It was cool out; the breeze took the humidity out of the air and made it more tolerable. Shadow wiggled in her lawn chair on the roof where she sat with a magazine, feet propped up on another chair directly across from her. Picking up her bottled water, she took a sip and set it back down to flip a page to continue the story of star gossip. She heard the door from the apartment open and she glanced over he shoulder.

"You mind if I take a seat?" Casey asked flipping a bucket over and placing a few feet from her chair.

"No, what's up dad?" she regarded him with a smile.

"Eh, just got home, thought I would see what your up to."

"Ah… so your hungry…" she said, her eyes never leaving the pages in front of her.

He scoffed "Well, always, but I was gonna see if ya wanted to watch Aprils special that's on tonight with me?"

She rolled her head to the side giving him a sarcastic look, "Absolutely. You wanna order in pizza or something?" he nodded smiling at her.

A Casey stood, walking to the end of the building, he leaned on the brick wall that encased it.

"That schmuck hasn't ran in'ta you again, has he?" his back still to her.

Ever since they had informed Casey, he had been wanting to know where she was at all times. He was calling her phone two or three times a day at work, and coming to see where she was, like tonight.

"No." she shook her head. "Nothing, I keep think'en I'm gonna see him every time I walk outside, but no. I had never seen him before that, and not since. It's kinda strange." Shadow said creasing her brows.

"Well, I may give that number on the punk's card a try and see if he actually works there. Talk to'em, I dunno, make up a fake alias and dig into it a little." She smiled at her dad.

"You know you could always leave the snooping to April, she gets paid for it…"

"What? Your old man ain't smart enough to figure things out for ya?" he asked laughing putting his hands in the air.

"OH Daddy, I never said you weren't smart. April just knows the right inconspicuous questions to ask." She looked over at him.

"Yea yea." He replied as he walked back over and regained his seat on the bucket.

"The guys gonna come over to watch Aprils' special with us?" Shadow asked, thumbing another page over.

"Nah. Mikes goin over the Molly's I guess, Leonardo is findin his Chi or some shit with Splinter and Raph and Donny-boy never said."

She nodded her head still looking down.

"I miss run'en around with them guys. It used to be almost a nightly thing, "Casey started. He would talk to his daughter time and time again about some of the trouble that he and the turtles had gotten into, but when he took a tone like this, she could hear the nostalgia in his voice. Looking up at from her magazine, she urged Casey to continue.

"I mean, when Raph was the Nightwatcher, I was the only one who knew, ya know? Just me and him, all the time." He looked up at his daughter "Don't get me wrong, I ain't sayin I'm jealous that I have been replaced as a best friend," he winked his daughter "I just miss the…what's that word..."

"Camaraderie?" she asked looking at him.

"Yeah, that shit."

Shadow laughed rolling her eyes "Gee Cas, you're so well spoken!" he laughed at her.

"Hey I do well for ma self!"

"You do! You're a man of 'Lemans terms' if you will!" she smiled at him.

"Your too smart for your own good!" he pointed at her. She snickered to herself.

He sighed "I just wish I wasn't grown old's all. I mean, Raph 'specially, turned me in on a younger model. Which I know he thinks your easy on the eyes, so that helps," he looked at her " but… he don't wanna hang out with me anymore! I ain't broken down'er nothing!" she sat listening to her dad rant.

She frowned at her dad "Dad, I don't think that's why, they just, have gained a little bit of their own lives in the last year or so. OH and believe me, you could go beat'en up some thugs with them still!" she smiled brightly at him.

"Yea, but… April don't like it."

"I know dad, she just… worries. I mean, you're her soul mate, she doesn't want anything to happen to you." She gave him a knowing smile.

"I know that. I mean, if I ever told her half the stories, she would probably strap me to a wall in there'en never let me out." He threw his head back toward the apartment.

Shadow stayed quiet, knowing the story behind Raphael's most noticeable scars was one that was never mentioned to the redhead.

"She would have reason to, and I wouldn't blame her at all. It's a scary place for you guys to be out at night, doing what I know you all do when you go. I would strap the one I love down too if it would keep'em safe." Her face flickered of fear only for a moment as she talked to her dad, knowing exactly why April would do it.

"The one ya love hu?" he gave her a sideways look. Shay's heart pounded for a moment, trying to figure out if Raphael had talked to her dad. She knew they weren't in love, but she didn't know if he would have at least mentioned something.

"Ah… just a figure of speech, I'm just say'n I can understand why April would do it."

He nodded "You don't love no body to lock'em up in the apartment then?" he gave her a sad face.

Laughing she looked at Casey, "Oh I'd lock you up all right! And I'm sure April would instruct me to throw you right into the nearest closet!"

"I see what's goin on! I'm being double teamed! Well ain't that some underhanded shit, and from the two women in my life too!" they were both laughing.

"Come on dad, let's go in, its almost time for her show…" she said standing and smiled at him.


They ran across the last roof top and leapt in silence as they landed on the corporate office building. Surveying the area, Leonardo motioned the other three on towards the door. Donatello leaned over, pulling out a device off of his belt and placing it onto the door knob of the roof exit. Listening for it to click, he could hear as his other brothers breathing heavily behind him. Opening it, they saw the stairwell leading them down, illuminated with orange light; Leonardo in the lead, followed by Michealangelo and Donatello. Raphael paused at the top, turning, he looked behind them, scowling, he pulled the door shut and followed his brothers.

They found themselves on a landing with two double doors, peering threw Leonardo pulled out a Katana and placed it on top of the key lock, with a flick of his wrist, the metal popped off and the doors mechanism gave a quiet click. Opening the door, he looked around the dark office; the red lit Exit signs gave a small cast of light over the door with a few emergency lights on along some of the walls. They began moving forward, Don turned to see Mike leaning over the stairwell, looking down the 45 more flights of stairs to the bottom. Hearing a tapping, Mikey turned to see Don with arms crossed. With a small shoulder shrug and a big sheepish grin, they slipped into the office with the other half of their team. Looking around in the dark, Donatello noticed that there were no cameras. Sighing he took a small disc he had on his belt.

"Did you find his desk?" he finally spoke.

"Not yet." Leonardo answered looking over a cubical wall from a few feet away.

"Dudes, I thought we couldn't talk? It's there still like, housekeeping'en shit?" Mikey asked, stopping in the middle of the room.

"They were already here." Leo answered from a few more feet down then where he was before.

"How do ya know that?" Mike raised a brow.

"The trash cans are all empty rim tard… God, check your surround'ens!" Raph yelled in a whisper from behind him as he looked at a name plate on a desk.

"So you think that like, Shay and Cas will be pissed that we lied to'em 'bout tonight?" Mikey asked bending down to look at some poor sap's family photo.

"Well if we don't find anything, there's nothing for them to know. But, if we do… I don't think they'll be all that mad." Leonardo said walking past another cubical.

"Got it!" They heard Donatello call from on the other side of the office.

Standing there staring at the desk, they all observed an area that they could practically eat off of. The computer hummed as it was in sleep mode; the phone, name plate and pencil holder were all lined up accordingly, the calendar mat was perfectly aligned with the front of the desk, and the chair was pushed in straight.

"Man, homeboy's got OCD, don't he?" Mikey said looking at the one wall where even business cards, contacts and sticky notes were all straight in rows. Donatello pulled the chair away from the desk and sat, looking under the desk, he found the tower, and placed the disc that was in his hand, into an outlet.

"There give it five minutes to pull all the information out and we can get outta here." He said, standing and looking at his brothers.

CLAP, CLAP, CLAP "Well done! You know I wondered when you would finally find out about me. Of course, I got impatient so I had to find you." They all shot around, eyes wide to see Bishamon Saki standing in front of the door, holding up one of his business cards.

"I'm so glad to see that Ms. Peters, excuse me, Ms. Jones clued you in." He smirked darkly at them.

"Bishamon!" Leonardo said slowly threw clenched teeth.

Taking a egotistical bow "We finally meet…Freaks." He stood back up and clicked his fingers. With in seconds the office filled with Foot Ninjas and Purple Dragon from the stair well behind him, the elevator and a back office where they heard glass shatter.

"Gosh, I sure am glad to see all you's guys are friends again." Raphael smirked pulling out his Sai's, tilting his head to the side, cracking it.

"Attack!" Bishamon yelled from the steps as his warriors flooded past him.

The turtles with all there back to one another; each took on their first wave of assailants. As they pushed forward from each other, they made their way into the crowds of men that were willing to fight them. Michealangelo threw his left leg up into a Dragons chest, who just happened to be stupid enough to catch it, and he brought is right foot around to connect with the man's head. Landing on his stomach, he rolled, kicking a Foot soldier as he jumped up, swinging around, punching another, hearing a jaw pop. Taking out his Nun chucks, he swung around, catching another Foot's Bo staff with it, his force shattering it down the center.

Leonardo swung his Katanas together, connecting with a Foot soldiers Sai, bringing his foot up and kicking him in the chest, sending him flying back into a few more of the clan. Throwing out his sword to his right, he speared a Dragon, as he blocked a lethal blow from a Foot's Katana with his left. Bringing the other sword around, he sliced the man in the arm, sending his right leg out behind him, connecting with yet another Dragon's chest.

Donatello twirled his Bo, coming into contact with two Foot soldiers necks, sheering the skin right off; hearing them scream, his brought foot around and finishing the job. Grabbing the rolling chair near him, he threw it at three Dragon on their way in, as he jabbed his fist to the left, hearing someone coming up on his side. Grunting, he put all his weight onto his staff and poll vaulted himself right into another Dragons body. Standing above the man, he swung his Bo around again, connecting with a Foot's Nun chuck. Smirking to himself as he angled his Bo so that the chuck would wrap around his Bo, he yanked, dismantling the man; swinging his Bo back around at the soldier with the force to kill.

Raphael kicked in a Dragons knee, causing it to hyper-extend, then punched him in the face, while holding his Sai sideways in his hand. His left arm jabbed out, wounding a man in the chest. He turned to deflect another from the right, but not before he felt a burning sensation run down his arm. Bringing around his left Sai, he sliced down on the mans' arm and kicked him away. He yelled as he stepped forward, taking both Sai's and jammed them into two Foot that were charging at him. Doing a back flip up onto the desk, he could see that he and his brothers were steadily making solid work of the men sent there to attack them. He looked in front of him to see a Dragon had pulled out a chain, swinging it around above his head, not caring that he was hitting a few Foot and other Dragon around him. He grunted as he threw the chain out at Raphael. Throwing his Sai's into the ceiling, Raphael jumped, pulling himself up and out of the way of the chain. Dislodging them from the ceiling, he landed on the desk, holding his Sai's at his side, breathing hard, staring down the Dragon. The Dragon looked at Raphael with a sinister, gold-toothed smile and wrapped the chain around his wrist a few times and began swinging it again. Out of the corner of his eye, Raph caught Mikey running over to help, jumping up and lancing a Foot in the chest with his feet, he landed on top of him and threw his Nun chucks up, stopping the Dragon's speed he had going on the chain; the Dragon lost focus, looking to his left at Mikey who was waving a finger in his face "Game over dude!" He looked back up in time to see Raphael flying at him, arms outstretched, 'Wolverine-style', as his Sai's came down on him.

Bishamon stood back watching. At first he was pleased with the amount of drones that he had brought with him. His fathers' description of the mutants had sparked his interest for years. Shredder had told him that they were some of the finest fighters he had ever seen. Bishamon not really believing the statement, always thought that his father just employed minions that were completely unfit and incompetent. However watching these turtles destroy his mass of numbers down to nothing in the matter of ten minutes intrigued him and infuriated him all at once. When he was younger his father told him that the turtles did hold a level of mercy, that they were not such killers, leaving enemies injured to fight another day, However seeing them now, their fighting was deadly with almost every blow, time had made them cynical, defending their way of life, that driving them to rid themselves of their foes for good.

Bishamon was unarmed except for a few throwing stars, he had convinced himself that his small army would have been enough. However yelling to those that were left, he threw a smoke bomb, signaling them to retreat. He noticed green out of the corner of his eye, throwing a few stars, he turned, fleeing the building; he was going to fight another day.

"Ah damn it!" Donny yelled out in pain as he felt three deep burns one right after another up his arm. As the smoke lingered, he lunged for the computer tower, grabbing the disc, it had to be done loading material by this point.

"Don! You ok?" Leo rushed to him. Looking at his arm in the dim light, "Come on, we gotta get outta here…" he said as Donny hung his hurt arm at his side, the other sheathing his Bo behind him. Making their way up the stairs, Donny pulled at the stars; he managed to get two out, however they caused just as much pain coming out as they had going in. Getting to the top, Mikey and Leo threw their shoulders into the door, banging it open. Raph rushed past them, Sai's in hand, the coast was clear. He motioned them up and out.

"Splinters gonna be pissed…"Mike said looking around at all of them in the moon light.

"Yea well, we were doin alittle homework is all. We can't just sit around on our ass's wait'en for someone that we love, ta'die!" Raphael looked up at him, becoming angry.

"This is awkward, but Raphael's right." The all shot looks at Leonardo

"I am?" he looked at him as they all made their way to the wall.

"Yea, you are. We can't just 'watch' and keep our fingers crossed anymore, hoping that none of these lunatic's come after any of our friends." He said, glancing at Donny "You ok to jump?"

Donny nodded; they all leaped over the side of the building, onto the fire escape, grabbing onto a water spout, one by one, flinging them selves across the alley.


"Man, I love April, but this is boring." Shadow sat in her brown, thin A.E draw-string sweat pants and a tan tank top, opposite Casey on the reclining sofa. He grunted in agreement glancing at her.

"Yea, but if we turn it off, and she ask's us a question… we're screwed." He said looking back at the T.V.

"On the contrary, Daddy-O, your screwed, not me! I can still worm my way out of it!" she snickered at him.

The roof top door was thrown open, the bang from upstairs making Shadow and Casey jump. Standing, they both went to rush up to the kitchen when they stopped, seeing the turtles trotting down the hall.

"What up kids, the fun has arrived!" Mikey skipped the last two steps and landed on the kitchen floor with his arms out stretched.

"Can it Mikey" Raph shoved past him into the kitchen, as Donatello came down the steps, holding his arm.

"OH my god! What happened?" Shadows' eyes grow wide, as she moved for Don.

"Yea! And how many were there, and what was the killing ratio and why didn't you call me!" Casey said looking from one brother to another.

"Whoa, Ratio?… Cas, I'm impressed, your up to'ah sixth grade readin level now!" Raphael smirked, holding his forearm under the kitchen faucet.

"Shut it dome head! Seriously, what happened?" Casey asked, getting ice from the freezer out as Leo rummaged threw the cabinets for baggies to put the cubes it. Shadow came scurrying back down the stars with gaze, antiseptic, and this hardening cut concealer she had watched her dad use once, after he split his forehead open after smacking it off the counter trying to fix the sink.

"Here Don, you need help with anything?" she asked setting the things on the table in front of where he sat.

"Naw… Hey, Leo, you wanna pull this last star out?" he said all nonchalant and pointed at it. He was putting on a brave face to hide the amount of pain that he was actually in. Shadows mouth hung open. Leo walked over, told him to count to three and breath. Pulling the star out, Donatello let out a howl, pounding his fist onto the table, making everything on it jump a few inches into the air.

"Breath dude, breath! Come on you don't wanna end up like Raph that last time you pulled one outta his leg? He was passed out for like ten minutes!"

"That was different Mikey! It almost hit an artery!" Raph said pointing at him from across the kitchen, still holding his arm under water, flushing the gouge out.

"Quiet!" Leonardo yelled "Can we please stay calm for Donny here? He's always patient and calm for us!" Raphael flipped Michealangelo off as he did back at him, simultaneously.

"OH, and can we avoid the blood all over everything?" Casey asked sitting down. Shadow was in shock at the state they were all in, and the fact that Donny was performing minor surgery on himself at their kitchen table, and nobody seemed to really mind!

"So we went to the Pennerson Building," Leo started looking at Shadow, she looked up at him as he continued "We went in to see if we couldn't get a few files off of Bishamon's computer and to see if he was even legit, which he is, because long story short, he was there, with a whole fleet of Foot and Dragon's." he said looking up at Casey. Turning he sat himself on the stairs, taking his swords out.

"Hey come on… what did I say 'bout blood!" Casey threw his hands up, looking at Leonardo's Katana's laying on the tile floor in front of him.

"Chill Cas, ya know we'll clean it." Raphael said turning the water off. Lifting his arm up, blood began to slowly continue to seep out. Shadow looked at him when he spoke, then glancing down, finally seeing the gouge that was in his arm. He didn't even seem to care. She reached for a handful of paper towels and took a few steps to him, she took his arm and held the bunch there and applied pressure. He sucked air in threw is teeth, looking down at her like she was the one who inflicted this on him in the first place.

"OH stop, your not so scary." she roller her eyes at him, holding onto his arm with both hands.

"OH this'es gotta be the worst pain ever!" his nostrils flared.

"I've heard you say that before…" Mikey said, standing against the fridge flipping threw the newspaper like they weren't just fighting for their lives less than an hour ago.

"Michaelangelo." Leo looked at his brother sternly, knowing the Large scar on his brothers shoulder was what he was talking about. Mikey just peeked over the top of the paper and looked back down, gulping.

Taking Antiseptic Shadow ran it down the length of Raphael's cut, she rubbed it in gently. She could feel him watching her, she glanced up at him threw some of the hair that had fallen in her face. He gave her a small, appreciative smile, as her cheeks blushed.

"Hey, hey… until you start smile'n at Don like that when he bandages you, you leave your hormones at the door pal!" Casey said pointing at Raphael as he and Shadow jumped at her dads voice, he smirked unable to hold it after their reactions. Mikey and Donny started laughing as Don was finishing up wrapping the gauze around his arm. Raphael rolled his eyes.

"Haha… that was a good one Cas! Raph's Hormones, Ha! For Shadow! Hehehe…" Mikes giggle slowly trailed off as he flipped the page of the paper.

The two glanced at one another; she gave him a wink seeing as her back was turned to everyone else. He just looked at her then back down to his arm. She was wrapping the gauze around it at this point.

"We were gonna order pizza… you toads want some?" Casey asked picking up the phone.

There was perfect unison as they all replied "Yes!"

"Great, but first your all goin'ta have to shower… no blood in the living room!"