotics or Sacks Construction will remain committed to keeping the city of New York, our city, safe." The room applauded once more. "So whenever someone takes flame to this city, I would be there to put the fire out. And that's a promise. Thank you. Thank you." Once his speech his was over April and I quickly made our way over to him.

"Mr. Sacks. April O'Neil. You worked with my father." April reached for his hand and grabbed it.

"I can't believe it. I haven't seen you since..."

"Since his funeral. You remember my sister Ava? She just got back into town a few days ago." April said with a smile. Sacks turned to me and his eyes widened a bit. Of course he has to remember me, I spent more time in that lab than anyone besides my father.

"Ava...you have grown up so much. You look just like your father and you stand just like him too." He held out his hand and I shook it out of politeness.

"Thank you Mr. Sacks. I must say, it's pretty impressive that you've risen too high since that fire. Some might even say that it would be the best thing that's happened to you." I said with my tone of voice even. I never like this man. Not one bit.

"Ava!" April hissed but Sack just shook his head.

"No need April, I've heard this countless times before and I will tell her what I have told all the others. I lost friends in that fire and it's though their lost that I built what I have today so it does not happen again. Their deaths fueled my fire to become better."

That was rehearsed.

He's told that line many times before, and it seems like he believed it.

I excused myself, saying that I needed to make a phone call which was a lie, and left the room. This was one of the reasons why I left this place. Higher class people think just because they wave money around means that they can do anything they want. What a bunch of bull I say.

"Party over already?" Vern asked as I got in the news van.

"April will be done once she's done talking to Mr. Sacks. Parties are not my type. April also didn't tell me that she would be bringing a change of clothes! Now I'm stuck in this damn dress!" I huffed and crossed my arms in-front of my chest. April stuck me in a dress which is too tight in the chest area and had me yanking it up very often. It's not my fault I had a better chest and was slightly curvier than her. I got my mom's hips what can I say?

"I told you to bring clothes." Yuki said and laughed when I tried to swat at her. April came dressed in her other clothes a few minutes later and we left the party but got stuck in traffic shortly after.

"Eric Sacks was so inspiring." April said and I rolled my eyes. "I know this is a story that actually matters."

"The superhero one?"

"The one that involved the Foot Clan at the docks?" Yuki asked and April nodded. Next thing we knew there were screams and people were running away from something.

"Where's everybody going?" Vern asked and April started to get out of the car. "O'Neil! What are you doing?!" I rolled my eyes and took off my heels, opening the door to get out as well.

"Yuki, the roof." I said to her as she handed me an earpiece.

"Yes." She said and I started to follow April who was heading down a subway entrance where people were running out of. I stayed close to April as we hugged a wall, watching Foot soldiers with weapons move down into the tunnels. I out my finger to my mouth and together me moved but I underestimated the Foot. Their quieter than I thought, taking April and I by surprise as they placed guns to our heads, forcing us down to where they were holding the other people.

First thing I saw was the number of people they were holding captive, the bombs they were planting against the wall, and the number of men that were present. A woman with red streaks in her hair I could tell was in charge held herself high. She's didn't look like a ring leader but a commander of the person holding all the cards. Great.

"We know you're out there! If you don't surrender, we start executing hostages!" The woman said and April started taking out her phone. I shook my head at her but she ignored me, taking a picture anyways. The sound of it went off and the woman drew her gun and pointed it at April. "You! Stand up!" I took April's place and stood up just as someone shouted from the tunnel and she called out just as the lights went out.

"You think you are high and mighty?" I called to her and the woman was taken back by my speech. "You should be afraid of the dark." I closed and reopened my eyes but this time, they were lit on fire with blue flame. Her men looked scared and I smiled. Just then figures jumped off the oncoming train and started to attack the men. I made my move and recounted all my training. I blocked her bullets by moving out of the way before lighting up a few guys besides her before something rammed into her. She was knocked hard against the wall and the figure turned to look at me but paused. One of the men tried to come up behind him but I grabbed a hold of the large figures arm and swung around so I knocked the man down before sending a quick punch to the face; knocking him out.

"Nice moves. For a girl wearing a dress." Came a voice.

"You're not so bad yourself." I told the figure and together we moved to take out the remaining men which was nothing but made of short work with my hands blazing a bright blue flame while he carried his own weapons. The way we moved though was something I couldn't wrap my head around. The figure was tall and when the light flashed I could see green skin which only add to my suspicion that this figure was not human.

He was like me or Yuki for that matter.

Something completely different.

"Let's go!" Someone called and my partner was gone from my side.

"Wait!" I called and my partner stopped, took one last look at me and vanished up a construction tarp. I looked to see that the woman was missing but her men were tried up and sitting against the wall. People got up once the danger had passed, making a commotion at where their heroes went to. April gave me a look and we quickly left, trying to find where they had gone to. Once outside we found out where the construction left to and we heard voices coming from the roof. April didn't waste any time climbing the ladder as I followed her shortly afterwards. Closer and closer we got until April did the stupid thing but whiping out her phone to take a picture.

Things went quiet...

Just as I was about to say something to my sister, April was pulled from the ladder she was standing on. After a few seconds of not moving and hearing a thumb from above I slowly climbed the rest of the way up. When I reached the top I peeked over to see four very large turtles standing over my fainted sister. Carefully, not to startle them and make my amazing appearance I climbed over to stand just a few feet away from them.

"Hmm, that pink thing belongs to me." I called to them as I crossed my arms over my chest. The four of them turned and look at me like I was crazy before the one with a red bandana drew his sais and stepping towards me.

"Don't move." He said in a deep tone and I laughed, raising an eyebrow at me while putting my hands on my hips.

"Don't you threaten me when I can kick your ass to hell and back. Not to mention the fact that I helped one of you take down some of the men to boot while wearing a dress might I add too." I told them in japanese.

"You didn't help me, you made it so I had to protect your ass as well." The one standing in front of me said with a growl.

"Ha, so you do understand what I was saying. That's very interesting..." I said looking at the large turtle up and down. This is all sorts of freaky and amazing at the same time! "Besides, you? Protecting me? Ha! Don't make me laugh!" The one in purple approached us.

"Wait a minute...you're not afraid of us? No screaming, yelling, your heart beat is not accelerated and you're calm except for the fact that you just got done fighting a known group of thugs. Who are you?" He said and the one in orange came up with wide eyes.

"Dude, she's a superhero! Didn't you see the flames come out of her eyes and hands! That was so wicked! Not to meantion she knows our language!" He said and I had to smile. I liked this one.

"And the other girl belongs to you?" Blue asked.

"My baby sister. She's the one I had to follow down into the subway. She likes to play reporter even when she knows it can get her hurt." I said and the one in blue smiled faintly. "My name is Ava O'Neil by the way."

"Nice to meet you. I also think your sister is waking up." The purple one said so we all moved to stand over her. "Breathing steady. Blood pressure stabilizing."

"Why are we still here playing doctor?" The red one said and I sent a glare over to him which he returned.

"Because she might have a head injury." The blue one said while the orange one spoke at the same time.

"Ma'am? Ma'am? Can you hear me? Do you know what city you're in?" The purple one said. "Do you know where you are?"

"Have you seen that video where the cat plays Chopsticks with the chopsticks?" The orange one said and I covered my mouth with my hand to hide my smile.

"Can we focus here?" The blue one asked before returning back to my sister.

"Guys, please! Come on. Give her some air." The purple one said as my sister finally took in her surroundings.

"What are you?" She asked.

"I've been wondering that myself actually." I said and helped her stand up.

"Well, miss, we're ninjas." Said the blue one.

"We're mutants." Went the red.

"Well, technically, we're turtles." Went purple.

"And we're teenagers! But we can still have adult conversations." Said orange.

"If you have to say that then you are not an adult yet mister." I said and orange sent me a pout.

"Wait, wait, wait, so...you're ninja, mutant, turtle, teenagers?"

"Well, when you put it like that, it sounds ridiculous!" Purple said and I agreed with him.

"I think you're looking for is teenage mutant ninja turtles. Sounds so much better if you ask me." I spoke and purple smiled at me.

"See, she's looking at us like we're freaks. I bet that's why you took our picture, wasn't it?" Red said.

"I still can't believe you didn't turn your volume off." I said to her but she ignored me when red took out her phone and held it in front of her face.

"Don't break it. No, no, no. Please." April said just before blue took it.

"How many times do I have to tell you? We don't break things, we fix them. Donnie already wiped the phone, genus. Problem solved moving on." Blue said and the way he spoke made me believe that they were all brothers, him being the oldest.

"And who put you in charge?" Got it right!

"You know who did." Blue returned.

"Ooh, tension! It's been thirty whole minutes since you guys had this argument!" Orange said.

"Leonardo, if we want it make it home before Master, we gotta hustle." Purple said.

"Leonardo?" April and I said together but I had a small flashback to the lab, holding the turtle Leonardo in my hands. Blue, or should I say, Leonardo turned to face us with his face stone.

"Don't say a word about this to anyone. If you do, we will find you." He said.

"Why would we? It would be like telling on myself for starters." I said and held out my hand, allowing the blue flower of fire to bloom in my hand. Red's eyes widen and stared at me. "Besides, Yuki would kill me if I did. She has a soft spot for all things unnatural."

"Yuki?" Orange said.

"Yuki, nice hiding place." I called and Yuki came out, tail and ears already in place. Leonardo started at her in awe as she walked towards me. When in her other form she's a lot taller and more...what's the word? Elegant? Being a fox does make a person more elegant looking with a bushy tail and ears. "Yuki is just like you almost. Same thing goes for me. Your secret is safe with us."

"Hello!" She smiled and waved at them.

"Leo we have to get moving!" Purple said and turned to look at us one last time.

"We're on the move Raphael." Leo said and my heart was beating faster. Another flashback to my favorite turtle that I snuck home the one night but got caught with eventually. Raphael gave me one final look, like Leonardo did with Yuki before they took off across the rooftops. April of course took pictures but they weren't the best ones.

"I still have the files." April said and we rushed back to her apartment where we found recordings of the turtles and our dad. Those turtles we saw were our turtles that I set free all those years ago. If they survived then...

"Splinter.."

"Did you say something Ava?" Yuki asked and I shook my head before getting up and leaving April's apartment. "Where are you going?" She asked as she followed me.

"Home. There's something I need to do." I told her and we headed back to my condo. We were quiet the whole way home until I rushed into my room to pull out my files that I had stored away in my room. Like April's box I had my father's copies of the actual project they were working on along with my own videos. Most were my training videos from when I was still learning to control my powers.

"You look so cute when you were young Ava." Yuki said as she sat down with me. "Is that your father?"

"Yeah. He was my best friend and the only person who didn't see me as a freak." My lit up my hand so that blue flames danced around. I concentrated so that my famous blue flower appeared. "I love my family but my dad was the closest person to me."

"What are you going to do now? You believe that these turtles are the ones from your father's lab?" Yuki asked.

"Maybe. I have this strong feeling that they are but I also feel some sort of regret. I mean, I abandoned them after the fire, thinking my father's experiment failed. If I had only hung onto them just a little bit longer maybe…I don't know…something might be different now."

"Growing up different is always hard but fate…has a weird way of directing us. Fate brought you back to this city…brought you back to them." Yuki smiled at me softly.

"If it is them I'm not letting them go again. They're my family."

"We will find them. I promise you. We should get some rest. Start new tomorrow." Yuki said before getting up.

"Yeah, you're right. We should start fresh tomorrow. There's someone we need to go see." I told her before packing everything up again, putting it back before picking up my phone. I hit the caller button and waited for the ringing to stop. "Hey, Nora? It's me, Ava. Hi, yeah I'm good but listen I have a question to ask. Are you and your mother close by? I'm in New York City. You are, great! Can we stop by the shop tomorrow? Perfect, sounds great. I'll see you tomorrow. Night." I hung up and smiled at the phone.

Perfect.

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I had to change the ending because I just couldn't leave it like that. I like this a lot better and it will flow more evenly. I have the next one halfway done so that's up next! Please review and let me know what you think!

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