This is becoming rather tedious, so here, for the last time is the obligatory disclaimer. I don't own TMNT. Duh.

"This is trippy." Jane kinda hated how easy it was for her to slip back into her habit of talking to herself. She was currently picking through the rubble of the old theatre, looking for any sign that Phil was near. Seeing nothing but bits of broken memories thrown about a burned landscape as if they hadn't been a meaningful part of her life.

"Dang it." She mumbled as she tripped over a burnt rug and fell on her hands, broken glass sticking to her palm. She griped to herself as she picked out the glass, hissing at one in particular. Her palm was red all over and she continued to grumble and curse as she reached into her backpack for Donnie's first aid kit, oblivious to the figures closing in around her.

"Need some help?" A hulking shadow engulfed her, bringing a chill that exceeded that of any normal shadow. She gasped, swinging around to bump into Hun's gigantic chest. She backed up, only to bump into another figure, this one a faceless ninja.

"Wha-what happened to your thugs? Get an upgrade?" She nervously laughed while her eyes frantically searched for a way out.

"These ones are for… quick capture." He leered at her, cracking his knuckles.

Jane had never been able to explain how her mind worked in battle. One moment she was scared as hell, then, when threatened, she got pissed. Real pissed.

"Might want to rethink that "quick" bit." She growled, pulling out two of her knives and crouching down. She gestured at the nearest dark and silent figure to her right.

"Bring it."

He (or she) leapt at her, striking with obvious attacks that were easy to evade and counter. She finished them off quickly. The next ninja was the same, as was the next.

She was almost relaxed, going through the motions, when a woman a little older than her intercepted her punch to the face of one of the guys in PJ's. She had short black hair held back by a red ribbon, large silvery-metal shoulder pads, and a red flame-like symbol on her chest.

"A lot of trouble just to capture a mediocre martial artist in my opinion, but the Shredder knows better than I…" She shrugged, lashing out, and Jane barely had enough time to fling herself to the side, hitting the ground hard, and causing her blades to skitter out of her reach.

"Whole new ballgame." she murmured as she moved to get up, only to find a sharpened katana blade rested at her throat. Jane gulped and looked for a way out, any way out. She spotted a pipe near her foot, resting at an angle on a blackened beam. She pretended to see something interesting to her right, then when the female ninja glanced that way, she stomped on the pipe, grabbing it as it spun through the air, and bringing it down on her opponent's head.

"Karai!" Hun's voice rung across the space and the woman jerked to the side,managing to make Jane's blow only glance off of her shoulder, rather than her head as intended.

"Well done. Better than I expected." She, "Karai", was holding her shoulder, rolling it around to get the dead feeling to fade.

"Better believe it sister." Jane grimaced as she crouched, and pulled out two more knives from their holsters, ready for another attack. With her dive into the earth, her side had taken a beating and she was beginning to fear that her wound had reopened. She needed to get out of this fast.

"Let the duel begin then." They ran at each other, meeting with a clash of ringing metal. Blow after blow, Jane's side throbbed more and more, her breathing became labored and sweat stung as it leaked into her eyes, but she continued. They would trade places as the one on top, ready to lash out with the final blow. At last, Jane was able to pin Karai to the ground, knives at her throat.

"I win." She panted. "But I don't want you life." She relaxed her grip and stepped back, allowing her opponent to get up as well. "I just want to leave in peace."

Karai seemed to have an internal struggle, weighing her options. On the one hand, Jane had beaten her, and, as was her right in a duel, had a right to Karai's life, yet she had spared it, asking to leave in return. On the other hand however, her father and master had commanded her to bring the girl to him, and she was honor bound to obey him. Had she been on her own, she would have let her go honorably, but Hun and several foot soldiers were watching, waiting to report back to the Shredder. Karai sighed.

"I am sorry, but I have orders to bring you in. I cannot disobey my master." She sadly gestured at the foot to advance and corner her opponent. They leapt lightly to the weary girl, backing her up until she was trapped against a nearby wall. The closest soldier raised a hand to strike and was violently knocked back by a red and green blur.

"Raph!" Jane's battered body was forgotten in the rush of joy that swept over her at the sight of her reptilian friend. He glanced back at her, grinning, then jumped on another opponent with a battle cry.

Three more figures dropped to the ground around her and began to engage the ninjas, Mikey's enthusiastic "booyakasha!" making her giggle. She gathered herself up with a slight wince, and ran to gather up her fallen weapons before joining her friends.

She caught up to Donnie and his whirling bo staff and helped him with the four that he was engaging.

"You alright, Jane?" He grunted between blows.

"Never better." He glanced at her with a knowing look. "I'll be fine Don." She assured him.

"Just don't go poppin' those seams." He warned

"Yes Sr, Dr. Donnie." She gave him a half salute and went off to help Raph deal with Hun.

Raph was currently taunting the giant, and causing him to make wild haphazard swings, throwing his weight around in the process. She took a position to his right, pushing him out of the way of what would have been a lucky hit.

"Careful Raph, or you might the new resident in Don's lab."

"I had it." he grumbled. They talked as they hopped around their opponent to avoid his flailing arms of death.

"Chill Raph, I was only trying to help." She huffed, annoyed at his typical response.

"I know." He sighed. "Look, about my avoidin' ya…"

"Forget it Raph, we're good." She smiled at him pausing briefly in her movements, and getting a beefy arm to her bad side. She was knocked back several yards, landing heavily on the earth.

"Jane!" Raph socked Hun in the nose with a sai handle, causing him to reel, and ran over to her.

"Still here." She groaned, wishing she wasn't.

He gathered her up in his arms, ready to run for the nearest manhole, when he was knocked to the ground. He dropped her as he fell, and she almost blacked out as she hit the same spot on a very sharp rock.

Hands that were definitely not Raphael's grabbed her, and tossed her over very large shoulders.

"I've got the girl! Fall back!" Hun's voice bounced around her poor head, threatening to split her skull open.

"Jane!" Three voices called out, Raph's missing as he was still trying to struggle up from his landing spot. Jane's fading vision jumped up and down as Hun ran toward a white van, Karai and the foot keeping her friends at bay.

"Guys…" She croaked, watching three green blurs try desperately to catch up to her.

She was dumped in the back of the van, and Hun was about to slam the door when Raph appeared out of nowhere and rammed into his back, knocking him away from the van and into the gravel.

"Karai!" The blond mountain yelled, spitting gravel from his mouth. "Get her to the Shredder, I'll hold off lover boy!" He and Raph squared off, trading blows and trying to keep each other from the van's doors. Karai jumped over Leo and ran to the driver's seat. She hit the gas, and as they sped away, Jane was thrown to the other side of the van, hitting her temple on the wall. The last thing she heard as they sped down the street was Raph calling out her name into the night.

This chapter is dedicated to another author whom has been a wonderful help, Ms. Kateri.