The girls made their way back to the liar, closing there eyes at a certain time as the boys led them home. Fiona and Mikey took their positions back on the couch, starting up another game as Lexi and Don disappeared into his lab. Jac walked by Raph nudging his shoulder lightly as she walked towards the direction of his room. He smirked catching up to her as she turned a corner.
She placed her back on the wall and waited for him. As he turned the corner she grabbed his shoulders and pinned him up against the wall leaning in and kissing him softly.
"Nice reflexes Ninja." She joked as she walked away from his grasp.
"What do you think that was about?" Jade said narrowing her eyes in the direction Jacqueline left with Raph. Leo shrugged.
"Maybe he was going to show her something in his room?" He started for the stairs and she broke out of her stare following him.
"Something's not right. She's been blocking me from her thoughts all day."
"Does she usually do that?"
"More and more lately. I guess it's my own fault, I should know better to keep out of her thoughts but she's just so closed off all the time it's just easier that way." Jade sighed at the last step. Leo smiled and wrapped an arm around her shoulder pulling her with him.
"I think you need some tension release." He said walking down the hallway towards the dojo.
"What?" He brought her in as she looked around the large room. Weapons hung on the walls with a punching bag in the corner and barbells lined up next to it. "Whoa…It's like your own personal gym." She said looking around.
"Yeah. We have intricate training sessions. I usually lead in them since our Master is unable to keep up with us." Leo said putting his head down.
"You're scared he won't be around for much longer?" She said gracing his arm. He nodded his head.
"I suppose it's to be expected. He has taught us everything we need to know and in his old age it's hard to keep up with a bunch of growing boys." He chuckled.
"How old are you? Speaking of which." She asked stretching out her legs.
"I'm 22. Raphael is 21, Donnie 20 and Mike's 19."
"So wait, if you all are turtles, don't turtles hatch?"
"Yeah." He chuckled. "But the way we mutated made us grow at different times. I was first, and Mikey was last. Being the oldest I'm the leader of my brother's, so I take responsibility for them and in their training." He sighed.
"You don't seem too thrilled about that." She smirked looking up at him as she sat on the floor. He sat down next to her.
"I just…I don't think I'm ready yet. But Splinter does. I mean I would die for my brother's, that's simple. But to train them and guide them as my father has been doing for all of ours lives it's just stressful to think about."
"Well shit. I think you need a tension release more than I do." She smiled getting to her feet and taking his hand.
"Have you ever sparred before?" He asked watching her stance in front of him. She raised an eyebrow to him crossing her arms in offence.
"Have you met my sister?" She smirked.
"True. I don't usually go easy on people." He said warning her.
"Thanks Leo, but I think I can handle it."
"Alright…" She came at him and he flipped her effortless over his shoulder as her back landed hard on the bamboo mat. She looked up at him narrowing her eyes. "I tried to warn…" Before he could finish his sentence she spun her leg around kicking his feet out from under him as he landed next to her on the floor. She jumped on him straddling his waist and pinning his biceps to the mat.
"Nice warning." She mocked. "But, as the looks of things I think I should have been the one warning you." He narrowed his eyes tossing her from his body and rolling on hers pinning her to the mat. He weight more than Jac and was considerably stronger making her unable to even move. She tried to kick her legs but, he had them pinned with his.
"You were saying?" He smirked as he hovered his face inches above hers. She squirmed under him. "You're just going to tire yourself out." He chuckled. She growled trying to move again and he got to his feet putting his hand out for her to take it. She ignored the jester and kicked her legs up pushing herself to her feet. "Impressive." He said as she circled him.
They stood before each other watching the other intently. A faint smile played at the corners of her lips as she already knew his attack. He closed the space off between them and she dodged out of the way flipping out of his grasp. His feet slide on the mat from his force and turned around looking at her in shock. His maneuver was fool proof. He's done it numerous amounts of times to Mikey and Raph as they fell to the floor defeated. He raised his eye ridge with a smirk.
"It's not nice to use mind control against your opponent."
"When else am I going to use it?" She said back with a seductive minds voice. He straightened as a shiver was sent through his body at her voice ringing in his head.
"C'mon Ninja." She mocked trying to push his buttons. "Let's see what you've got." He narrowed his eyes going at her with full force. She flipped backwards, but he caught her leg, slamming her body to the floor. She winced to the pain, shaking it off and jumping to her feet. "Ok…then." She said rolling her shoulders. She came at him, as he moved back away from her swinging fists.
"You shouldn't extend your arm completely. Keep it bent while you punch, you weren't hurt yourself that way." She stopped and looked at him with a questionable look. "Just some advice." He said keeping his hands up. She smiled.
"Thanks Master, I'll be sure to remember that." She dropped to one knee and kicked his legs out from under him as his shell hit the mat once again. She chuckled helping him to his feet. He held his shoulder rotating it in his grasp.
"Alright. I think that's enough tension release for one day."
"Yeah. Maybe tomorrow you can teach me how to punch correctly." She said with a smirk.
"If you wouldn't mind? It would be fun to teach someone different." He said walking with her out of the dojo.
"Well, if I ever want to protect myself how will I do so if I don't know the proper fighting techniques?" She said with a sarcastic tone. He narrowed his eyes as she punched his shoulder lightly. "Kidding. Joke, Leo. You can laugh." He shook his head as a smile played at his lips. "I think I'm going to go take a shower. Thanks for the tension release. Really helped." She said running up the stairs to the bathroom.
Mikey sat on the couch next to Donnie, as Lexine and Fiona were using their rooms to sleep. Mikey looked back at Leo as he watched Jade on the stairs. He smirked and whistled at his older brother.
"Wooo…I think our fearless leader has a crush." Leo's eyes darted in Mikey's direction, narrowing towards his younger brother. Mikey turned around remembering that look and tried to stop laughing.
"She's a friend Mike. Nothing more."
"Sure, is that why she slept with you last night?"
"Sh! Splinter is in the other room." He said running over to the couch and nudging his little brother.
"Sorry dude but I mean c'mon, you don't have the hots even a little for the chick? She is hot." He said looking towards Donnie to back him. He shrugged his shoulders.
"You two do seem to have a lot in common." Don added.
"So? She's a human, it won't work."
"Yeah a human with mutant powers dude. Fiona and I already discussed this."
"Fiona and I? Wow Mikey you actually fabricated a sentence correctly." Don said with a shocked expression.
"Dude, I don't know anything about fabrics." Mikey said with a confused look. Donnie covered his face with his hand.
"Ok…Nevermind."
"Like I was trying to say! We talked about this and Fiona said she's had trouble keeping a guy like in her whole dating life. Every time she gets close to one and they find out she can go invisible and stuff they get all freaked on her and book it. Iunno what guy would do that to her, she's so pretty." Mikey smiled.
"It's true. Lexi and I had the same conversation." Don said nodding his head. Leo crossed his arms and weighed the options in his head.
"We have too many things to be concerned about than having a girlfriend." Leo said as his brother's frowned at their leader's logic. "We have a duty to without as protectors. You two should keep a level head." He walked away from his brother's as they shook their heads.
"He's got it bad." Mikey said, turning his game back on.
"So Nightwatcher are you ever going to take me on a date that doesn't consist of fighting bad guys?" Jacqueline joked as she helped Raph put a chain around one guy's ankle.
"Aw, c'mon at least this is fun." She laughed and nodded her head.
"You've got me there." Raph slowly moved the creep's body from the roof top as the slack of the chain ran out. His body hung unconscious as police sirens echoed through the streets. Jacqueline smiled over at Raphael as they jumped roof tops to a safer distance.
Jacqueline hung her legs over the side of the building. The wind blew around her as Raph put his Nightwatcher suit in a black duffle bag and sat next to her.
"So what's it like in Boston?" Raph asked looking out at the skyline.
"Not like this." She sighed. "It's smaller for one. Different skyline. Smells similar. Fenway is a pretty big deal but other than that it's just a normal city." She shrugged.
"The crime the same?"
"I think that crime is the same every where in the world." She said softly. "There's always gonna be a whack job runnin' around dicing up people and savin' there teeth or some crazy shit like that. It's sick, and I just wish I could stop it." She sighed again, putting her head down.
"Yeah, but at least we're makin' a difference here." Raph said offering her a smile. She smiled back and put her head on his shoulder.
"Yeah, I guess your right."
Jade made her way out of Leo's room, shaking out her wet hair. She changed her clothing and felt so much better after spending almost a full day in her dirty clothes. She went down the stairs seeing her two twins sitting on the couch as Mikey played a video game. She could see Don's silhouette in his lab. She looked around a little closer realizing Jacqueline wasn't anywhere in sight. She walked over to Fiona nudging her awake.
"Hey, where's Jacqueline?" Fiona yawned and shrugged her shoulders.
"Sleeping?" Fiona said sleepily as she laid her head on Mikey's shoulder. Jade nodded her head as she saw Leo leaving the dojo.
"Have you seen Jacqueline?" She asked him. He shook his head concerned.
"Is she missing?"
"Well, I don't know yet. She might be…"
"Where's Raph?" He interrupted her.
"I don't know." He narrowed his eyes and ran to Raph's room opening his door without knocking. He knew where his brother was as he growled, slamming the door shut. He ran down the stairs as Jade watched him move past her. "Where are you going?" She asked following him.
"To find my brother."
"I'm coming with you!" She said grabbing a sweatshirt following him out of the lair. He ignored the fact that she knew where exactly they lived now. That didn't matter. She was too much apart of his life now for it to matter.
They made it to the surface and Leo started to climb a fire escapes as Jade used her powers to jump and land on the roof top. Leo made his way to the top as looked at her. He started to run past her but she stopped him as she closed her eyes. She opened her thoughts to Jacqueline's searching for her sister's presences and connection. She opened her eyes.
"This way." She said jumping a roof top. Leo followed her as they stopped looking at their siblings a roof top away. They were close to one another and she could feel Jacqueline's comfort and happiness swell within her. She narrowed her eyes to look closer. Damnit. I wish Fiona was here. She said to herself, but her thoughts were thrown off by Leo's anger rolling off his body. She looked over at him as his face was focused solely on his brother. Jade knew that her sister was being foolish. She jumped on to the next roof top as Jacqueline jumped to her feet.
"Jade."
"What are you doing?"
"What are you doin'?" Jacqueline snapped back.
"I'm taking you back to the lair."
"No. I'm stayin' here."
"No, you're not."
"Listen mom I'm not takin' ordas from you anymore so get over it!"
"Jacqueline, you're being stupid! And Raphael, you should know better than to…"
"Don't lecture him, this wasn't even his idea it was mine." Jacqueline said stepping in front of Raph.
"He should know better." Leo said narrowing his eyes at his brother.
"Yeah Leo, I should know better. You really think I was gonna stay cooped up in that lair for any longer?"
"Don't you ever listen to orders?"
"Yeah. I'm always listenin' Leo because you never stop! It's always do this do that, you push us around like your little play things, well I'm through playin'." Leo shook his head as Raph took Jacqueline and started to walk away. Jade ran up beside Raph and grabbed her sister.
"You are not putting my family in danger." Jade said glaring at Raph. He glared back and let go of Jac.
"Fine then." Raph jumped a roof top and disappeared in the darkness of the City. Leo looked over at Jade who nodded her head. He took off after his brother, following close behind. Jac growled as she pushed her sister off of her body.
"What the fuck is wrong with you? Everythin' was fine until you two showed up!"
"No it wasn't Jackie! You could have been killed up here! What were you thinking?"
"I was thinking that I was safe with Raph! He would keep me safe!"
"That might be true, but you two couldn't go up against Foot Ninja. You'd be out numbered! They're looking for us Jac, or have you forgotten?"
"No! I haven't! Because you won't let me or Fiona or Lexi forget! You push it in our heads every fuckin' day and I'm sick of it!" She lunged towards her sister as they rolled around the concrete roof top.
Leo walked slowly on a roof top he saw Raph jump on to. He looked behind him searching for his brother but, saw nothing. Then he heard foot steps coming at him fast as he was side tackled by his hothead brother. Leo kicked Raph off him as they got to their feet slowly.
"You know the Foot are looking for them Raph, you could have put her in danger." Leo said calmingly. This only made matters worse. He wouldn't Leonardo be level headed about this. Raphael lunged at his brother again, slamming his shell against a heating duct as the metal bent beneath him. Raph slammed him again as Leo shook his head from the pain.
"I wouldn't let anythin' happen to her!"
"Then why take her up here? You should of just asked for it! Would have been easier that way!" Raphael growled as his older brother shoved him away. He came at him again as Leo moved out of the way. Raph turned around as his older brother smile. Raph took out his sais about to lunge at his brother again as Leo placed his hands on the hilts of his katanas as a scream echoed throughout the roof tops. Raph and Leo both looked in the direction they came. Raph's heart dropped as he put his sais in his belt.
"Jac…" He whispered as he took off back towards the roof top him and Jacqueline sat with each other. He pushed himself to move faster as Leo raced next to his brother. They reached the roof top looking around, both instantly drawing their weapons. Leo left a tingle being sent through his arm as he looked down at his bicep. A dart stuck out of his green skin as he looked over at Raphael who was doing the same. Leo stumbled a bit trying to keep his eyes focused as the lights ahead of him merged together.
Raphael looked around the roof top for Jacqueline, trying to ignore and push down the dizziness in his head. He held onto the ledge of the roof top as he saw Foot Ninja with rope and bags. He looked over at Leo, as his body lay unconscious on the cement and a Foot tying his arms. Everything went black.
