No One's POV
By this time it is mid Fall and April has been staying with the Hamato's for some time. Most of her clothes have gotten tares in them, Splinter has offered multiply times to have them fixed, but each time she says that they are fine. Her hair has grown longer and shaggier. She allows Jackie to give her a trim whenever she stops by, which isn't that often. The boys still play with their gifts, although Michelangelo still falls off of his skateboard. The Book Donatello received was on security and technology, and he got so immersed with the book someone usually had to take it away to gain his attention. April got caught up with the others training and begun breathing exercises with Splinter to help with her asthma. as of now the children have split off into teams to work on their stealth with 'Ninja-Hide-&-Seek' in the sewers.

Splinter's POV
The children have begun to work on their stealth and have created a little game to help them with that. It is a little spin off of the classic game Hide-and-seek, only instead of staying in one spot they move to avoid capture. Recently though, they have begun to leave the lair when they plan the game. Whenever they start to play I will meditate to locate them from their auras.

I have noticed that each one has a different color, much like the turtles on the cake April has gotten the boys on their Mutation Day. I suspect that April has sensed these colors early on, but did not now what to make of them.

I allow myself to focus on the auras within the sewers just glad that I can go to them the moment I sense distress within them.

Donatello's POV
I'm stuck on a team with Mikey while Raph has April. Leo is the bad guy this time so he has to work by himself the find us. I wish I got April, But I get that Raph wants to protect her. We all want to protect each other, but with April it's different because she seems so small, and not to mention all of her weaknesses. Looking at her now she has her goggles on and some of her more ratty clothes with some shoes made of rubber with holes in them.

Leo is explaining the areas to avoid like usual, and how if we are caught there we'll all get in trouble. Knowing Raph and Mikey, they'll drag both April and I to those areas thinking that Leo would never think to look there.

"Leo, You don't have to go over the rules each time, so can we please start?" I just want to start before it gets to cold. After seeing April go through a small asthma attack on our mutation day, we all made a point not to stay out to long after dark. I just wish there was more that we could do for her, maybe find a cure or something.

I look back at Leo to see him with his eyes closed to begin the countdown. We run off in opposite directions, Mikey and I go down a tunnel we are familiar with, while Raph and April go down another. They don't get far before I see Raph pick her up, and continue on his way.

Once we are far enough away Mikey and I stop to rest. Well I stop to rest Mikey is still hopping around the small area we stopped in.

"So Donnie, Do you think this was a bad idea?" Mikey asks with a frown. I look up from the ground to see him looking back the way we came from.

"What do you mean Mikey? You're always up for Ninja-Hide-and-Seek, What makes this time so different?" I ask just to make sure I know what he is talking about. If I'm right, he's talking about what I just saw.

"Raph had to Pick up April sooner than usual. Do you think we should have stuck to the lair?" Hearing Mikey say this just reminds me how serious he can be. It's hard to remember that the little party dude has a serious side.

"Maybe Mikey, But it's to late to change our minds now." As I say this we can hear the tall-tale sound of footsteps coming towards us. We start running again when the sound stops altogether. Mikey and I freeze to try to locate where they went when I feel a tap to my shoulder. I look up to see Leo hanging upside down from the over head pipes.

I'm about to say something when a loud roar reverberates through the tunnels. The three of us look at each other, than make a mad dash towards the tunnel the other two went down.

April's POV
As soon as we start the game I'm already beginning to lose my breath. Raph just stops quick enough to pick me up and continue running. Over Raph's shoulder I see both Donnie and Mikey looking at us with worried faces. I grimace under the stares, now they'll probably think we should have stuck closer to the lair.

Raph continues to carry me for a little while more before he slips into a tunnel that leads to the main sewer. I begin to worry about being this close to a main tunnel that people frequently use. Looking over at Raph I can tell he is thinking the same thing. Though that may be, he still goes to the opening and jumps down. Not wanting to leave him alone I follow soon after. As we look around we spot a light coming down a side tunnel further ahead and head back to the opening.

Raph easily jumps up and holds his arms down for me to grab. Working together I nearly make it to the hole when the sewer worker rights below me. We both freeze, waiting for him to notice the six year old girl and mutant turtle, luckily he never looks up from his map.

Once in the hole we collapse on each other, but before we can celebrate a loud roar echoes through the tunnel we are in. We just sit there when it sounds again, and the other three join us. The four brothers look through the opening while I sit back to get my breathing under control. Through the gaps between the brothers I see I huge shape attack the worker as it roars what sounds like 'KRAANG' at everything and nothing.

I try to get the guys attention when all that comes out is a weak squeak. It seems enough for all four look at me clutching my chest trying to breath.

Donnie's POV
We all stare at the large lizard attacking the sewer worker when a small squeak comes from behind us. Looking back we are startled to see April clutching her chest and breathing to quickly for any of our liking. We forget all about stealth and go to help April, Leo staying at the opening to keep watch over the situation going on inside the main tunnel.

"April, where's the plastic tool? Do you have it with you?" I ask failing to keep the panic out of my voice. At a small shake we all realize she left it back in the lair. I try to remember what Miss Jackie told us to do in this situation when it comes to me step-by-step.

"Raph, move her away from the opening, the fight is probably stressing her out." Raph picks April up and moves further away from the opening like I asked and I move to sit behind her. I whisper in her ear while taking deep breaths.

"April, I need you to breath with me. Just in," I take a deep breath, "And out." I exhale. I know she can feel what I am doing seeing that she is leaning against me. I continue to encourage her when Mikey and Raph join me. Breathing in time so they don't confuse her.

"Come April, deep breaths." "Alost there, Don't stop" "Just a bit more than we'll be done."

As we continues Leo joins us and says his own words of encouragement. Soon her breaths even out and she falls asleep against my chest. We all look at Leo to hear what happened.

"After the human left the large mutant left down a side tunnel, I think we should head back to the lair so nothing else can happen." Even as he says this a large shadow covers us and we look up at the mutant that began this nightmare.