Chapter 9
3rd person POV (it'll just be easier for this chapter)
Just a quick reminder:
Leona = Artemis
Raphella = Elektra
Michelle = Cora
Donatella = Phoebe
"Hey!" Elektra called out as she pressed her face against the cell door. The Foot guard looked up from his post before walking over.
"What?" he demanded. Elektra gave the masked ninja a glare.
"Let me out, I gotta pee." she hissed.
"Your bathroom privileges ended an hour ago," the ninja replied. Elektra shrugged.
"Fine then, I'll just go on the floor here. But just to let you know, last time one of us did that, Hun made the guard on duty soak it up with his face."
The guard straightened himself a bit before reaching for the keys on his belt. He unlocked the door, swung it open, and Elektra pranced out.
"Thanks, oh and by the way…" Before she could even finish her sentence, Phoebe swung down from the top of the door frame and delivered a sharp kick to the Foot's jaw, knocking him to the ground, out cold. "…Nobody tells me when I can and can't take a piss."
Artemis and Cora followed behind Phoebe, weapons in hand. "Okay, if my memory serves me right, we just keep down the hall until we reached the fireescape. Then we're outta here."
"Let's do it," Cora giggled and tucked her teddy bear under her arm.
The team started down the hall, sprinting while light on their feet, ready for any sudden attacks. As strange as it seamed, there were none, and the building was quiet. The only sound that echoed throughout the hallway was the gentle tapping of the girls' bare feet on the black marble floor.
As expected, they approached the red door to the fire escape, as stairwell that lead down to the the first floor where the girls could escape through the garbage chute. The group raced down the stairs, moving as quickly and quietly down the flights and landings as possible.
Finally, the four made it to the first level and found their way to the garbage room, empty except for the stinking piles of trash.
"I think someone forgot to put it all down the chute," Cora breathed holding her nose. Artemis drew her katanas.
"Something's not right. This was too easy."
"Maybe so," Phoebe added, "But we made it, so let's just leave while we have the chance."
Suddenly, the fluorescent lamps overhead switched on, and Karai, Hun, and several Foot soldiers prowled into the room.
"Let's be agreed, this isn't the right time for 'I told ya so's.'" Elektra muttered, drawing her sais as the sisters stood back to back.
"You didn't really expect to escape, did you?" Karai taunted with a sly smile. "How could you trick yourselves into believing you could pull this off on your own?"
Suddenly, an explosion went off and bricks from the back wall flew everywhere. A smoke bomb went off, covering the room in a black haze.
"Maybe they didn't trick themselves, but they're definitely not alone." Announced a heroic voice.
Wait a minute… Artemis recognized that voice. It was strangely…sexy.
Artemis turned to face the demolished wall. "Oh boy…"
Four all too familiar figures stood at the opening, weapons in hand.
Cora grinned. "Hey! It's you guys again!"
"GET THEM!" Karai commanded and Hun and the Foot charged forward. The guys joined the girls in their defensive line.
"What are you doing here?" Artemis demanded.
"Evening the odds," Leonardo replied and dove at a Foot soldier swinging his butterfly sword at Artemis. "You're welcome, Leona."
"Don't call me that." Artemis snarled and attacked another charging Foot.
The battle raged on for another ten minutes or so, the eight turtles outnumbered by the Foot, but strangely enough, they were holding up. The Foot pushed them back toward the opening in the brick wall.
"Come on!" Leonardo cried grabbing Artemis' arm and trying to lead her out of the Foot's headquarters. She ripped herself from his grasp.
"Why would we go with you? And where would we go?"
"You can come back to our home. There's plenty room for you and your sisters to stay there." He replied quickly. "Now come on!"
Artemis stayed put. "How can we trust you?"
Leonardo looked her right in the eyes before touching her shoulder. "We have the same enemy, don't we?" Artemis bit her lip.
"Fine." Leonardo gave a nod and in a swift move, threw another smoke bomb at the attackers. In they're moment of distraction, the turtles leapt into the street and disappeared into the sewers below.