A tiny voice was echoing off of the bathroom tiles that Donnie had replaced. Ebony tipped-toed around the linoluem tiles on the floor and peaked her head around the corner of the locker-room like bathrooms to see a shaking Mona Lisa. Immediately worried, Ebony ran forward placing the plate of food on the counter top. Kneeling down, Ebony placed her hands on Mona's knees, and stared up at the teary eyed lizard, who sobbed even harder.
"Mona, what's wrong? What happened?" Mona finally gazed up into Ebony's curious eyes that held so much love and concern. Mona's golden brown eyes were now a dull honey. Ebony frowned and repeated her question, but didn't finish it as she saw what Mona was holding up. A white long stick, with two little purple lines on the end of it. Ebony gasped slightly, and saw Mona smiled sadly.
"What's he gunna say Eb?" Mona began shaking once again and Ebony smiled brightly, "Mona! This is wonderful! Don't know what it'll be like having another little Raphael running around but-" Mona grabbed Ebony's shoulders, shaking them with a weak grip,
"He's going to freak out! He doesn't want this!" Ebony scoffed and smirked with knowledge of Raph's personality.
"Mona, you wanna know who invited me and my sons to stay with them? Raph did. Do you wanna know who would always take my sons to bed after a long day, even after an intense workout? Raph would. He may seem like a cold, hard, embracive and rude, but he's a stickler for kids and caring. He would risk his life for his brothers, and even me, if it meant that Leo could be happy." Mona wiped her eyes as she kept glancing down at the pregnancy test, as she was about to nod, Ebony continued,
"But, if you wish to keep this baby, and your relationship with Raphael, understand that he will loose his temper more than once. He will be willing to risk his life for you and this child, because like you know, being a mutant is a hard life. But let you know this, I will be there every step of the way, even if you're not." Mona continued to stare into these hazel eyes which held so much hurt and yet brought her so much comfort. She instantly regretted all of the rude remarks and assumptions she made about Ebony the first time they met. Mona realized in this moment that she had a friend, a true friend. Some one she could count on.
Ebony broke the silence between the two mutants, "So, tell me, was it like rough? Was it sweaty and awkward-" Mona busted out a loud laugh and smack Ebony playfully in the arm, "Ya nasty Turtle!"
"So I'm taking that it was sweaty and awkward?" Mona laughed and Ebony was cackling at this time, but the laughing ceased when Mona gasped and leaned in closely, "You and Leo haven't done that yet have you?" Ebony's face grew red and she stumbled to find her words, but shook her head, causing Mona to laughed even harder,
"You guys are so cute and innocent."
"We... haven't really discussed it-" Mona rolled her eyes and placed her hand on Ebony's scaled shoulder, "Trust me, I know Leo is going to talk to you about it, he'll have to soon." Ebony was confused at what she meant, have to? Shaking off that subject, Ebony responded by placing her hand on the mutant lizard's arm,
"How are you going to tell him?" Mona sighed, massaging her face with her sweaty palms, she shrugged, "No clue. What ideas do you have?" Ebony shrugged and handed her the now cold plate of dinner. "We'll discuss it after dinner. Meet me at my room at 1?" Mona nodded, stuffing her hungry mouth with curry and rice bits.
The two girls returned to the table after five minutes or so, which seemed like an eternity for those sitting at the table. Raph grew worried at what they were exactly doing in there, and thought that one of them had gotten hurt. Leo waited impatiently, his stomach growling as he felt it would be rude to eat without them, of course the others didn't care. Leo did manage to save Ebony some curry and a small piece of pizza, which he hoped that she wanted. Sudden laughter filled the living area as everyone looked over to see Mona and Ebony laughing up a storm, and leaning up against each other, gasping for air. Raph and Leo gave each other a worried look and noticed Mona's red eyes,
"Mona, babe, what's wrong?" Mona didn't realize how bad her eyes were and was about to say something when Ebony explained quickly, "She got soap in her eyes while washing her face, you worry wart." Raph glared at her comment, but gave his girlfriend a sweet kiss on the forehead as she sat on his lap. Ebony leaned over Leo's shoulder and grabbed the pizza he saved for his girlfriend, leaving a kiss on his cheek, "Thank you sweetie," A loud 'ew' and 'gross' came from Delilah who was encouraging the two little boys to do the same thing, which they did. Ebony rolled her eyes, laughing along with Leo, however, a small gasp from Selina interrupted them,
"Eb, you won't believe who we found today!" Ebony was curious and politely sat down on Leo's knee, in which he smiled and placed his hand rightfully on her hip. Selina finished swallowing her food, but Delilah tried to reason with Selina as she continued,
"So, on Donnie's sweet camera's we saw a large bird walking around. By large bird, we mean-" Ebony began choking on her pizza, and grabbed her throat, staring wide eyed at the blonde.
"You saw Gordie?" Delilah nodded slowly and elaborated, "Well, him and Angie. They were together, but they were looking for something." Ebony's smiled soon faded, and she sighed deeply,
"They both seemed to be fine, but we should find them, hopefully with all of the team back together we can maybe take down the Testers-" Ebony slammed her hand on the table, but immediately pulled away, shocked at her own anger,
"The 'team' you speak of, is BS. It'll never happen, it'll never be the same-" Selina then grew angry at Ebony's pessimistic thoughts, "Why do you have to always highlight the bad in life?!" Ebony stood up now, showing her hurt expression,
"I'm not trying to Selina, I'm just saying, Nathaniel is a traitor, and Kyle is dead. I don't think it'll ever be the same..." Selina felt the tears brim up to the surface, as the streamed down her face remembering the blue eyes, the black pulled back hair, the funny stubble of Kyle Lacker's face. Delilah hushed Selina quietly, and stared at Ebony, who always felt the same memories of dread rush back to her thoughts. "But..." Selina looked up at Ebony, who sighed deeply and shaking.
"I'm sure that we can adapt through this change. That's what we do right? We know how to adapt when shit hits the fan, we can try it now. As a team." Ebony hated seeing one of closest friends hurt because of something she said or did, and really, she always wanted to make them feel better. Seeing Selina's face light up made Ebony smile, she sat down on Leo's lap, still slightly embarrassed at her sudden outburst.
Breakfast was made the next day and everyone seemed to be suspicious of Mona and Ebony's activities. April had stopped by to say hi, but noticed the tension in the lair, and decided to hang out with Master Splinter. Mikey didn't seemed to interested in their girl time, however, Selina felt slightly betrayed by Ebony, which made her quick to aggravate. Raph and Leo noticed that the two boys felt left out as well and thought that the both of them could learn how to defend themselves with some kicks and punches. Ebony did feel a little guilty that she was paying more attention to Mona then her boyfriend or her sons, however this was a different and very difficult situation. Last night, they discussed that Mona would tell Raph tomorrow night at dinner, while mentioning that she was hungry because she was eating for two. Ebony thought this was such a cute idea, and all day fanaticized with Mona about Raph's expression. They sat on the couch together and began laughing at the TV, next they were in the meditation room, trying to calm each other down apparently and talking. Delilah suddenly grew a little jealous at Ebony's sudden choice of friendship, and huffed in sadness on Donnie's lab table.
"Delilah, you keep huffing." Delilah frowned and muttered an apology. Donnie stopped his gadget making and rolled his chair over to Delilah, and his gaze only met her collar bone.
"Tell me what's wrong." Delilah felt a blush forming on her face as she stared into his chocolate eyes, huffing once again Delilah continued, "I just don't get it, she keeps hanging out with her. All day too! Like what does Mona have that we don't? Why is she so concerned about her and Mona's friendship now?" Delilah blurted out, with an obviously hurtful tone. Donnie began working his gears and thought of how he could comfort her. An idea came to mind as Donnie reached for Delilah's smooth pale fingers, the contact between the turtle and electrical human caused Delilah to jump and Donnie felt a small spark against his callused hands. He held on tighter, however, and felt his own blush coming forward,
"Delilah, when Ebony first caught Leo's attention, I was jealous. Leo would rather pay more attention to her than his brothers and that bothered me, but mainly Mikey. However, as time progressed, they began to fall into a sort of relationship that balanced solely on family. I'm sure that Ebony is trying to just making a stronger connection with Mona. Maybe something happened in the bathrooms yesterday night that caused their close attitudes, but I'm sure whatever it is, is for the best." Delilah was so touched by Donnie's words that her bright pink eyes brimmed with tears,
"Donnie, you're so amazing. Thank you for making me feel a little better." Delilah's grip on Donnie's fingers tightened and Delilah leaned forward to hug Donnie's neck tightly. Donnie blushed and smiled at the fast contact that he was making with Delilah, and embraced her hug with open arms, inhaling her feminine scent.
It was close to patrol time and the turtles were all eager to hurry out up to the surface. Selina and Delilah had offered to join them, while Ebony opted out. Leo eyed his girlfriend curiously, repeatedly asking her if she was ok. Ebony reassured him many times, explaining that Mona and curry rice don't mix, and offered to stay behind to make sure she didn't get too sick on the couch. Raph gave Mona a sweet kiss goodbye before he left, and told her to feel better. Selina and Delilah glared at Ebony, who only flashed them a warming smile. An hour had past since the team of 6 left, and unfortunately, everything was quiet in the lair. Ebony glanced around and saw sad faces, April had stayed, upon request of Ebony, who said that she would need help with the two boys. Ebony stared at the two boys, who flashed a solemn look up at their surrogate mother. Ebony pondered of a way to give her attention to them, while also looking after Raph's baby momma. Snapping her fingers at the idea of a board game, Ebony crouched down and placed her hands on the two boy's shoulders,
"I want you guys to find any board game you guys want, anything you can think of! Let's play some board games!" The two boys seemed pretty interested at the thought of playing a board game, and hurried off into their room, where their stash of board games were being held. Ebony glanced over at April who seemed interested as well,
"The turtles never play board games, why do you wanna play them now?" Ebony chuckled and shrugged, "It'll pass the time, also, it'll be a family moment. You wanna go ask Master Splinter if he wants to join us?" April nodded and hesitantly waltzed over to the large wooden door that held Splinter's name on it. Ebony turned around, looking at Mona who seemed to be perfectly fine, but still bothered.
"What's that matter?" Mona shrugged and laid across the couch and draped her arm across her face lazily, "I don't wanna keep lying to everyone Eb. Why can't we just tell them once they get back?" Ebony shrugged and overheard April's continuous knocking on Splinter's door.
"We're not lying, Mona, we're just avoiding the truth." Mona let out a small laugh, shaking her head, "You are such a rebel. How is it that Leo hasn't found out your rebellious side yet?" Ebony laughed along this time, and shrugged her shoulders,
"What doesn't know won't hurt him," Mona continued her laughing fit with Ebony, but their joyful moment was ceased when April screamed for them. Ebony recognized the scream as a help-needed one, and rushed towards the bedroom, believing that Mona was behind her.
Ebony barged into the room, and gasped at the sight. April was holding up the large rat, trying to shake him awake and screaming his name. Ebony's pale fingers reached for his neck, and she sighed with relief that there was still a pulse. "He's alive...what the hell-" Ebony saw that over April's leg and by Splinter's right ear was a small syringe. Cringing at the touch of it, Ebony pulled the needle towards her nose, and immediately tossed it on the ground,
"Tranquilizer. April, if you can, call Donnie-" A loud scream came from the living room, and Ebony's eyes opened wide, her heart strings being pulled by the thought of Cliff or Dee being hurt. Rushing out of Splinter's room, she grab a spare katana that laid near the door. Luckily, the boys room seemed untouched, but with a swift look to the left, Ebony saw Mona out of the couch. Running forward, Ebony jumped over the couch and saw a small glass of water kicked over.
"Ebony!" Looking towards the source of the scream, Ebony saw that Mona was being held down by large arms, and being dragged away. Jumping over the couch, Ebony felt a strong thrust against her side, and collided with the pillar, and heard a large crack. Ebony screamed in pain, and staggered to get up from the floor. She looked over her shoulder, and saw a crack in her shell, and some blood.
"Ebony! Mona!" April yelled from the bedroom, and Ebony put her hand out, "April, take the boys into Splinter's room and barricade yourselves!" Before April could protest, she was tossed aside and into the concrete wall. A large figure loomed over her, and lifted it's arm to only have it about to crash down. April screamed and awaited the pain that was about to appear on her face. A loud growl came from in front of April and she saw a very defensive and angry Turtle Hybrid. Ebony grabbed the man and swiftly punched him in the wall, surely cracking his skull open. April saw the blood on Ebony's face, and grew worried. Ebony's hazel eyes were now a deep dark brown, her breathing became heavy and she was panting. Her body was as stiff as a board. Ebony searched in the dead man's pockets and found what she was exactly looking for,
"Ebony..." April's small voice broke Ebony's hateful gaze, Ebony leaned closer and saw April small scratch on her face, "April. Listen. Contact the boys, tell them to get to the lair as soon as possible. Watch Splinter's vitals, and make sure the boys don't get to scared. The coats have taken Mona, and that bad. If I don't find her, she and that baby will endure so much torture, I would rather have them dead-"
"Mona's pregnant?" April was so confused at the moment, but Ebony nodded, "I know where they are, I'll get Mona back. Don't worry." April nodded, still worried, but winced at the pain of the concrete and her skin bleeding. Ebony felt the adrenaline in her veins flooding as she followed after the white coated men who were dragging away the weak Mona Lisa out of lair. April hurried and reached for the emergency response button on the computer in Donnie's lab.
It wasn't more than 40 minutes later when April jumped at the loud bang coming from the entrance of the lair. Four large turtles scanned the lair, only to see a tired April, and an unconscious rat laying by his bedroom. The two girls ran towards Donnie's lab to see the event's previous.
"Sensei! April!" Donnie quickly ran over and checked his father's pulse just as Ebony had done. His attention then turned to see April, worried and slightly cut. Raph had heard a noise from Ebony's room and opened the door only to have two little boys come running at his legs, sobbing and worried. Leo immediately turned them around and hugged them tightly, hushing their cries of fear.
"Leo...Raph." April had muttered and both of them scooted closer to the four turtles. "April, what happened?" Mikey urged her eagerly, and noticed the missing mutants in the room.
"Men... in white lab coats," Delilah and Selina turned their heads and listened in, "I guess they knocked Splinter out, but when Ebony came in with me to check on him, they... they took Mona." Raph felt his stomach turn inside out, the thought of Mona being tortured and experimented on, just as the three girls had told them once before made him sick. Getting away from the group, he was slowly advancing towards the door,
"Raph! Listen! Ebony ran after them, but she's hurt." it was Leo's turn to think of every bad thing that could happen to Ebony. Leo colorfully cursed at her stubbornness and stood up too, only to find Raph holding a small shell fragment with blood on it,
"She really is hurt Leo." Leo slammed his fist against the wall, and tried to clear his mind when Delilah and Selina came in closer to April, "Why didn't they take Ebony? Why is she going after them! Is she stupid or something?" Delilah slapped her hand against her face at Ebony's stupidity, when April spoke up,
"You don't know?" April mumbled questionably, Selina and Delilah turned their faces to see April walking over to Raphael, who was still panting in anger.
"Raph, you do know right?" Raph turned around and grew angry at April's calm worries, "Know what? That I can't even protect the one girl I truly care for! And I let her and my brother's girl be taken away all because of our stupid patrolin' duties-"
"Mona's pregnant Raph! Ebony said-" Everyone stared at Raph with their mouths dropped, while Raph's heart stopped. Pregnant. His mind flashed back to the second night she was here, right after he gained consciousness. Of course they had done it a couple of times, but he didn't realize what the out come would've been.
"We have to follow them. Raph, if they try and experiment on Mona, revealing that she's pregnant, that baby will never see outside of a lab cage!" Raph felt his stomach flip in worry. However, as he stared into Delilah's eyes, he sensed her confidence. "Do you know where their hideout is?" Delilah nodded, and looked over at Selina with fear in her eyes.
"Delilah...I can't go back there..." Selina muttered, holding her arm in her hand shaking. "Selina, if they catch Ebony, she's not going to be the same. Or may not even come back... you know what they do to escapers..." Selina nodded and continued to shake, Mikey came forward and held his blonde Amazonian tightly, reassuring her that they would get Ebony back, and Mona too.
"Donnie," Delilah glanced over at the purple clad turtle who came closer to his friend, "If I tell you where to go, will you take us to the warehouse?" Donnie slowly nodded, and looked over at Leo, and his brothers, who seemed content on getting revenge on the Testers. With the turtles at her heels, Delilah followed Donnie to the Garbage Truck, and prepared themselves physically, mentally and emotionally, for the rescue mission.
Ebony slowly made her way into the warehouse through an air duct, but this proved to be a challenge to her. Her shell was highly sensitive against the cold night air, but she couldn't feel the blood pouring anymore. Ebony army crawled her way into what seemed to be a dead end, but looking through an air vent, she thought she saw heaven. The laundry room, unguarded, no one in there, empty. Ebony sighed in relief and began to kick the air vent across the laundry room. Hopping down onto the white fluffy sheets, Ebony groaned at her shell's pain that radiated through her body. Quickly, Ebony searched up and down the clothing hanging on the racks, looking for a lab coat in her size. Relieved at finding a size large, Ebony slipped it on, fix her hair, found a pair of unoccupied glasses, and began her geeky disguise into the long hallway. Looking up and down the hall, she noticed no one really outside, not even the guards. She figured that they probably don't have a lot of incidents at night in this hall, but Ebony was still on alert.
Slowly walking down the long hall, Ebony stared in a fearful awe at the pure white tiles and dark red walls that had notable claw marks on them. Ebony felt all of those feelings flood her veins, the dark and bloodied memories that haunted her in her dreams. Ebony felt her throat go dry, her fingers tightened in fists, white knuckles. Sweat poured down Ebony's forehead, as flashbacks flooded her visions, imagining a pained and crying Selina as she was being dragged away from Ebony's grip.
"Hey, what are you doing out here?" Ebony froze in her tracks and turned around, pretending to keep her cool. Down the hall, she saw a scientist, with a small clipboard in her hands. She had blonde hair that was wrapped up in the back, big glasses and beautiful freckles. Ebony stumbled to find the words to answer and reminded herself that she was trying to impersonate a scientist.
"I, uh heard that there was a new experiment on this floor. The subject is a mutant, probably was brought it earlier this evening." The women nodded, showing her tense body relaxing,
"One more floor up, the subject seems to be a female, but she's in restraints as of right now. Room 8890" Ebony nodded, mumbled a thanks and quickly found herself the nearest elevator. Seeing that no one was in the elevator, Ebony sighed deeply, and leaned her back against the cold metal. Millions of thought rushed into her mind in such a short time, the thought of letting Raph down, letting Mona die here or have any harm brought to her or the baby. Her thoughts even flooded back to Leo, and how he would feel if she couldn't make it out alive. Or if she wasn't the same at all. The ding of the floor arriving made her jump and take a deep breath and advanced through the elevator doors.
Translucent walls covered the hallway that Ebony slowly trekked down. Counting the room numbers, she began to race down the hallway, hoping that her worst fears would be just her imagination. 8887, 8888, 8890 Ebony stopped at saw that the room was occupied,the red button inside blinking. She swallowed, her trembling hand reaching door. Ebony heard a voice from inside, which brought Ebony back to life. Mona was calling her from the inside, more or less in a fearful way. Ebony jingled the handle, but no use. Stepped backwards, Ebony ran at the door, knocking it down hard with a loud bang. Cringing at the sound, Ebony saw Mona as she screamed.
"Ebony! What are you-" Ebony rushed to her and immediately cut the restraints, "They haven't hurt you have they?" Mona shook her head and felt her wrist that was now free,
"Ebony, why are you here-"
"Some one would heard that door falling, let's go!" Ebony's plan was to go back the way she came, but, she knew that sometimes she wouldn't be able to do that. Mona stared at Ebony, who had a worrying face. Her eyes seemed pained and dull, a dark brown like her hair. Her hands were tense just like her body and her teeth gritted together. Quickly pulling Mona off of her lab table, Ebony stepped over the wooden door and continued down the hallway, holding Mona's wrist tightly.
Ebony noticed the elevator was conveniently out of service, and the doors were slowly beginning to lock up. Her and Mona made their way to the stairwell doors, which the hurried down. Each door that they were coming across as they descended was locked. Ebony cursed colorfully, her visions becoming red. Mona was growing highly worried about Ebony's mentality as they were having no luck. Ebony figured that they had security cameras on every floor and she rushed to figure out a solution. Nodding in agreement at her internally made plan, Ebony looked at the fire alarm at the break of the stairs. Ebony listened for the locks on the doors to 'pop' and once they did Ebony pushed Mona and herself through, making a run for it. Running down the white tiles, Ebony searched for the nearest room, and opened the door, pulling Mona with her inside. The two of them slid down the door and panted heavily.
Ebony's heart was thumping, and she closed her eyes to take a small breath. However, all she could imagine was how scared she used to be, as she saw red everywhere, the needles, the blood tests and lab tables. Ebony sighed deeply, bringing her knees up to her chest, which Mona noticed immediately, "Ebony, everything will be fine. Don't worry." Ebony felt a slender hand on her shoulder as she glanced over at Mona's golden eyes. Nodding, Ebony lifted her head up to see that the flashlight were out of sight and past the hallway onto the next.
The duo ran far down the hallway only to hear their footsteps against the cold tile. However, their footsteps weren't the only ones that Ebony heard however, for at the end of the hallway laid her fear. The militia that the Testers would use against them when one of them got out of hand, sometimes they would have tranquilizers, shotguns, rifles, or even Tasers. Ebony stopped dead on her heels, with Mona crashing into her. Before the negotiator could get a word out, Ebony turned around sharply and ran down the hallway, still having a strong grip on Mona.
Ebony's eye sight was continuously reverting back to her past. The dark red vision came and left. Visions of her and Nathaniel, holding hands and trying to escape. Ebony remembered when they would be hiding in the closet together, he would muffle her cries with his hand, but would promise her it would be okay. His loving eyes, his brotherly love, changed her and saved her many times. Mona was now straggle behind slightly, "Ebony! They're coming up quickly!" Ebony looked behind her shoulder and saw that the soldiers were indeed advancing.
A sudden metal object smacked up against her leg, and Ebony yowled in pain. But looking down at what hurt her, she smiled and quickly got up, despite her pain, opened up the latch to a garbage shoot. Staring up at Mona with adrenaline hungry eyes, Ebony motioned her to jump into the shoot.
"No way! That's where the garbage goes!" Ebony rolled her eyes and grabbed her wrist threw her down the shoot, hearing her screams that echoed. Ebony was just about to jump in as well when bullets were violently flying past her. Ebony flinched and slid on her shell down the twisting tunnel.
Delilah was pretty much leaning up against Donnie's arm, who stood in the front of the advancing group, trying to search for any vital signs of Mona or Ebony. Selina held onto Mikey's arm, never letting him out of her sight, which caused Raphael to grow a little annoyed at,
"Selina, how is Mikey suppose ta' attack us or save you with your always clinging to him?" Selina felt a little hurt by his comment, and loosened her grip and stared at her feet, "I just don't wanna loose him, or any of you guys... I don't want you to endure the same pain we went through. You're too special for that." Raphael was about to apologize when the group heard loud footsteps passing behind them, and they froze, watching soldiers run pass them. Delilah and Selina gave each other a quick glance, they knew what it meant and they grew worried.
"They've found them, they must be running." Delilah turned to Donnie and placed a hand on his arm, "Did you find anything?" Just then, a loud beep came on the P.A. system, and Selina clutched her ears, "The fire alarm?" Donnie turned his attention to his watch and couldn't find any heat signatures of either girl. Delilah snapped her fingers and grabbed Donnie's watch, after watching him tinker with it for a while, she figured it out.
"It was Ebony, she set off the alarm, if I can found out where she pulled it- Ah ha!" Delilah gained her confidence back when she realized that she pulled the alarm in the stairwell, meaning that they were safe for the time being. Grabbing Donnie's arm she lead the group towards the stair cases, "They took the stairs, meaning that they were trying to unlock all the doors."
Continuing down the stairwell the four turtles jumped from each set of stairs to the next, the two girls peaked in every door and found nothing. The next door that Selina came across made her stop, as she smelled the air, "Guys! Gun Powder!" Delilah and Selina cautiously opened the door more, and crept into the long white hallway. They saw that the walls were covered in bullet holes, which caused panic in Raphael and Leo, but Donnie stepped forward, examining the scene.
"There's no blood, they weren't hit, but if they were..." Donnie wasn't able to comprehend how the two mutants escape all of this fire power, but Selina and Delilah chuckled at the situation, knowing to well what their friend had done. "What's so funny?" Leo asked with slight anger.
"Ebony gave them the ol' down the tunnel escape." Delilah opened up the trash shoot.
"She probably took this one, all that is at the bottom is food and paper waste." A wave of relief washed over Leo's face, as he realized that Ebony must still be alive. Raph, however grew impatient, and began loosing his cool, which Leo understood, he had a hard time trying to keep himself calm.
"Well where does it lead to?!" Raph screamed at Delilah who pushed his heated face out of the way and lead the way, with Selina at her heels. The two of them suddenly grew nervous at the sight of all of the laboratory rooms, the experiments that would go on behind these walls. Delilah felt herself tremble with every long stride she took, and Selina tried to not stare at all of the haunting memories.
Eventually, the six mutants made it to the second floor, after jumping down a long flight of stairs and noticed the large amount of soldiers that were cornering a room. Leo turned to the five followers and gave out specific directions on how they were going to handle the soldiers who carried large guns. However, when they were about to charged they noticed the window of the office space crash open with a tiny little grenade rolling onto the ground. The men of course freaked out as they began to yell and scatter, taking cover. Leo and the others covered themselves against the intersecting hallway walls and waited for the explosion.
Ebony had grabbed Mona's hand and rushed out of the broken window, stepping over soldiers as they leapt across the hallway. As the explosion commenced, Ebony pushed Mona to the side and rolled across the floor, using her shell as a shield from the grenade. Ebony's vision was still a little blurred from the dust flying everywhere, but grabbed her katana and hurried over to Mona. Unknown to them, they had ran past their friends, and almost screamed in shock. Ebony could only see red and she swung her strong arm that wielded the katana at Selina, who caught her hand, and was calling her name. Mona saw Raph and ran up to him, hugging him like she if let go, he would be gone and she would never see him again.
"Ebony! Ebony!" Selina called her name multiple times, and all Ebony could do was panted heavily and narrow her eyes. She heard a friendly voice, and tried to blink away her anger red vision. Suddenly, a warm feeling came over Ebony as she lowered her arm and saw large green hands cupping her small trembling hands. Ebony's red vision was blurred, but turned into a beautiful clear blue, like the ocean. Ebony recognized his face, his beautiful azure eyes that sparkled at the sight of her earthy orbs.
"Guys! Lets get out of here!" Ebony was pulled out of her thoughts and followed Donnie and Delilah as they gave directions on how they were going to get out of here. Eventually they made a dead end and the two D's worked their magic, trying to figure out where to go next. Selina looked around, and notice a large ladder sitting in a huge storage room that was cracked open. She stared at the window at the end of the hall, and brightened up at her brilliant plan. Reaching for the ladder, Selina struggled with pulling the oversize ladder to the window. Ebony thought it was odd at what she was doing, but Leo caught on. Running forward to help her, Leo got attacked by bullets,
"Leo!" Ebony screamed and ran forward to her boyfriend, who sheltered himself with the ladder and his shell. Ebony saw a group of soldiers ready to attack, their guns drawn. Ebony tightened her grip on her sword, and growled at them, but turned her gaze away when she saw bright teal hair standing next to her. Delilah held her hand out, concentrating, while breathing deeply. Half of the soldiers were being lifted and with the opening of her eyes, Delilah threw them all the way down the hall, and smirked at the cries. This gave Ebony the chance to grab a nearby soldiers head, and crack his skull up against a wall, and inhale the scent of blood splatter that appeared on her face. Ebony continued to beat and batter the men, who were still in shock at the telekinetic energy that was emitted from Delilah's hands. Ebony had stabbed, sliced, punched, kicked and literally rip these men apart, her eyes were bloodshot, and even Delilah grew scared. By this time, everyone was waiting on them to climb down, and Ebony was still stomping on these men, brutally molesting their bodies with rage and revenge. Delilah felt pressured by Donnie calling her name, and reached for Ebony's hand and tightened her grip on her. Ebony's eye never shifted from all of the blood on the floor, until they reached the beaming sunrise on her face, which felt like a cleansing. Delilah was being held by Donnie who grabbed Ebony's hand and they climbed down the ladder and ran towards the garbage truck, watching as the warehouse was beginning to burn and crumble at the effect of the grenade.
On the ride home, Raph and Mona held each other tightly, mumbling on how they were going to parents. Mona was nuzzling into Raph's neck when she noticed Ebony sitting next to Leo, her eyes staring off into space. Mona reached out and touched Ebony's surprisingly hot hands,
"Eb... it's over... it's okay. You saved my life, and my baby's. I owe you my life..." Ebony nodded without a word and stared at her bloodied hands in silence.