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Surprisingly, the thing that woke me wasn't my body constantly being jolted and hitting the metal floor under me, or even the painfully loud voices nearby...
It was the small sniffles coming from the person who had their head nuzzled into the crook of my neck. Almost inaudible to anyone else, it was the one thing that caused me to slip back into consciousness.
I fought back a groan, opening my eyes to the near darkness around me. As soon as I became aware again, a terrible headache hit me, causing me to squeeze my eyes shut again. I sucked in a deep breath, trying to move my hands to hold my head, instead finding they were tied tightly behind my back, realising my legs were bound as well.
Another small sniffle, and then a jolt caused my body to slam back into the metal floor we were laying on, opening my eyes again and trying to take in my surroundings.
I could see the figures of the others, obviously still knocked out, small slits of light coming in from the corners around us.
Which could only mean one thing. We were moving... possibly in a small truck.
Another sniffle into my neck, and I went to open my mouth to assure my sweet but terrified cousin, but a voice stopped me.
"That was almost too easy"
It was a woman's voice, one I'd never heard before.
"Well, they are still just children" Came another, gruffer male voice, huffing with cruel laughter.
"The child of Donatello was especially willing to go chasing after ghosts!" The woman now laughed.
"We were just lucky to catch all of them... instead of just the girl"
"At least now Crayak will be happy"
Crayak... I'd heard that name before, but my still clouded mind wouldn't let me work out where.
And... these two knew I'd go looking?
How?!
Who the heck were they, and what happened to all those fluffy things we'd just been fighting?
My mind was going a mile a minute, trying to find answers or solutions... even a way out, but the ache in my head wouldn't let me think properly.
Cassie let out a small hic, obviously trying to listen as well... her little sobs dying down for the moment.
I managed to move, hearing a small sound coming from her, managing to use what strength I still had to get into an awkward sitting position. I took the moment to look over at Cassie, who was struggling to do the same.
I did my best to help her, both of us now half leaning against the wall of what I was sure to be a truck now, fighting to stay upright as another jolt rocked the box of the truck.
"Miah?" Came her whispered voice, and in the slits of light I saw her lip trembling.
"It's okay, we'll get out of here" I responded in the same hushed whisper, both of us going quiet for the moment, waiting to see if they'd heard us.
When they carried on their loud conversation, it was apparent they hadn't, looking back down at Cassie.
"What do we do?"
I frowned, looking down at the boys. From what I could see, they were all still out. A glint caught my eye then, looking over just past Dean...
"They're idiots"
Cassie made a surprised sound, and I turned back to her, before indicating just past Dean.
"They left our weapons in here with us"
"What... why would they-"
"Don't know, but they'll regret it when we find a way out"
Cassie just nodded, trying to move her foot to tap Jake, instead almost slipping back down.
It was only then that I saw a small flashing on my side, looking down and realising it was one of those specially made distress beacons dad had designed for us. I'd forgotten I even had it sometimes, considering every time I left the house either my mum or dad insisted I put it on my belt. I half felt like they wanted to keep tabs on me...
"I... uh... tapped your button thingy just before I conked out" She said, and I couldn't help but smile at her.
There were times where I'd berate her mentally for her lack of focus, but when it came to desperate times... she sure know how to prove me wrong. She must have noticed I'd had it on me earlier...
"You smart little cookie you" I felt a little relieved, but at the same time worried that our parents might walk into the same kind of trap we had.
In my head, I debated that our parents had years of training over us, and from the stories my parents and that used to tell, that they'd be able to make it through anything that was thrown at them.
Yet... I wasn't entirely convinced.
Cassie smiled a little, and I tried to return it, seeing one of the figures beside us move a little.
I tried to move my legs, managing to put it what felt like Jake's cheek, feeling him stiffen a little.
"Shh" Was all I said, and I felt him nod in compliance, letting out a small grunt as he tried to right himself.
Cassie soon helped by using her feet to steady him, hearing him let out a stifled groan as the truck jolted again.
I shuffled as close as I could to him, almost leaning my head on his shoulder as I got bumped forward a little.
"What's goin on?" He asked as quietly as I could. From what I could hear, the two were still talking in loud tones, gloating about how easy it was, and how much trouble our parents had been. Thankfully, it meant they hadn't heard us yet.
"Can't you tell?" I almost rolled my eyes, before continuing "We've been captured, and I don't know who's got us... but they're not very smart"
I indicated to our weapons, watching as his head turned to follow my gaze. When he turned back, there was a dark smile on his lips.
"We can use Dean's katanas or my sais to cut ourselves loose"
"Just what I was thinking"
"We gotta wake the others... Cass, you okay?"
I heard her make a small sound, feeling as he scooted over to her, and I scooted myself forward. Now all we had to do was wake Dean and Eoran, cut ourselves free...
Then these morons would regret trying to kidnap us.
A strange feeling of worry rushed over me, but I shook it away as I moved over to Dean. He had to be first, more for the fact he was blocking us from the weapons. Also, so I could have someone to brain storm with.
I almost fell over him, managing to right myself enough to move myself around, my hands now at Dean's mouth. I slapped gently, managing to cover it as I felt and heard him start to move.
I used the same process as I did with Jake, this time managing to help Dean up enough so we were now sitting back to back. Another jolt, and Dean let out a small moan in spite of himself.
"My head... where are we?"
I quickly ran through what I knew, hear him let out a sound of surprise as he saw the weapons in front of him.
"Something doesn't feel right... but we can't just sit here" He whispered, another tinge of worry going through me as a part of my mind still struggled to bring up any reference to this creature they called Crayak.
"So... what do you suggest?" I managed to get out, seeing Jake trying to comfort Cassie a little. Although, she seemed to have perked up a little since I woke, which I was actually glad of.
Cassie was actually a little older than me, but with her temperament I sometimes thought she was a few years younger. She got scared alot easier, but also seemed to radiate this sweet innocence than none of us ever came close to.
"We need to get our hands free. Then we'll break out of this stupid place"
"Box truck" I corrected without meaning to, hearing him sigh a little.
"I'll see if I can grab a katana, then I'll hold it so you can get yourself free"
I nodded, feeling him move and almost tipping backwards, managing to right himself as I moved to look at him.
He bent awkwardly, gritting his teeth a little as he struggled to move, almost falling backwards if it wasn't for me putting my upper body weight onto his legs.
I heard a distinctive sound of metal against metal, both of us freezing a little as the talk beside us died down. I looked to the other two, seeing they had noticed as well.
"I am like... so bored" Came the woman's voice, before all of us cringed as music was now blasted loudly, hearing the man protest angrily.
I looked at Dean, who nodded a little, doing a distinctive yanking motion and hearing a small clunk as he freed one of his katanas from the pile.
Thankfully, the music was the perfect distraction, and I heard it being turned down a little as Dean scooted around, turning his back to me. I saw the glint of the katana sitting flush against the back of his shell, his fingers tightly around the hilt. I took in the position of it, scooting myself around in a similar way, feeling for the hilt and Dean's hands, before I was able to position myself correctly against the blade itself.
Slowly, I started to slide the blinding up and down the sharp blade, feeling the material slowly start to give.
As this was happening, I saw the last member of our group start to move, at the same time the music was now turned off.
I could see Jake and Cassie start to freak a little, biting my lip as I tried to continue my task. I couldn't stop him from-
My jaw dropped as Cassie seemed to almost jump over, landing half on Eoran as her face made contact with his. Jake seemed equally surprised as she smashed her lips against his, stopping him from making any loud sounds. Eoran's eyes bolted open as she did this, probably the most surprised out of all of us.
"What?" Dean hissed, but I couldn't answer. A horrible wave of jealousy went through me, but I pushed it aside, knowing this wasn't the time for such silly feelings now.
"N-nothing, let's just get out of here"
I knew... it was the only thing Cassie could think of at the time, to quiet Eoran before our captors heard us, but...
"Miah..."
"Later Dean... let's just get out of here first"
What was unfortunate was that Dean knew me all too well. He knew, from my slight stiffening, that something was up. But... all those stupid feelings would have to be worked out later. We were in danger, and had no actual idea where we were. I just hoped the distress beacon was actually working...
I steeled myself, continuing to rub my bindings against the blade as Dean tried to look around. By then Cassie had managed to right herself, shushing him like I did with the Jake and Dean.
I took note at the fact our captors had been smart enough to tie Eoran's tail and legs together, seeing he couldn't really sit himself up in any way because of it.
"What... where..." Was all I heard him ask in a hushed whisper, feeling the bindings loosen more, knowing I had to be close.
"Later dude, gotta get outta here" Jake managed to get out, his eyes now locking on mine.
I nodded, trying to move my hands faster and finally feeling the bindings give just enough so I could use my strength to pull at the rest.
SNAP!
We all froze for a second, looking at each other and realising the sound of the bindings finally breaking was louder than any of us anticipated.
"What was that sound?" Came the males voice.
"Go!" Dean hissed, and I spun around, grabbing the katana from his grasp and working on my leg bindings as quickly as possible. I made sure to be careful not to make the same sound as the katana cut almost cleanly through them.
"Came from the back" The womans' voice was now wary as I almost jumped forward now, working on Dean's bindings. I managed to catch them before they made an audible sound as Dean pulled hard.
The dead silence from the front was enough to put us all on edge, Dean grabbing the katana back and ripping roughly through his leg bindings. Thankfully, they made a smaller sound as he broke free, heading to Eoran first and slicing through his leg and tail binding.
I grabbed the other katana with care, moving as quickly as I could over to Cassie and working on her bindings.
The truck suddenly spun left, and I barely managed to move the katana away from Cassie's skin as we were are slammed into the opposite wall.
All of us let out audible groans, realising as soon as we did it that they now knew we were awake.
"Shit!" Jake hissed, and all of a sudden the truck sped up, throwing us all backwards now.
"Hope you like the ride, you stupid freaks!" The woman's laughter now, and I turned to see Dean now back and working on Eoran's bindings, getting the hint and moving to do the same with Cass.
Soon, they were both free, and Dean and I made a joint effort to get Jake free. I worked on his arms while Dean worked on his legs.
Thankfully, Jake's bindings didn't need much work, feeling him snap them apart as soon as we were both part way through them.
We all grabbed our weapons now, barely having time to throw them into their proper holsters on our backs as the truck now swerved violently right, all of us ending up in a pile against the left wall.
"Are we having fun back there, you stupid monsters?!" Came the mans voice again, laughing madly.
"We gotta get out of here" Eoran grunted as we fought to right ourselves, all of us now looking at Dean.
"I know... just hang on" Dean moved, grabbing a katana and touching the back doors of the truck, feeling along the edges and pushing slowly. He moved to the left door, sheathing his katana and looking back at the four of us.
"Jake? I could use your help"
Jake caught on, nodding and heading towards the right door "Got your back cous"
As soon as he did, I think the rest of us realised what was about to happen, and I looked from Eoran to Cassie.
"All right, be ready" Dean told us, and we all nodded, getting into kneeling positions as best we could beside one another.
"Whatever you're planning, it wont work" The woman snickered, then I heard her gasp.
"What?!" The man roared, swerving left again, but we had all readied ourselves, managing to keep upright as noises started sounding from outside.
"Cous?" Jake queried, and Dean nodded.
"On my mark…"
"You little brats!"
"Now!"
At the same time the boys slammed their feet into the doors, something jolted the truck violently, and I could have sworn I felt one of the tires explode under us.
The boys both fell back a little as the doors swung open, seeing the truck start to slide left, feeling like it was starting starting to tip.
"GOGOGOGOGOGOGO!" Dean practically screamed, he and Jake jumping and twisting themselves so they would land on the hardest part of their bodies; the back of their shells. I saw them both take the impact hard, rolling and tumbling madly across the ground.
Cassie and I jumped in a similar way, Eoran taking flight behind us. I spun myself as the ground came up to meet me, crying out as I landed hard on my shell, feeling like I'd rattled it loose in that moment. As soon as that happened, the momentum made me start tumbling across the ground, the world spinning around me as I fought to stop myself from stumbling across the ground. My feet eventually caught the gravel, skidding a little as I moved to try and get up, almost tipping backwards as I did.
"Everyone okay?" I heard Dean say, but my eyes were now on the truck, seeing it had tipped sideways, skidding into a tree not far from the road we'd been on. A small explosion, and then I saw two figures start to emerge from the truck-
"Dad!" I was so focused on what was in front of me that I jumped when Cassie let out a cry, spinning around to see all our parents there, all looking ready for a fight.
I saw Cassie run to her father, who wrapped her tightly in one arm, the other ready with a nunchuck. The look in his eyes...
I'd never seen Uncle Mikey so serious before... the look in the eyes...
Well, it was almost deadly.
"Miah!" My mum was soon in front of me, moving to grab my face in my hands and making me look down at her "Are you all right?"
"I... uh... yeah" I managed, feeling her pull me close but finding my focus was now back on the truck.
"How...how is that possible?!" Dean's dad gasped, hearing the others let out sounds of worry.
"No... it... Jake?" Aunt Rachel now, seeing Jake turn to his mother with a look of confusion. But... she wasn't focused on him. She was focused on the two figures who had climbed out of the truck...
I looked back, noting one was an auburn haired woman, her brown eyes staring us down almost menacingly.
The other...
The other was a man with brown hair and eyes that seemed to have seen far too much for his age. He looked about our parents age, but the feeling I got was that he had lived more than one lifetime.
"Uh... Jade..." Dad was there now, a hand on my shoulder as well as my mums, seeing her look up at him, then towards the two figures...
In an instant, my mums face changed from relieved to absolutely mortified. The colour seemed to drain from her face, and I noted how my dad now pulled us both behind him, his Bo now at the ready.
"How... he was... he was dead..."
"So was she" Aunt Kristiana muttered, but her tone was now menacing "I think I might know what's going on"
"FOOLS!" A booming voice from behind us made me jump "YOU WILL NOT LEAVE HERE ALIVE!"
I half spun, seeing a glint of something coming towards me-
Before I could react, I was shoved hard, crying out as I hit the ground, feeling someone half land over me.
It took me a second to realise it was my mother that had shoved me down, her eyes now wide as she moaned in almost agony. Her face was twisted in such pain...
I looked down, a horrible jolt going through my as I realised why. My whole body froze and my mouth ran dry, my eyes refusing to look away from the horror of the sharp, jagged object that was now jutting out of my mothers chest.
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