Hello everyone! This is my first update of 2017 for this story. So, enough with introductions and hellos and let's get to what you came here for! R&R! :)

(Liana's P.O.V)

The Turtles and I made it to the surface again, only to be shocked by what we saw. The Technodrome was hovering ominously over the New York skyline. But the scariest thing was that the ship was spitting out pods from its many entry points. We were quick to hide behind an overturned car as one of the pods took a small family up into the air with it. "Now they're abducting people?" I exclaimed, eyes wide with horror.

"Dude, that is messed up." Mikey agreed.

"We need to get up there, though." Leo said.

"So we need to get in one of those pods." I finished re-tying my mask and placing my hair over it.

"But how?" Donnie asked. "There are eight Kraang droids between us and there." He pointed to an abandoned one.

"Why don't we all dress up like robots?" Mikey suggested with a grin. "Sneak in?"

"Yeah, don't think we can fit in a droid's body," I said.

"Wait, how many did you say there were?" Raph asked.

"Eight." Leo replied.

"I think I can generate a sound wave that'll disrupt their signal system." Donnie said, but he was interrupted by several grunts. We peeked up over the car to see Raph catch a Kraang's head with one of his sai and spin it.

"Or, that might work," Leo said with a shrug. "Let's go!" Taking his orders, we all jumped over the car and through the flame and water doused streets. Raph opened the glass frame and we all climbed in and crouched inside the pod. It immediately began to rise up towards the Technodrome. I swallowed hard with nervousness. Leo sensed that, and he grabbed my hand and squeezed with a smile, which I returned. The pod made it back inside the Technodrome. We made sure to crouch below the glass dome so we wouldn't be transported to an unknown area of the sphere. "Ok, guys," Leo said, grabbing hold of the edge of the dome. "On three." We all prepared to jump. "One, two, three." When Leo lifted the dome, we all expected to jump onto the ground, but we were all shocked when we began to float in midair!

"Dudes, I think the Kraang forgot to pay their gravity bill!" Mikey shouted.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"It appears the Kraang have generated anti-gravitons!" Donnie concluded.

"Is there anyway you can generate anti-anti-gravitons?" Leo asked.

"You mean gravitons?" Donnie said again.

"Yes."

"No."

"Guys, I think I'm gonna throw up!" Mikey yelled. "Or down! Or maybe sideways! But one thing I do know, I'm majorly gonna-" A suction cup thing used to extract the pods to different portions of the ship took Mikey into one of the many chambers. But he emerged a few seconds later from a different hole with a groan. He had probably thrown up. Leo pulled us into the chamber to our right to avoid another grabber. We stayed hidden from two Kraang that passed by on floating devices. Leo poked his head out to make sure they were gone before we heard a girl scream.

"It's April!" Donnie exclaimed with concern. I cursed under my breath. Shredder really had handed April over to the Kraang.

"Can you say that a little louder?" Raph said, his tone dripping with sarcasm. "I don't think the entire Technodrome heard you." The rest of us gasped when dozens of Kraang on identical hoverers blocked the entrance of the crawlspace. "Never mind," Raph shrugged. "It did." We all drew our weapons and, using the zero gravity as our asset, we worked on destroying the Kraang. It was most definitely the most graceful battle I've ever been in. Speaking of graceful, after destroying a Kraang, Leo floated up to me and grabbed my hand.

"May I have this dance, Liana?" he said with a dorky grin. I smiled back.

"I'd love to." I giggled. So we began a small waltz while destroying the aliens. Leo even once tossed me up into the air. I spun around with my swords outstretched, destroying six of the flying machines containing the little pink wads of chewing gum down. Leo flew up and took me in his arms to save me from a laser. When that Kraang was destroyed by Mikey, we heard April scream again. It was coming from a hatch on the floor. Donnie put his ear to it and heard April scream once more. He opened it and immediately flew in. Leo followed, then Mikey, who gulped nervously. Raph shoved him in, and then I shoved him. He turned back to look at me and I smirked, which he returned with an eye roll. I followed him, leaving the hatch open. In the chamber, the gravity was normal so I had to hold on to a metal conduit so I didn't fall. I joined the Turtles and was shocked to see April hooked up to Kraang Prime's machine.

"April O'Neil." the monster threatened. "Your mind now belongs to Kraang! Let the planetary mutation begin!"

"Not so fast Kraang Prime!" I shouted before it could begin the mutation of the entire planet.

"What?!" It roared. "The Turtles? You disgusting reptiles are no match for Kraang!"

"At least we're not stupid aliens!" Mikey shouted.

"Now, Raph!" Leo ordered. The red-banded ninja jumped and kicked the leader alien right between the eyes. As it was howling in pain, we all jumped down to April as Donnie took her helmet off after stopping the mutagen ray, freeing her from the drainer's evil fingers.

"You're my hero," she droned sleepily to Donnie, causing him to blush and giggle like a schoolgirl.

"Hey, chuckles." Raph said. "How're we getting out of here?"

"The same way we got in here in the first place." I said. "A pod. And we need to hurry. Since Donnie disarmed the mutagen ray, the ship is gonna lose power." Donnie put April on his shell, holding her legs with his staff. We jumped back out of the hatch right as the ship made a deafening sound. It was already beginning to lose power. It turned on its side and we were faced with the honeycomb-like floor. The anti-gravity was turned off with the deactivation, so we were able to run across. There were a few Kraang in our way, but they were quick to be annihilated.

"Uh, Liana, I have a question!" Mikey shouted to me.

"Can it wait?" I said impatiently, destroying yet another alien.

"Not really." the youngest Turtle said. "Did we beat that big Kraang-thingy?"

"Yes, Mikey. We did." I huffed.

"Oh, ok," he said. "Then why is it following us?!" I turned around and gasped, followed by the other guys. Kraang Prime had transformed itself into a giant robotic body, complete with frighteningly pointy arms and legs. I turned and screamed for my life as I ran towards Donnie and April, who had already found an escape pod. Donnie had set April on the ground, shielding her from harm. It turned back to the overlord to see Mikey trip and fall into one of the apertures.

"Mikey!" I heard Leo shout. Kraang Prime pointed its energy blaster at Mikey, who was yelling from inside of the small crevices. But, as always, Leo took to action.

"Get away from my brother!" he shouted, slicing the energy cannon right off Kraang Prime's body. "Hurry, Mikey!" he said, stretching a hand into the hole for his brother to climb out. Leo instead hauled him out by his Kusarigama chain. Leo handed Mikey off to me, and I rushed him to Donnie and April to safety. That left just me, Leo, and Raph in the battle.

"Raph, no!" I shouted as I saw he was about to be crushed by one of Kraang Prime's legs. I stepped in front of him, and held my hands up, expecting to be crushed. But when no pain came, I opened my eyes. They widened in shock as I realized what I was doing. There was a bright white light coming from both of my hands! Kraang Prime tried stepping on me again, but it couldn't. I had put a fore field around myself!

"How are you doing that?!" Raph shouted from behind me.

"I-I don't know!" I answered. "Just go!" Taking my orders, he ran to join Donnie, Mikey, and April in the pod. Suddenly, a chain was wrapped around the alien's body. I looked past to see Leo holding Mikey's Kusarigama chain, subduing Kraang Prime temporarily. I lowered my hands and the bubble and the lights disappeared.

"Run, Liana!" Leo shouted to me.

"What are you, crazy?!" I shouted back. "No!" I ran to him and tried to grab the chain. "You saved me, so I'm saving you! You go!"

"I'm not gonna almost lose you twice!" he exclaimed. Suddenly, I felt a pair of arms lift me up.

"Raph, what're you doing?!" I shouted at him. "Put me down!" He carried me to the pod and lowered me gently to the ground.

"Leo will take care of it, Liana." he said in a quiet tone.

"No, I have to help him!" exclaimed. I was surprised when he grabbed my shoulders and pulled me close to his face.

"I'm not gonna let you get killed on my watch!" he said firmly. I stared at him in shock. Then, he turned back to Leo. "Bro, you comin'?"

"Go!" Leo ordered again simply.

"What're you talking about?" Raph asked. He shielded me with his arm as Kraang Prime started to struggle against the chain and get closer.

"I can't hold it much longer!" Leo grunted. "You guys need to go now!"

"Leo, no!" I yelled, desperation filling my voice. Donnie closed the pod right as Kranng Prime broke free, missing us as we began to go out of the ship. At the same time, Raph and I both ran to glass, placing our hands on it.

"Leonardo!" we said at the same time. Suddenly, the pod burst out of the Technodrome, and the force was enough to send Raph and I to the floor, myself falling on top of him. We splashed down in the Atlantic, catapulting to the surface. Donnie opened the pod right as the Technodrome sank into the ocean; with my Leonardo inside. Donnie clutched April and Raph held me as the waves rocked us. "Leo!" Mikey shouted. "No!" April buried her face in Donnie's shoulder.

"Leo..." he whispered. That was enough for me. I broke down in tears and fell to my knees. Mikey was quick to place a hand on my back in a comforting gesture. Raph sat down in front of me.

"And I never got to tell him how much I love him." I said through my tears.

"I gave him nothing but a hard time," Raph said with lament. "If I could do it over again, that'd definitely be nicer."

"Really?"

"Really..." Wait, I knew that voice.

"Leo?" Raph said, turning around. Leo was indeed in the water, floating on a piece of rubble. "Leo, you dork!" Raph said with a slight irritated tinge to his voice. He, along with the others, helped him into the pod. I stayed back, in shock and in disbelief.

"We won!" Mikey shouted triumphantly. "I love you, bros!" The others pulled Leo into a group hug. After they let him go, he stood up to face me.

"And, uh, nothing from-" In one swift movement, I ran and flung myself at him, jumping into his arms, wrapping my legs around his waist, grabbing his face, and kissed him; tears still lingering on my face. Leo grew tense for a moment, but then wrapped his arms around me and kissed me back. After a few seconds, I broke away.

"Don't you ever do that again!" I smiled before giving him a deeper kiss, which he of course returned. After a few more moments, he broke apart from me and gently set me down.

"So are you guys a thing or what?!" Mikey shouted. "I gots to know, dudes!" Leo tilted my chin up with his fingers so my hazel eyes could meet those blue ones of his. Giving me the perfect "sexy bad-boy smile", he whispered,

"I'm ok with that." I barely had time to nod my head in agreement before he kissed me yet again, with the shouts of relieved and happy people filling the air as their pods broke the surface of the ocean.

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Fast forward 30 minutes and a quick call to the pizza guy, the brothers, April, and I were back in the lair, celebrated their well-deserved victory. Theirs, not ours. I knew better than that."Who saved the world?" Mikey shouted with glee.

"We saved the world!" his brothers shouted in unison.

"I said, 'Who saved the world?'!"

"We saved the world."

"I said-"

"Stop asking!" Raph said in annoyance.

"We saved the world..." Mikey sheepishly said. Raph grinned and threw a pizza box in his younger brothers face, and it came away with a slice perfectly in Mikey's mouth.

"Hey, April?" I said, removing my mask and walking up to the redhead. "I want to apologize to you."

"What?" she asked.

"Karai and I didn't want to capture you because we wanted to. We captured you because Shredder made us. We were just following orders. We-I don't hate you. But if you hate me, I understand." I looked down at my feet in guilt, like a child who had just broken something expensive. But her answer surprised me.

"Pfft, don't be ridiculous, Liana," she said with a wave of her hand. "You helped save me from an alien monster who was draining my brain. Who am I to judge?"

"Thanks," I said. "So I hope we can be friends."

"Of course," she replied with a smile. "You know, speaking of apologies..." Before I could question what she meant, she bolted from the couch and into the area of what I assumed to be the dojo, where the tail of Hamato Yoshi was just disappearing through the doorway to it. I stared after her and gulped hard. I was scared that Hamato Yoshi wouldn't accept me. Then I really would be alone. Going back to Shredder was out of the question.

"You ok, Liana?" Leo asked from behind me. I jumped at his voice. "Oh, it's about Sensei, isn't it?" I nodded. "Don't worry," he continued, taking my hand. "I'll go with you." Squeezing it in thanks, I let him lead me to the dojo, where Hamato Yoshi was kindly speaking to April.

"Wait here." he whispered.

"What's wrong, Sensei?" Leo asked, coming in to stand beside April.

"I learned some things from the Shredder." he replied. That made my blood run cold. What things? Were there still thins that Shredder has kept from me? And maybe even from Karai?

"Like what?" Leo asked again.

"That is for another time, my son," his Sensei answered. I smiled a little. It was cute that Leo and his brothers were considered Hamato Yoshi's sons. It reminded me of my father. "Tonight is a night for celebration. After all, it is not every day that you keep the world safe from an alien invasion."

"I wasn't just us, Sensei," Leo said. "You can come here now." Swallowing hard, I walked into the dojo. It was now or never. As I crossed the threshold into the dojo, the rat's eyes widened in shock, before turning to anger.

"Leonardo!" The rat roared. "You brought a Foot soldier to our hidden lair?! What were you thinking?!"

"Sensei, I can explain!" Leo defended. "This is Lilliana."

"And you brought her?!" Yoshi continued. "I hope you do have a good explanation for this, Leonardo."

"I do. You see, Sensei..." So Leo delved into the whole summary of the invasion, and when he was done, the rat had a different expression entirely.

"I see. Thank you Lilliana for saving my sons. And the world, no less. However, I don't know what to do with you now."

"I think I know, Master Splinter," I said. "I can't go back to Shredder, not after my treachery. But, I ask of you permission to remain here. I want to be on the side I know is good." Splinter stroked his beard for a moment before meeting my eyes.

"Well, with Shredder, and now probably the Kraang after you as well, I see no better solution than to have you remain here in the sewer with me and my sons. So you may stay, and become a part of our clan, Lilliana."

"Thank you, Splinter." I said with a bow.

"Please, you may now call me your Sensei." he said kindly.

"Thank you...Sensei." I smiled as I bowed again.

"And there's another thing," Leo said, grabbing my hand. "Liana and I have taken a...well..liking to each other, and I'm asking your permission, Sensei, for us to be together." Splinter looked shocked, but he soon smiled.

"Of course. You two have my ultimate blessing." Leo grabbed my other hand and smiled. He was about to lean in for a kiss when suddenly, the others burst into the dojo, Mikey carrying a boombox. Getting the notion, Leo dragged me to the middle of the dojo floor as me, my boyfriend, my new Sensei, and my friends danced the night away.

Ok, so there you have it people! There's the chapter. I know this probably sounds like the end, but trust me it's not. And as you probably noticed, I threw in a little romantic tension between Liana and Raph. I did that because he and Leo are rivals when it comes to almost everything, and that would include Liana. Just to clear that up! Stay tuned for more!

XOXO-Blue