"We've got company people; move your butts!" Angel yelled, bursting through the doors with Raph behind her. She slammed her hand on the speakerphone which could be easily heard from the rooms in the various hallways. "Michelangelo, get out here! We need every turtle on deck!"
"What's-" Donnie dodged out of the way of panicking soldiers who were rushing around to grab weapons and equipment. "-Going on?!"
"Donatello," Angel strode over, her playful expression had been wiped off of her face as she now wore a serious one. "I need you to go to Leatherhead and stay with him, this is our fight," she quickly looked up when Mikey walked through one of the exit doors. "Use that door there," she instructed before turning to Mikey. "Let's move! I don't want to rescue anybody else today."
"Whoa," Mikey said as soon as Angel ran over to organise her troops. "She'll never let us hear the end of how she had to save us, eh, April?"
"Knowing Angel, definitely," April smiled at the thought. She glanced over her shoulder, "Hey, Donnie!" she called, "Do as Angel says and go to Leatherhead, you'll be safe with him."
"Sure," Donnie sighed, just before he turned to leave, a horrible uneasy feeling crept over him and he looked around worriedly.
"Move your shell, Donnie!" Mikey barked, tossing a gun to April and pulling out his nunchucks. Raph stared at Donnie for a few seconds before following Mikey.
Donnie glared and left the room, slamming the doors behind him. He felt a little mean for being angry but they were treating him like a child...Granted, he technically was one but still! As if to put emphasis on this thought, Donnie threw his arms up in the air and continued to storm down the hallway, his eyes darting everywhere to locate Leatherhead's whereabouts.
"I'm going out on a limb here but..." Donnie smiled up at a metal door covered with claw marks that looked familiar, "I'd say that this is Leatherhead's room."
He knocked on the door twice and then walked in, the sight of Leatherhead stunned him slightly as the alligator was sat on the end of his bed, trying to take a spoonful of medicine. Donnie quickly walked over and gently took the spoon away and poured another helping of the medicine onto it to feed to Leatherhead.
"Thank you..." the alligator looked up and blinked at Donatello. As Donnie set the medicine on the cabinet, Leatherhand's arm darted out and he grabbed Donnie's face, pulling him into a gentle hug. "Welcome home, Donatello," Leatherhead murmured, releasing Donnie from the hug. "Your brothers have been- Wow," he tilted his head as he focused on Donnie's face. "You got...younger."
"Yeah, about that," Donnie rubbed the back of his neck and laughed awkwardly. "I'm not from your time, I'm from a... different...one..." his voice faltered and got smaller as he noticed Leatherhead scowling. "Please don't grab my face and shake me like a rag-doll," he squeaked quickly.
Those words caused Leatherhead to burst out laughing, he patted Donnie on the back and reached for his crane as he stood from the bed. "You may not be the Donatello from this time but you sure haven't changed a bit!" he leaned on the crane and began to walk toward the door, Donnie followed him anxiously.
"Leatherhead, we can't leave this place!" Donnie said, running in front of the door. "Angel's orders, not mine."
"Angel?" Leatherhead repeated, shaking his head. "Why can't we leave?"
"There's been a detecting of your enemies..." Donnie said slowly and carefully, stepping backward a bit. "She sent me here to stay with you."
"I will fight with them," Leatherhead said boldly, opening the door. "I may be old, Donatello, but I will not back down from protecting my friends and family."
Those words were enough for Donnie to process as he pulled out his staff behind the alligator. "Then if you won't back down," Donnie said, straightening his stance, "neither will I."
"Surround the entire building!" Rahzar roared, ordering his soldiers around. "Nobody gets in without me knowing and nobody leaves!"
"I thought the good guys always win," Mikey whined, sounding like his old self. These words cause Raph to turn and grin at Mikey before turning back and holding out his twin sai, ready to attack.
"We're being cornered," April muttered, kicking one of the foot soldiers away. Spiderbytez crawled along the walls, dodging bullets and spitting acid at the enemy soldiers. He had bandages around each leg and he wore armoured plates over his shoulders.
Slash glanced at Raph and nodded at him, causing Raph to scream and run after Slash to double-team Rahzar, who had his back turned to them. He spun around and grabbed each turtle in one huge clawed hand and dug his feet into the ground to halt them. He then slammed them into the ground, causing the floor to crack with the amount of force which had been put into the blow which also knocked the air out of the two turtles.
"Raph's down!" Mikey yelled, rushing to aid his fallen brother. Before Mikey could get closer, an unconscious foot soldier was thrown through the destroyed wall and landed at Rahzar's feet. A figure wearing a long black trenchcoat walked into view, holding out his katana.
"Leo!" April yelled happily, using her tessen to deflect the blade from another soldier's sword. "Where have you been?" she continued, punching the soldier in the face, stunning them for a short amount of time.
"Later!" Leo yelled, running in to join the fight. "Right now: Focus on living to find out!"
"Sir, yes, sir!" April yelled jokingly as she dodged a kunai blade and ran after the soldier who had thrown it.
Before Rahzar could move in to attack Leonardo, a loud roar came from outside before one of the double doors swung open, revealing Leatherhead standing there glaring at Rahzar and the soldiers in compete loathing. Donnie stood beside him with his staff held tightly in his hands as he wore the same expression on his face as the mutant alligator.
Rahzar turned away from Leonardo and ran toward Donnie and Leatherhead, the alligator moved in front of the turtle to take any hard blows. However, this never happened as a familiar voice screamed;
"Heads up guys!" which came from Angel, who was standing on Snakeweed's shoulder as he let out a furious roar of his own and slammed into the ground in front of Leatherhead, hissing at Rahzar and lashing out at the mutant dog.
Snakeweed tackled several other foot soldiers as Angel leaped off of his shoulder and unsheathed a katana with a purple flowered handle. She ran at Rahzar, jabbing and slashing at him but not injuring him due to his skeletal armour. He grabbed the blade of her weapon and yanked it out of her hand and threw it to the side, standing above her and gleefully laughing.
"What will you do now, girlie?" he asked, holding out his razor-sharp claws in front of her face. April's tessen whirled towards Rahzar's head but he dodged it quickly and threw Angel's katana at April, in vengeance.
"Thanks, Red!" Angel called, having enough time to pull out a small pistol from her pocket and shooting it at Rahzar. "Get out of my house," she ordered, gritting her teeth as she continued to fire rounds at him.
He threw out his arm which hit Angel straight in the side, sending her slamming into the wall. Her pistol was knocked flying in the opposite direction as she lay on the floor, dazed and slowly drifting in and out of consciousness.
"ANGEL!" everybody seemed to yell, but her mind was dazed. She looked around, as if everything was in slow motion. Snakeweed was being chained down...Spidebytez and Slash were being pinned...She extended her hand towards Leatherhead, who had several foot soldiers surrounding him.
April and the three older turtles suddenly rushed at Donnie, Raph scooping him into his arms as they had no choice but to retreat, Donnie was calling out to everybody else. Angel smiled weakly and waved her hand as a farewell before allowing darkness to consume her. She needed them safe...She wanted them safe.
Donnie struggled in Raph's grip as Raphael tightened his hold while Rahzar grabbed Angel's arm and pulled her over his shoulder. The other mutants had been secured, Leo and April having to hold Mikey back as Leatherhead was restrained by the foot ninja.
"They'll all be presented to the Shredder," Rahzar told them, feeling joy when he saw their defeated expressions. Donnie stilled in Raph's arms as he looked around the entire room in fear, flinching slightly as Rahzar looked at him. "Shredder requested me to bring you to him," Rahzar stated, turning to April. "We'll make a trade, O'Neil; that turtle for the others. My Master has no true need for this girl or her freaks, he just wants the younger one."
"Why him?" April asked boldly, despite her fear and anger over the situation, she stood in front of Donnie protectively. "You did enough in the past to us all, does your Master need to cause more suffering?"
"No deal then?" Rahzar tutted and shook his head in mock-sadness. "What a pity. Oh well, looks like it'll be by force then. Trust me, turtles, you can't protect nor hide him forever. Farewell, for now."
A large cloud of smoke erupted and as soon as it cleared, Rahzar, the soldiers, the mutants and Angel were gone. Mikey pulled away from Leo and April and began to smash his fists into the wall while Raph sank to his knees and bowed his head.
"Angel was right..." Raph mumbled, keeping his eyes on the ground.
"Take care of your family, before you lose anybody else."
A/N: Pilyarquitect your idea was true haha! :D As always, thank you to everybody for the support! ^^ :)