~Time Skip(1 year)~
NORMAL P.O.V
The sounds of the city echoed through the night as Danny flew through the sky. Master Splinter allowed Danny to go out two nights a week, as long as she told him she was going out first. After moving in with the turtles, Danny and her brothers had to adjust to the rules of the lair. That included staying underground, at least, it mostly applied to Johnny and Nicky. Since Danny was used to going above ground, Splinter didn't think it was fair that her privileges had to be taken away, thus their agreement came into play.
Danny landed on a nearby roof, giving her wings a rest. She breathed in the city air, enjoying the scents that wafted around her. This is the place to be. No cages or evil scientists poking you with needles. Just a loving family, open skies and all the pizza you can eat. Danny laughed at her thought. New York really was the pace to be. She and her brothers could live their lives they way they wanted and didn't have to worry about their past. But the slight thought of the past sent shivers down Danny's spine. I would be dead if I hadn't escaped. Johnny and Nicky would be dead as well. Tears threatened to fall as various memories resurfaced.
~Flashbacks~
"We're just going for a little ride."
Danny didn't know why her foster mom, Georgia, took her out in the middle of the night, but she didn't care. Car rides usually meant ice cream and playgrounds. Danny sat in her carseat and looked out the window, smiling. After a bit, she fell asleep, but was woken up when the car stopped. Danny looked out, expecting to see a playground or ice cream place, but there wasn't. All there was was darkness and trees. Danny frowned and looked at Georgia, who was outside. She seemed to be waiting for someone. Danny looked outside and soon saw a van pull up. Georgia came around and took her out. Danny held on as Georgia approached a man who was waiting by his car.
"Here she is. Just like we discussed."
The man looked at Danny for a bit before smiling and handing Georgia a small rectangular piece of paper.
"Here is the check I promised."
Georgia gave Danny to the man, which Danny didn't like, and walked away towards her car. Danny started to get scared and fussed a bit.
"Gigi!"
Georgia looked back once before getting into her car. Danny watched as Georgia drove away. Danny cried out and struggled against the man, who just held on tightly as he walked to the back of his van. He opened the trunk and placed Danny into a metal cage. He locked the door before shutting the trunk. Danny cried out, terrified at being alone and in the dark. She didn't understand why her foster mom gave her away, but how could she. Danny was only three.
Another nightmare disturbed Danny's sleep. It was the same as it always was. Mazes and shots and tests...all kinds of awful things. The worst part was that Danny felt the pain from everything all over again. No matter how loud she screamed, the pain just intensified and continued. Danny wanted it all to end. Then, just when she thought the pain couldn't get any worse, Danny woke up. But it wasn't the nightmare that woke her up, it was the sound of someone approaching.
"Put them over there. We'll start testing tomorrow."
Danny looked over at the new arrivals and saw that they were just little boys. About the same age she was when she was brought to the lab seven years before. Like her, they were crying, but they were starting to fall asleep. Danny felt bad for the boys. Like Danny, they would learn what it was like to be tortured day after day by people who only thought of them as test things.
~Flashbacks End~
Sounds of gunfire and screaming people brought Danny out of her thoughts. Looking down, she saw that tons of people were running out of the subway. What is going on? Another Foot Clan attack? I'd better get a closer look. Danny ran across a few rooftops till she was right above the subway entrance.
"You guys seeing this?".
"Yeah. We're seeing it, Babe."
Danny smiled at the nickname Raph had for her.
"Surveillance up-links are showing heavy, heavy Foot Clan activity at the Broad Street platform."
Danny listened as she heard the brothers talking about what she had guessed through her earpiece, which had been made by Donatello. The Foot were attacking the subway. Danny watched the scene below, waiting for Raph or Leo to tell her to move in. But then Danny shook her head in disbelief.
"I don't believe it. Hehe. Idiot."
"What's wrong, Danny."
Danny heard the concern in her boyfriend's voice. "Apparently screaming people are an invitation to go see what the matter is. I'm gonna go down, see what this girl is up to."
"Be careful, Babe. We'll be there in bit."
"But you know we're not supposed to go above ground."
"We've done this before. We started something, we got to finish it."
Danny nodded, agreeing with Raph. She believed the Foot had to be brought to justice. She felt it when she attacked the Foot at the docks with Raph.
"Meet you guys down there."
"Stay hidden until you hear us."
"Got it."
"We know you're out there! If you don't surrender, we start executing hostages!"
Danny stiffened. She had to fight the urge to run out and started swinging. Control yourself. You are a ninja. You are a shadow. Keep it together. Danny waited, still as a statue. A train entered and with it, Danny's cue.
"All aboard!"
The leader of the Foot shouted out something and then the lights went out. Danny took the opportunity and ran in, attacking the nearest Foot soldier. It seemed like total chaos in the subway. Shots were fired and Foot soldiers were screaming. Danny changed into her wolf form and joined Raph, fighting off Foot after Foot. Soon, the Foot were out and tied up.
"Let's go! Let's move!"
Danny followed Raph as he followed his brothers up out of the subway through a construction tube. The tube led out of the subway and up a building above to the roof. Everyone was pumped from the action. Danny was still in wolf form, but was too pumped to change back to normal.
"That was awesome. It felt so good to finally punch something that wasn't a dummy in the lair."
"Oh, yeah! That's what I am talking about. This is our city! These are our streets!"
Danny gave a short bark of agreement, which made the turtles smile with her. "Ooh, yeah! Did you see that guy's jaw connect with the concrete?"
Donnie nodded in response. "He'll be drinking out of a sippy cup for months!"
Danny growled, like a laugh for her in wolf form. She saw Raph looked at her with a smile. Raphael was glad to see that Danny was enjoying herself.
"Ah, that's what I am talking about, fellas. Like shadows in the night. Completely unseen."
Right as everyone went to high-five, a bright light flashed, causing Danny and the turtles to freeze. Danny looked at the brothers, eyes only.
"What's that?"
Donnie, being the smart one and the one who usually had the answers for everything, answered the question that seemed to be on everyone's mind. "By my calculations, it's a girl."
"Are we gonna kill her?"
"What?!" Danny looked at Mikey, thinking he was insane for even suggesting something like that. But Mikey responded like usual. "With kindness!"
Danny mentally rolled her eyes. Now was not the time for suggesting stupid ideas. A human had just taken their picture, which meant they had been seen. Danny looked at Raph and he could see the fear in her eyes.
"I got this."
Leo tried to get Raph to stop by calling after him, but that didn't stop him. Raph threw some sort of chain over the roof edge and it wrapped around the girl on the fire escape. With a pull, Raph pulled the girl over the edge.
DANNY P.O.V
I winced a little when the girl hit the roof. Raph pulled her hard and she really came flying. I looked at her as she held her arm, but had a sudden realization. She was the idiot who ran into the subway when everyone else was running out of it. I had to hold my muzzle to keep from bursting out in laughter. This is unbelievable. This girl must be asking to get caught. First, she gets caught by the Foot and now she gets caught by five mutants that are know ninjutsu. Sheesh.
"If you don't give me the camera, I am going to-"
"Enough! Back off, Raph."
I guess I was a little lost in my thoughts because when I tuned in, Leo was interrupting Raph as he was trying to act all big and tough. Raph was annoyed as usual, but backed off. He stood next to me and I leaned against him with my arms crossed. When I was in wolf form, I was about as tall as Raph, maybe a couple inches shorter. Raph draped his arm over my shoulder. I looked at Raph before a bit, earning a smile. When I looked back over, I saw the girl bump into Mikey. Boy, did she look scared.
"No, no, no, no. Whoa. Whoa. Chill. It's just a mask. See? Don't freak out. Right?"
Nope. The girl had reached her limit of surprises. Her eyes rolled into her head and she fell. Gee, Mikey. You're a real lady killer. Mikey looked back and gave a little chuckle. Raph just sighed and shook his head.
"Guys, please! Come on. Give her some air."
The girl, who we discovered was named April O'Neil, came to. Donnie was making sure she was ok at the request of Leo. He wanted to make sure she didn't have a head injury from the fall. Mikey was being, well, Mikey and asking stupid questions and Raph was wondering why we were still around. I was wondering the same thing. I started to get worried that Master Splinter would notice that we were gone. Well, would notice that the turtles were gone. They weren't allowed to go above ground unlike me, but I had a curfew and it had already gone by. Sensei didn't like it when I stayed out past my curfew.
"What are you?"
My ears pricked at the question. If it were up to me and Raph, we would have left April hanging, but Leo just had to start talking and that made Raph, Donnie and Mikey answer too.
"Well, Miss, uh, we're ninjas."
"We're mutants."
"Well, technically, we're turtles."
"Oh, and we're teenagers! But we can still have adult conversations."
April stood up and I could see that she was trying to put together the pieces of information that she had heard. "Wait, wait, wait. So...You're...Ninja, mutant, turtle, teenagers?"
Donnie and I were thinking the same thing, but he beat me to it. "Well, when you put it like that, it sounds ridiculous!" I nodded with agreement. April looked at me and I saw her eyes go wide again. Apparently, she hadn't noticed the giant humanoid wolf in armor standing among four giant turtles. I growled at her, seeing the mixed look in her eyes. Horror, disbelief, slight disgust...that made me mad. My ears went back and I bared my teeth. Raph nudged me a little, making me resist the urge to lunge. I looked at him and he nodded, understanding how I felt.
"See, she's looking at us like we're freaks. I bet that's why you took our picture, wasn't it? Show your friends?" Raph jumped down and walked over, holding up the phone that we got off April. "Looking for this?"
"Don't break it. No, no, no. Please." April started to plead for her phone and I started to grin, all for breaking it, but Leo just had to step in and ruin the fun.
"How many times do I have to tell you? We don't break things, we fix them. Donnie already wiped the phone, genius. Problem solved, moving on."
I growled and walked over next to Raph. "And who put you in charge?"
Raph looked at me a little and I saw the slight grin he had on his face. When it came to sides, I took Raph's all the way, which sometimes surprised him. Leo looked at me and stepped closer, invading my space.
"You know who did."
I looked away, feeling ashamed and scared that I had challenged Leo. That came from my wolf genes and the whole "pack pecking order" thing that wolves have. My ears went back and a small whine emanated in my throat. Even my tail went between my legs a little. I heard a grunt come from Raph and could feel the anger that was building up inside him. He didn't like it when Leo scared me and always felt the need to step up and defend me. I thought for a second he was gonna swing at Leo, but Donnie entered and took Leo's thoughts off the situation.
"Leonardo, if we want to make it home before Master, we gotta hustle."
Leo turned his attention back to April. Raph glared at Leo before turning his attention to me. He wouldn't let his brothers see it, but his eyes softened and a small smile spread. I was the only one who saw the soft side of Raph.
"You alright?"
"Yeah. I'm fine. I just wish Leo would stop acting like an alpha wannabe."
Raph chuckled a little. "I know how you feel."
"We're on the move, Raphael."
Raph grunted, but obeyed Leo. I sighed, glad we were finally leaving. Now, we just had to get back home before Master Splinter. With one last look at April, I ran after the guys. They were hollering and whooping and just having a great time. I joined in with a howl as I ran on all fours. It may look weird, but I actually ran faster on all four than when I ran on my legs. I jumped off the roof after Raph, falling through an open man-hole. We all ran through the sewer tunnel and it was great. That is, until the brothers decided to jump into the smaller tunnel at the same time. It was worse for me because I was behind the turtles and was running too fast. I tried to slow down, but ended up skidding into the wall with a yelp.
"You ok, Danny?"
"Peachy."
NORMAL P.O.V
While the turtles struggled to get themselves out of their tight situation, April O'Neil frantically searched through her closet. She finally found a box that contained notes from her father and small video tapes. April went through the video footage, watching herself as a little girl in her father's lab. She saw a rat, whom she called Splinter. After, she saw clips of four baby box turtles. Their names were Raphael, Donatello, Leonardo and Michelangelo. April put together the information from the videos with the names of the vigilantes from the roof and realized they were the same.
"I knew it. The vigilante, I saw him. I saw them! I saw them. I have known them since I was a little girl. They were my pets. They were my childhood pets, and they were named after Italian Renaissance painters."
April was positive she was correct, but her roommate thought otherwise. Taylor was actually scared. "Mom, I want to move back home."
DANNY P.O.V
"Is he here?"
The brothers got themselves unstuck and we were finally entering the lair. Everyone was looking around, keeping an open eye for Master Splinter. It was important that we weren't discovered. If we were caught, we would be sent to the Ha'shi.
"Donnie?"
Leo looked to Donnie and so did I. Donnie looked around with his fancy goggles. "My thermal scans indicate there's a 74% variable that there's a 61% chance he's not-"
"That he's not here, guys. That he's not here."
"Mikey! Watch it."
Mikey came up so fast that he bumped into me, making me ram into Raph. Even though I was my normal form, I still growled. Leo shot me a warning glance, making me smile in apology. I was a little loud.
"Okay. Fall in, quietly."
I fell in after Raph, breathing quietly and stepping lightly. Everything was quiet, minus the loud thud Mikey made when he landed.
"Mikey. Shhhh."
Mikey didn't even bother to apologize. "So, guys, if it wasn't already obvious with that girl, dibs."
"Shhhh." Everyone wanted Mikey to be quiet. He was never quiet when you wanted him to. We had reached the weapons and were starting to put our weapons away when Leo addressed us.
"If Master Splinter catches us, he'll send us back to the Ha'shi."
"I ain't going back to the Ha'shi."
"Every time we're in the Ha'shi, it's because of you." Leo shoved Raph and Raph nudged Leo back with his arm. "Well, bro, you won't have to worry about me dragging you down anymore."
Mikey was curious about what Raph meant and soon after, the brothers were arguing. I tried to get them to stop and quiet down, afraid that we were gonna get caught by Master Splinter. They stopped after a bit, but my stomach dropped when I heard Donnie.
"Guys. We got a bogey."
I couldn't move and neither could the brothers. I looked at Raph and I could see that he looked just as scared as I was, which was unusual for him. The next thing I knew, Leo was on the ground. That made everyone spin around and face Sensei, who looked mad.
"Where have you been?"
Raph tried to say something, but Splinter lashed out and wrapped his tail around Raph's throat. Sensei actually lifted Raph a good few inches off the ground before dropping him. Master Splinter put the spotlight on me, shaking me to my core. I wanted to get away and went on the first thought in my mind.
"Uh, I gotta go check on Johnny and Nicky."
I started to fast walk away, but I was knocked off my feet. I hit the concrete hard, wincing, but it wasn't exactly that bad. I also landed in Raph's lap and he immediately pulled me close, as if he was getting ready to protect me from Splinter again.
"Enough! You disobeyed a direct order. Why did you go above ground? What happened?"
No one met Splinter's gaze and stayed silent. No one was going to tell Splinter what happened. When Sensei saw that we we're gonna stay silent, he nodded.
"Very Well. If that's how it's going to be, to the Ha'shi!"
I let my head fall against Raph as a groan escaped my lips. "Shit."
