Now I get around to writing the next chapter! The last one took long enough to make. Hopefully the rest of them aren't that long! OK, I can do this! Should be easy enough. Alright, here we go!


Sarah's POV:

I spent every day trying to think of how to make my mom happy, that's what was important to me right now. I knew she was upset with me, and I knew that she was easy to break. I tried to act like I was enjoying my days, but it was hard. It was hard to be something you aren't, to pretend to be happy. And Leo wasn't of any help. He looked furious that I had the nerve to stay in the house after what I had done. His eyes made me nervous and edgy, they burned against my skin. I struggled every day to keep up with my lie of happiness, and I fell into bed exhausted every night. My mom was always over by the time I woke up, and left after I fell asleep. I knew she wanted to keep an eye on me, and make sure Leo didn't try to kill me himself. All I could think was 'If looks could kill...' when he was in the room. I tried to keep a safe distance from him, but it was near impossible. I didn't blame him for his behavior of course, I HAD killed half a dozen people and tried to kill his own brother. I didn't talk to anyone other than Akita. I was afraid to. I was afraid that I might be kicked out for good at the slightest thing I said wrong. And so over the next few days, Akita was the only one I spoke to. She seemed glad to talk to me when I wanted to, and she didn't pressure me when I wanted to be alone.

"Mom, Leo isn't going to let up, is he?" I asked her one morning as she was changing the bandages on my arms. Akita pondered that as she worked.

"Don't worry, he will eventually." she responded finally, smiling at me. "There we go, all better." I jumped from the chair I was sitting on to the floor and walked out of the room, deep in thought. Sure enough, I bumped into something. Looking up, I saw that something was Leo, and he frowned. I backed up two steps.

"Oh, sorry." I stammered, then walked around him. He hadn't said a word to me since three days before. I had a feeling that he wouldn't actually ever speak to me again. I knew my mom was just trying to reassure me. There was no way she could be positive. I frowned and made my way into my room. There, I sat on my bed and picked up the necklace my mom had given me. Then I looked at the bandages that were wrapped around my arms. Oh, how I wished this was just a nightmare. But I knew in my heart that this was the one nightmare I'd never wake up from. I knew that this was too real to be a nightmare, that it had gone on too long. I don't know how long I sat on my bed starring at my arms, but the next thing I knew my mom was calling for me. I set my necklace back down and ran to see what she wanted. It was lunch, but I wasn't hungry. I sat down and tried to eat anyway. There was an eerie silence, and I looked up. That was my mistake. Leo was talking quietly with Akita and she seemed to agree with whatever he was saying. I stood up abruptly, startling Akita and Leo.

"That's it! I can't take it anymore!" I cried, then spun around and ran out of the room. I ran all the way up to my room, grabbed my necklace, then ran back out. Akita seemed confused as I made my way back out of my room, until I ran for the door. I heard her calling after me to stop, but I kept going. I couldn't take the silence anymore, the unkind atmosphere. Out of the house, through the sewer, and into the streets I ran, not taking a second to look back. I wasn't really sure where I was going, I just knew that I had to get away from Leo. As I ran, I put the necklace around my neck. Several people on the sidewalk near me were alarmed at the fact that I was running so fast through such a busy day. They looked worried that I might run into someone. But when they saw that it was ME, they screamed and cleared a path for me. At their reactions, tears fell from my eyes and I didn't bother to wipe them away. Looking to my right, through the traffic, I saw several police cars had turned on their sirens. They had seen me too, and were determined to arrest me. Oh good, I thought, a challenge! As we approached a four way intersection crosswalk, one of the cars turned sharply to the left to block me from going forward. I grinned and darted to the right across the busy street. Cars swerved and screeched to a halt to avoid hitting me. Fortunately, no cars actually hit each other. The cops seemed disturbed at the fact that I was joyful to be running from them. I laughed, confusing them even more. This was what I had been waiting three days for! I was going to get myself in as much trouble as I could without killing or robbing someone. Resisting arrest was sure to get me in trouble, and I had always found running fun! It was challenging for me to find my way through mazes of people, cars, and confusion, but it was even more challenging for them. Running down the street, I looked back. Far behind me. Looking back in front of me, I saw that the police cars had formed a wall. Again looking back, they were forming a wall behind me too. I was cornered. People on the sidewalk tried to get a better look, and cameras flashed. I crossed my arms and smiled.

"How come you guys are ruining all my fun? I haven't run this much since I was running to the airport back in Japan!" I called. They cautiously got out of their cars and brought out their guns, aiming them at me in case I decided to attack or make a break for it. But I stood stock-still in the center of the road. I frowned at their seriousness.

"I guess this ends my reign of terror!" I said mournfully, disappointed that it hadn't lasted longer.

"Put your hands behind your head and get on the ground NOW!" one of the officers ordered, and I did as I was told. He ran over to me and cuffed me, then stood me up.

"Officer, I find a problem with this system." I told him, and he looked down at me.

"What?" he asked as he walked me over to the car I was to ride in to the jail.

"My dad in Japan can purposely kill dozens of people and get away with it, but I lose my temper and kill six people here and go to jail. Why is that?" I wondered. He didn't respond, but put me in the back of his car. He didn't have an answer.

"Didn't think so." I smirked, not really caring about my situation.

Normal POV:

Back at the sewer, Akita and Leo had given up looking for Sarah there and went back inside.

"Where could she have gone?" Akita cried, putting her head in her hands. Candy walked up to her and hugged her.

"You'll find her, you did before." Candy whispered.

"She's got to be up in the city." Akita said to herself.

"But we can't really go up there now." Leo reminded her, and Akita sighed. She went back into the kitchen and looked at the clock. They had been searching for a while, it was already 5 p.m.

"We can't just sit around and wait." Akita said miserably.

"We'll look for her more tonight." Donny promised, and Akita looked up.

"Which reminds me, Mikey can go with you." Akita remembered suddenly. "He's all healed up."

"Really?" Mikey said eagerly from the living room.

"Yup!" Akita called back to him. Then her face fell and she put her head back in her hands.

"Don't worry Akita. We'll find her." Don said gently, putting one hand on her shoulder.

"I wish I could believe you..."Akita whispered, tears coming to her eyes. She was losing her daughter again. She pulled away from Donny's hand and went into Sarah's room. There she sat on Sarah's bed and looked around the small room. On the bookshelf beside the bed, Sarah had put the small music player she had received for her birthday. Akita picked it up and turned it on. Leaning back against the wall and putting the earphones into her ears, Akita listened to the variety of songs on the mp3 player. The first song that came on was 'Animal I Have Become' and the tears returned to Akita's eyes. She quickly pulled the earphones out and turned the mp3 player off. After she put the music player back on the bookshelf, Akita laid down and closed her eyes. This couldn't be happening again. She'd lost her daughter enough times in one life, and what was worse was half of New York City's police officers would be looking for her. Unless they'd already found her. The thought sent shivers down Akita's spine, and she could feel the warm sting of tears rolling down her cheeks. She didn't hear Candy walk into the room, and wouldn't have noticed her if the little girl hadn't talked.

"We aren't going to find her, are we Akita?" Candy asked quietly, startling Akita.

"What? Of course we are!" Akita responded fiercely, pushing all the negative thoughts out of her head. Candy walked up and grabbed one of Akita's hands.

"Then why are you crying?" she whispered, and Akita's heart gave up in trying to hold her emotions back. She burst into tears and held Candy close, crying into the rabbit's fur. Candy just stood there, providing a crying shoulder to her friend's mother.

"Oh Candy, I can't bear it! What if I lose her again?" Akita cried, her voice stopping only to the wracking sobs as she poured her heart out. All of the emotions she had contained for four months were flowing out at this one moment. Candy was only a little girl, but she understood Akita's misery. Candy had lost Cane to her father, and she still felt as though a knife were in her heart. She figured Akita's felt the same way now. And so the two girls stood there, embracing each other. Akita was lost in her own misery, and Candy was just standing there. Finally, Akita's tears came to an end, and she pulled away from Candy. She tried to smile at the smaller girl.

"Thank you Candy. I needed that..." Akita whispered, and pulled Candy up onto the bed next to her.

"Are you staying here Akita?" Candy asked, looking up at Akita.

"I might as well, I won't be able to sleep no matter where I am, and I won't have to come all the way down here in the morning." Akita responded.

"We'll find her tomorrow, right?" Candy asked, and Akita nodded.

"We'll try." she replied sadly. Candy fell back against the bed and closed her eyes, and Akita lied down too. Within minutes, Candy was asleep, and Akita wrapped her arms around the girl.

~Sarah's POV~

I'd been arrested, and the officers weren't exactly nice to me. Nor were my cellmates. When I was put in the cell, they looked up at me.

"Well, what do we have here?" one of them asked, standing up.

"Fresh meat looks like it." the biggest one said, walking over to me. I bared my teeth, but it didn't rattle him. I turned and started to walk to one of the sorry excuses for bed, but the big meathead put his hand on my shoulder to stop me. I hissed, spun around, and rammed my fist into his stomach. It threw him into the wall on the other side of the tiny cell. I flashed my teeth again and growled. This time they cowered a bit, but the big one was stupid enough to approach me again. By now I'd turned around again, but I heard him stalking over to me. I turned around again and concentrated some of my power into my hands. Bolts of blue lightning shot from my palms and hit the idiot directly. I turned back around and flopped on one of the "beds". They left me alone, and I curled up with my face against the wall. I knew I wouldn't sleep tonight, but I had to try anyway..,

~Normal POV~

True to her word, Akita didn't sleep at all that night. She just laid against the wall and stared at the ceiling. When morning came, Akita still hadn't managed to get even ten minutes of sleep. She dragged herself out of Sarah's bed and walked into the kitchen.

"Fluh...." she muttered nonsensically. Then she put on her shoes and prepared to leave. She had to get a thing or two from her house.

"I'll be back in a little bit!" she called, shaking off her drowsiness. So she ran through the sewers, and perked up when she hit the surface. The fresh air did wonders, and she ran all the way to her apartment. She not only got her cell phone, but bought a copy of today's newspaper. When she saw the headline, she froze and her heart dropped. Panicking, she sped back to the sewer and slammed the door shut behind her. She got there in time to here Leo's out loud thinking to his brothers.

"We have to find her. Where could she possibly be though?" he wondered, and Akita ran into the kitchen with them.

"I already found her." she said hollowly, handing Leo the paper. He read the headline title: Hedgehog Murderer Arrested Yesterday

"What!?" he cried, and Akita winced.

"What did you expect? A welcoming party!?" Akita said fiercely, and Leo showed his brothers the newspaper.

"Well, we can't just let her stay there! We have to go and get her!" Mikey insisted

"But she was arrested, we can't break her out." Leo pointed out, but Akita shook her head.

"Oh, I'm going to get her whether it's legal or not!" she said, and just then her cell phone rang. She pulled it from her pocket and looked at the number.

"It's Jonah again..." she whispered, and went into the living room to answer it. The turtles walked with her and were surprised when Akita's face fell.

"Last night? Are you sure?" she asked this said 'Jonah'. "Yes, thank you. I'll let you know what happens." And with that she ended the call.

"Akita, what-" Leo started to ask, but Akita cut him off.

"Crap!" she shouted to the ceiling, and headed for the door.

"Akita, what's wrong?" Leo finished this time. Akita didn't turn around, but answered his question.

"There's a problem. Sarah's father, Ikari, decided to come and pay us a little visit." she replied, still running.

"What is he planning to do?" Mikey asked, and Akita thought for a minute."

"I'm not sure, but if I have to guess. He killed Rachel, Sarah's sister, and I think he's coming here to kill Sarah too." Akita said tightly, now climbing up the ladder and removing the lid for the manhole.

"Then wouldn't it make more sense to leave Sarah in jail, where she's safe?" Raph asked, but Akita shook her head.

"Ikari would find her anyway, and if Sarah's free, she can kill him." Akita reasoned, then headed off to let Sarah loose.

"This is insane." Leo whispered.

~At the prison center~

Sarah was lying on her back looking at the ceiling, the only one awake in her cell. How could she let this happen?

"Sarah!" her mother's voice came from somewhere out of the cell, snapping Sarah to attention.

"Mom? Is that you?" Sarah called back, and Akita came into view.

"Sarah!" Akita said again, and Sarah walked as far as the bars would allow.

"Mom, what are you doing here?" Sarah asked, but Akita got on her knees and pulled something out of her pocket. It was a hairclip.

"I'm here to break you out." Akita said, distracted and seemingly nervous.

"What!?" Sarah cried, and Akita shushed her, then opened the cell door. She reached in and pulled Sarah out, closing the door behind her.

"Sarah, listen. Ikari is here, in New York! I'm not sure, but I think he's here to kill you too." Akita explained, and Sarah's face fell.

"What?" she whispered, then her head snapped up.

"What is it Sarah?" Akita asked, but got the answer as soon as she asked. There was screaming coming from outside. Lots of screaming.

"I think he's already here." Sarah said, and started to run for the exit to the prison.


Ugh, that took longer than I wanted! But it's done and I can move onto the next chapter! Sarah has been pestering me to get it done, so I figured today was the perfect day! Please review and happy Easter! ^_^