Kayla ran across rooftop after rooftop, her heart pounding in her chest. She stopped at the edge of a roof, catching her breath before peering up at the giant skyscraper.

Above her, Shredder was fighting Raphael. The rain came down, harshly hitting her on her face, soaking her body.

"Raph!" she cried in worry. He couldn't hear her, and probably for the better. If he had heard her, it might have thrown his concentration off.

"I'm coming!" she promised under her breath, breaking through a door, leading up a staircase. She ran up the staircases as fast as possible, knowing even with his strength, he could probably use some help against the "all powerful" shredder.

She burst through the top door leading out to where she had seen the two figures.

The shredder stood, and turned to look at her, glaring. At his feet lay Raphael.

"No!" she cried, rushing over to Raph. The shredder was non-existent at the moment.

"Raph?" she asked, pulling his head into her arms. He was either out cold or... she couldn't bare to think of it.

"Raphael!" she cried, shaking him.


Raph stayed motionless but his eyes opened when he felt a thrashing movement next to him followed by a whimper.

"Kay?" he asked, almost sleepily. He was tempted to wake her, but he wanted to let her sleep. Even if she was having a nightmare, it apparently wasn't as bad as the other ones that had been keeping her up and he wanted her to get some rest.

"Raph." she murmured in her sleep, and his eyebrows creased. A bad dream, with him in it. He could only imagine what was happening. Suddenly, she shot awake and before she could even take a breath, a sob broke. He instinctively pulled her into his arms as soon as she was awake.

"Raphael!" she sobbed, letting herself be pulled into his arms.

"It's alright, babe. I'm here." he soothed, rubbing her back. Her head fell on his shoulder as her hands rested on his chest plates.

"You wanna talk about it?" he asked after a moment of silence. She shuddered for a second.

"It was him again. It's always him." she cried, and he knew she was talking about Shredder.

"Don't worry Kay, as long as I'm here, he'll never hurt you." he promised, kissing her forehead.

"No Raph, you don't understand. He... he killed you." she choked out through another sob, her whole body trembling against him. With that knowledge, he held her tighter in his arms, resting his chin on her head. Finally, her sobs softened and she was able to fall back asleep.


"Well good morning sleeping beauty. Or, good afternoon." Bre murmured when Raph walked into the kitchen.

"Oh, hey." he said, letting out a yawn before grabbing some coffee. It was about 1'o clock in the afternoon.

"Where's Kayla?" Bre asked with a hint of worry to her voice.

"She's still sleeping. I figured I'd let her sleep." he said, not meeting her gaze.

"Raph, what's wrong?" Leo asked, knowing something was up.

"She hasn't been sleeping well lately. She's having nightmares in the middle of the night" he explained.

"What kind of nightmares?" Donnie asked curiously.

"And does it have anything to do with monsters in portals?" Mikey added.

Five months have come and gone since the Winter's incident. The girls settled into life with the turtles and even got jobs. They had made sure to get night shifts so they would be well awake when it was time for the turtles to go on their patrol of the city, whether they went along or not. They both had applied to Dairy Queen and worked the night shift, which was 4-10 pm. About the time they got off, The turtles were getting ready to go out on patrol. More nights than not, Raph and Leo would meet the girls about a block away from Dairy Queen. They would make up excuses but Bre and Kay had known all along it was because the boys were paranoid about crime in New York city and two young women walking alone by themselves after 10 at night.

"Shreddah." Raph muttered, taking a sip from his coffee.

Donnie looked taken aback by this fact.

"We haven't heard or seen Shredder since before the girls even came into our lives." Leo stated, "how could she..." he trailed off, already knowing the answer to his question.

"Movies." he muttered, "but why now?" he asked again. "She could have been having nightmares about him all along. Why now?" he asked.

"It must be because it's more real to her now. Being with Raph, living the life she's seen on tv. The villains come to life too." Donnie implied.

"It could also have to do with the fear of not knowing." Bre added.

"What do you mean?" Leo asked.

"After the 2007 movie, there was really nothing else to go off of." Bre stated simply. "there was a new series set to come out, but that wasn't going to be for a while."

"So you really have no idea." Mikey said from his spot at the table.

"None really. Rumors were going around about the series though. In the new series, you all were much younger, so it couldn't possibly tell the future." she said all knowingly. "and apparently young Donnie had a huge crush on April... and April was just a normal high schooler." she shrugged. "So no help there."

"So, what you're saying is you have no idea, given the films in your world, whether or not Karai was right and the shredder may return." Leo said.

"Pretty much. Hell, for all I know, there's some heir waiting to be crowned shredder." she muttered.

"Shredder can go suck it." a mutter came from the entrance to the kitchen. Kayla dragged herself inside.

"How ya feeling?" Bre asked, her heart sinking at the sight of her best friend and practically sister.

"Not too good Bre." she murmured, her sad eyes meeting hers. "I hate this. I shouldn't be afraid of some... some..." she was searching for the right word.

"Some highly trained ninja assassin?" Donnie asked. She looked at him helplessly.

"Kayla, you have every right to be afraid. Especially of the likes of him." Leo insisted.

"But you guys aren't afraid of him." she muttered helplessly. "maybe I'm just a big baby."

"Kayla, I still get goosebumps from just the mention of that guy sometimes." Mikey added.

"You have every right to fear him, my child." Splinter said, having overheard the conversation from the couch and walking in.

"He is a dangerous man and should not be underestimated." he added.

"But, I-"

"Kayla, we're gonna help you through this." Leo promised.

"Together." Raph added to the promise, wrapping his arm around her. She smiled up at him.

"Thanks guys." she said, smiling at them.


Kayla and Bre walked down the street, away from Dairy Queen. Both girls carried hats in their hands, a purse on either shoulder.

"The boys should be heading out on patrol." Bre stated.

"Yeah, if they've gotten over their paranoia." Kayla muttered.

"I understand their concern, but there's two of us." Bre added to the irritation.

"Try telling them that." Kayla muttered, rolling her eyes.

"You ever think about home?" Bre asked, changing the subject.

"Sometimes." Kayla admitted. "but my home is here now, with Raph. I would just hope if my mother saw me now, she'd be happy for me that I met someone."

Bre laughed. "or something." she added.

"No, I'm happy here. I miss my mom, but I love Raphael. This is my life now, and I guess after nearly two years, I've just learned to accept it." Kayla said on a more serious note.

"We both have." Bre added, smiling. At about that time, two burly figures approached them from the alleyway dressed head to toe in trench coats and hats.

"You ladies have a nice time at work?" Leo asked, coming up to Bre and hugging her, giving her a quick kiss.

"OH yeah, only had two customers complain today." Kayla muttered.

"That's a record babe." Raph said, kissing her gently before taking his place beside her.

She rolled her eyes at him.

"Let's go do something I'm actually good at." she muttered, referring to patrol.

"Now who said you were coming tonight?" Raph asked.

"Um, I did." she said simply.

"Where do you think you get the authority to make such a decision." Raph asked offended.

"Who does she remind you of, Raphael?" Bre asked suddenly.

"Okay, maybe I've made a few decisions myself." he muttered quickly.

"Decisions that almost got you killed!" Leo added.

"Guys!" Kayla said, stopping any further argument. "Let's go!" she said, taking off down the street toward the surveillance van that Donnie had parked along the street.

"So, you don't regret being in this world with me?" Raph asked Kayla once they settled into the van. At that moment, she knew he had caught that part of the conversation.

"I love my life, Raphael. I love it with you. And I don't ever want it to change." she said, smilng and kissing him.

Leo looked sideways at Bre.

"Me neither." she said, smiling at him. He smiled back before kissing her.

And so it was that way. Bre and Kayla lived happily ever after in the land of Ninja Turtles, and not once did the Shredder ever bother them... or did he?

Will Bre and Kayla find the strength to stand up to Shredder?

Will Kayla's nightmares continue?

Will Kayla have to write a sequel now?

Most likely...

Hope you guys enjoyed and... this is the end! Hope you liked it Bre! :)