"Report." Ouroki Saki said as he took a sip of his tea without looking up from his work.

"We went to their apartment but, they weren't there." A Foot Ninja said before Saki's large desk. Saki slammed his fists down on the oak table looking up at the Foot.

"Fools! You will not return to me until you find those girls!"

"Master, they're…The turtles are working with them."

"What?"

"Those turtles, we think they're working together."

"Those medaling turtles should know better than to stick their beaks into something that they're not ready for. Find them! Bring them to me, alive. Their fate will be in my hands." The Foot bowed and ran from the room.

Leonardo opened his eyes as his felt a tingling sensation take over his arm. He turned remembering he was in bed with Jade. He must have fallen asleep. He went to move his arm out from under her as she moaned in her sleep. Her face was furrowed with pain as she turned closer to him. She tossed violently to the other side, painful moans escaping her lips. Leo frowned looking down at her. He placed a hand on her cheek trying to sooth her as she turned again. She woke up abruptly grabbing his hand from her face, her eyes filled with fright. Her breathing started to settle as she loosened the grip on his hand.

"Leo…" She said softly relieved to see it was him. He nodded his head as her body started to shake.

"Are you alright?" She shook her head as tears started to swell in her eyes. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders as he pattered her back trying to sooth her. "What happened?"

"Saki…He had us all. My sisters were in separate rooms, keeping them from using their powers. Breaking us from our connection with one another like it was ripped from our bodies. The pain in my head was like someone was slamming it against a wall. I tried to move up every time I tried the pain rushed back to it. I kept getting images to Lexine chained against a wall, and Jacqueline in a small room with water filling in it." Her body started to shake as Leo held her tighter.

"Nothing is going to happen Jade. I promise."

"You can't promise something like that Leo." She said pulling away from him.

"Who's going to stop me?" He smirked trying to make her smile.

"Leo, I'm serious. You have to know by helping us you brought your family into…"

"Our family was apart of Saki's life long before I knew you. You're not going to fight this alone Jade. I can't promise to keep you safe, but I can try my damnedest to prevent it. I can promise you that." She smiled and nodded her head. "Now, get back to sleep. I'm right here so no more nightmares." He laid her down next to him as she cuddled closer to his body, closing her eyes as the sensation of his warmth and his safety let her drift to sleep.

Jacqueline woke up as she heard the faint jingle of keys echo throughout the liar. Fiona stirred next to her as she placed her baby sister's head on the arm of the couch getting up to see who was there.

Of course she could believe him when he tells us that no one knows of this place. This is probably a trap. God, she can be so stupid. She said to herself as she turned a corner in the lair. She stopped as she saw someone in a suit that looked to be made out of metal. She lit a flame to her finger and narrowed her eyes. He took off his helmet as she sighed, but the anger resurfaced from her moment of weakness shoving him against a wall.

"You almost gave me a heart attack." She said in a raspy whisper. He narrowed his eyes back on hers shoved her against the opposite wall.

"Maybe you should have some manners and stop snooping around a place that isn't yours." He whispered back just as harsh. She pushed herself out of his arms as he turned to leave.

"Where are you goin'?"

"What do you care?"

"I don't." She said turning to walk away but continued to follow him as her curiosity got the best of her. "I didn't even get to fight tonight and I have all this stress pilin' up with the Foot and now our apartment and not havin' a place to live…" Raph turned around and looked at her.

"Wanna go out?"

"What? It's like two in the mornin'."

"All the betta. We'll be back before dawn." She smirked and nodded her head. "Maybe you'll get your fight." He said turning towards her.

They emerged from the manhole as Raph held his hand for her to take it, effortlessly pulling her towards the surface. His helmet covering his face made it safe for him to smile as she landed in his arms. He let her go as he opened a secret garage door, hiding a motorcycle. He got on and Jacqueline looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah big guy, that's an awesome jester and all, but with that shell I might as well ride on the back wheel." She said crossing her arms. He sighed in his helmet moving back for her to sit in front of him. A faint smile played at her lips as she straddled the bike. She put her hands on the handle bars and he placed his gloved hands over hers. The cold fabric from his suit made her shiver. He moved his body closer to hers as he saw her reaction from the night air. She smiled softly as she leaned back against him. She was never with a guy she felt comfortable enough to lean against, knowing he was strong and able to hold her. Some guys are just wusses but Raphael is strong and made her feel safe in his arms. She narrowed her eyes to her weakness of feeling anything for someone she barely knew. You're being ridiculous. Get over it.

He started the engine and they took off through the streets. A rush of excitement jumped in her heart as she held tightly to the handle bars. She had to bit her lip to keep from laughing from the feeling. She couldn't remember the last time she felt such a rush. Raphael smiled in his helmet as her body slid even closer against his as he took off through the streets. He was able to maneuver around New York City with out having to slow down. He knew this City like the back of his hand and as the streets were nearly empty at night he was able to rip through them no problem.

"Ready?" He yelled over the rush of the wind and his helmet.

"For what?" She yelled back over her shoulder. He smiled and leaned back popping his front tire in the air as she held onto his forearms for support. She bit back a scream from shock as he chuckled in his helmet from her reaction. The tire bounced back against the pavement as she loosened on his forearms trying to catch her breath.

"You gonna make it?" He chuckled as she started to laugh herself.

"Yeah I think so."

She could smell the ocean air getting closer as they reached the docks. He turned off the engine taking his helmet off, putting it next to the bike. She looked over her shoulder at him as he looked over the skyline in front of them. She smiled and followed his gaze getting from the bike and jumping up on the wooden railing.

"It's so beautiful." She said as the wind rushed around her face. Raph watched as her hair wisped around her head, the moonlight shinning over her skin.

"Yeah it is." He said looking at her and not anything else. She turned and looked at him as he averted his eyes quickly. He got up from his bike and leaned on the railing next to her.

"So, what's the getup for?"

"I'm the Nightwatcher. Or at least that's what they're callin' me." He shrugged looking over the water.

"Wow…that's you? I was wonderin' when I was gonna run into you." She chuckled.

"What?"

"Well, you always go out late, apparently. Jade has these set rules about us not stayin' out past two. Somethin' about crime can wait for another day. It's ridiculous. Crime doesn't wait for nothin' and she's thinkin' it has a bedtime."

"That was creepy." Raph said in a snort as he looked over at her. Her face softened as their eyes met.

"What is?"

"I had that same rant to Casey not two nights ago." He chuckled.

"Who Casey?" She asked, a hint of jealous shinning through in her words.

"Our friend, he's with our other human friend April."

"A he?" She said with a sigh.

"Yeah? Whadya think I meant?"

"Nothin'." She said jumping down from the railing.

"Didn't sound like nothin'." He said turning towards her, his shell still against the railing as he crossed his arms.

"Well…It was. What are we doin' here anyways…I thought we were gonna fight?"

"Relax willya. I'm just waitin' for a report to come through. I just wanted to show you this…It's kinda my favorite place in the City." He said looking over his shoulder towards the lights. She smiled. Wow…that was kinda sweet? She shook her head ignoring her thought. She walked back over leaning next to him.

"I can see why." She said her voice different, soft. He looked over at her as they caught eyes again. This time neither of them looked away. She ignored her denial rolling her eyes grabbing his face and pulling it towards hers for a kiss. He stiffened as he held his arms up about to push her away but got lost in the feeling of her lips. They were soft and felt right against his. She moved her body against his, ignoring the cold shock she got as her thin fabric against her chest from her shirt touched his metal suit. He put his arms down around her waist pulling her body tighter to his. Her waist moved into him as he gripped the sweater in his fist at the small of her back. Her body temperature started to rise as he held her tighter. She pulled away letting out a breath trying to settle the feeling that rushed through her veins.

"That was different." He said opening his eyes slowly.

"Good different?"

"Are you kiddin' me? Yes, good different!" She smiled and put her head down. He put his hand to her chin lifting it back up so he could look into her eyes. She leaned up once more and kissed his lips softly.

"I like different." She smiled, turning her face away from his with a yawn.

"C'mon, let's get back to the lair. We can fight some bad guys another night when you're feelin' a little betta." He pulled her with him as he sat on the bike. She gripped his arm around her waist as he turned the engine over with one hand. He went to put his helmet on, but she turned around wrapping her lips around his again, as his hands went fell to his side, the helmet falling loose in his grip. He put his other hand around her waist, pulling her open legs into his as she kissed him deeper the warmth from her body making her skin turn pink. She smiled against his lips as she pulled away, turning back around. He put his helmet on with a sigh revving the engine taking off to the lair.

Jade felt a light shove on her shoulder, as whisper of someone's familiar voice came through her head. She groaned in her sleep, turning to her side as she felt another shove a little harder. She pushed the hand away as it grasped hers pulling her up. She woke up with a sigh opening her eyes as they met Leo's.

"You were talking about dragging your sisters out of bed? At least they didn't put up a fight." He said raising an eye ridge

"You're beds comfortable." She smiled shyly.

"Yeah, I know. Now get up." He said shoving her again. She fell back onto the mattress as her shirt drifted up her stomach. He rolled his eyes turning back around seeing the sun kiss glow of her skin. She turned on her side with a stretch as her hip bone shown itself her jeans moving loosely around them. He sat on the edge of his bed again looking down at her. He wanted to reach out and touch her skin, it looked so soft and warm. He resisted and touched her hand instead. She sat back up with a stretch and pushed herself off the bed.

"Alright, alright. I'm up."

"Finally." He sighed. She narrowed her eyes and shoved him. He fell back on his elbows. "Hey…What was…"

"That's for shoving me." She said raising her eyebrow. He smiled and got up from the bed, pressing his body against hers with one swift motion. She kept her eyes on his as he stared her down in a challenge. She couldn't help but smile as she shoved him again. "Nice block Ninja." She laughed walking out of his room.

They gathered their younger siblings and took off to the girl's apartment. They traveled through the sewers, it being daylight with no shadows to hide them. They got to the streets as Jade climbed the latter to the manhole above, putting her palm on it. She closed her eyes concentrating on if there was any one around. She didn't get presences back and pushed open the manhole, peering out. She nodded her head up towards her sisters, as they all climbed out. They all climbed the fire escape as Jade opened the window to their floor.

Her heart fell as she looked around their apartment. Clothing, furniture, pictures of their family scattered throughout it. Jacqueline shook her head and turned towards her sister.

"This is your fault!"

"My fault?"

"You and your stupid rules! You keep holding us back! If you got over yourself and let us fight this wouldn't of happened! We could of prevented this if you didn't suffocate us with your protection and tryin' to keep us safe. You're such a great leader, looket what you're leadership has done! Our families own security was taken from us because you can't look past the fact that we might be ready to fight without your teachin', without being under your wing! You can't protect us forever Jade! And you know it!" Jacqueline stormed off upstairs as Raphael followed her. Jade glared at her sister as she left. She sighed under her breath leaning down and picking up a picture of her sisters.

Lexine hugged her arms tightly around herself as Donnie rubbed her back softly. The fighting wasn't helping anything but she knew it was just Jacqueline's way to cope. She hated it, but it's the way things went. She turned towards Donnie trying to force a smile.

"I apologize for my sister's outburst." She said chocking back tears as she gathered some DVDs in front of their kicked in television. Donnie took her hand as it shook stacking DVDs beside her. She smiled at him as he rubbed his thumb over the back of it.

"You don't have to apologize for them, it's a sibling thing. I understand." He said placing another DVD on the stack. She smiled at him gripping his hand and leaning in towards him kissing his cheek. They instantly warmed up as she pulled away from him.

"Thanks Don." She smiled.

"My DVDs, my books, my posters!" Fiona said walking through her room. She stepped on a plastic bag on her floor and she felt like she was going to be sick. She picked it up as a comic book fell out. "My comics!" The pagers fell out as the binding was ripped apart. "First addition comics…" She said in a calm voice, as she pressed her lips together trying to fight back tears. Mikey walked over to her putting his hand on her shoulder as she collapsed to her knees, sobbing in her hands. He didn't know how to react, but to kneel down beside her as he rubbed her back. He felt so useless. She picked her head up and wrapped her arms around his shoulders hugging him against her. He was caught off guard thinking she was going to take his head from the force of the hug. She cried into his shoulder as he put his arms around her.

"I can get more right?" She said in between sobs in his shoulder. He nodded his head.

"Yeah sure babe, there's more."

"Not first additions…" She started to cry again.

"We can share mine." He smiled pulling her away from his shoulder and wiping a tear away. A small smile came to her lips as he smiled wider. "There's that smile." He said. She leaned in quickly pressing her lips to his, making him balanced himself by putting a hand behind him. She pulled away with a shy smile, pink coming to her cheeks.

"Thanks Mikey." She said starting to gather some things on her floor. He nodded his head, not being able to speak as his cheeks burned from being flushed.

"No problem babe."

"Don't you think you were a little harsh?" Raph said as he handed Jac a backpack to put some clothing in.

"She can handle it. She can handle anything. She's the great and powerful Oz!" Jac said chucking a broke CD case at her wall. Raph watched it smash into an already cracked mirror as more glass fell to the floor.

"Listen, I'm not exactly the right person to talk about this kinda shit but I mean, she is your sister and she is goin' through the same thing you are right now. Maybe fightin' ain't a good way to be there for one another, ya know?" He said snatching the back of his neck nervously. Jac looked up at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah, Raph maybe you should save your advice about being a nicer sibling."

"Hey, I'm tryin' to help you!"

"Yeah, well…Maybe right now I don't need someone tellin' me how to talk to my sister. I've been doin' it for almost 20 years now! I think I know what the fuck to say." She said throwing a pair of jeans into the backpack. Raph rolled his eyes and walked over to her. She moved away but he insisted grabbing her biceps and pulling her body into his. "What are you…Lemme go."

"No." He said holding her tighter. She struggled against him but his grip never loosened. She finally gave up putting her head against his shoulder as a tear fell from her cheek. "I just don't understand it." She said her voice muffled from his skin as her tears moistened it. "Why would someone do this? Just because we're different from everyone else, it's not fair." She said making her hand on his plastron into a fist. He ran his hand through her soft hair, trying to calm her down. She looked up at him as he smirked.

"She's right." Jade said as Leo helped her pick up the living room.

"No, she's not. She's just angry right now and you're the first thing she saw to take the emotional swings at. Nothing more. Raphael does it to me all the time. Soon, he's able to calm down and apologize. I almost thought I had to stop you from fighting with her further, but strangely enough you did exactly what I would."

"After everything, you think that's the strangest thing?" She said raising an eyebrow to him. He laughed softly.

"Got me there."

"I know what you're feeling. The sight of seeing your possessions and some place you thought to be safe ransacked like this. It's unsettling." Leo said looking up at her from picking up things along the floor. She stopped and looked back at him, tucking a piece of hair that fell into her eyes. "The Foot did this to our first home. Captured our Father and beat up Raph pretty badly. I know what it feels like, and I'm sorry that I couldn't have prevented this for you." She stopped again and looked at him concerned. He continued to pick up things as she walked over to him.

"Leo…This isn't your fault."

"We're supposed to be protectors. This isn't supposed to happen. We train too hard for this to keep happening." He turned his head away looking at the mess of their apartment. She turned his face back to her, guiding it with her hand.

"You can't prevent every crime in this City Leo. You're Ninjas, not superheroes. You gave me and my sisters a place to stay, keeping us from harm. That's more than I'll ever ask of you Leonardo. You're very kind and I'm grateful that you were there that night to help us, as protectors." He smiled as he took her hand from his cheek. He wanted to press her fingers to his lips and take in the scent of her skin, but sighed dropping her hand.

"We should hurry. The sun is going to be down soon." She said looking out of her kitchen window. He nodded his head. Fiona came down the spiral staircase with a bag, as Mikey held another. "Fiona, you weren't supposed to bring everything in your room."

"A. This isn't everything. B. You never gave me a guideline to follow. And C." She stuck her tongue out at her sister. "And besides, what else are Mikey's muscles good for, besides being something nice to look at?" Fiona giggled as Jade rolled her eyes.

"Should we get some of your things?" Leo asked as Jade grabbed some money out of a hidden drawer in the kitchen.

"Oh, yeah. I probably shouldn't wear these any longer." She said pulling on her stained shirt from the sewer. Leo followed her to her room. It smelt like her, as he stepped through the doorway, smiling to the sent filling his senses. He looked around at her things tossed around her room. She went into the master bath and grabbed some toiletries from it, putting them into her navy blue soccer bag. She opened her dresser draw folding some clothing neatly placing them in the bag. Leo kneeled next to her folding some clothing for her.

"Thanks." She smiled taking the soft fabric from his hand. He smiled back looking past her as the sun was setting.

"The sun is setting. We should get back to the lair." She nodded getting to her feet about to grab the strap as Leo grabbed it before she could and threw it over his shoulder without a struggle. "You're not used to someone helping you huh?" He smiled.

"Not, really." She said walking out of her room with him.