Stupid fanfiction not letting me upload when I wanted to... -.- Anyway, here I am uploading in the middle of my history class...not paying attention...watching is snow outside...right before spring break...*sigh* okay, enough griping. Here it is, chapter 25! Thanks to my lovely reviewers, it keeps me going! Enjoy! :D

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Hannah was pacing inside her apartment, where she and the Turtles had taken over. The rest of her group was at the arena, watching another battle. She clenched and unclenched her fists, shaking her hands out every now and then.

"Geez, would ya sit down?" Raph finally said. "Yer makin' me nervous."

"I can't," she replied. "My parents'll be back any minute with the Daimyo's decision. We need to see what they say, if they find out why monsters are getting through."

"Okay, but," Donatello spoke up. "I don't see how pacing around your living room is going to help things."

"It makes me feel better."

"Well, it makes me feel dizzy," Mikey muttered.

"Then don't watch me," Hannah retorted.

"Then stop pacin'!"

Growling, Hannah threw open the front door and went to sit on the curb.

"Dude, is she okay?" Mikey asked Raph. "She seems...snappier than normal."

"I'm not snappy!" Hannah called from outside.

Chuckling, Raph answered. "She's just worried. She wants to know if there's a reason Micah died, or if the fact that monsters are coming through is the result of a high concentration of demigods here."

"The monsters are attracted to demigods?" Leo asked. "Then, how come they don't get attacked at their camp?"

"Apparently there's a barrier," Don explained. "A sort of forcefield that blocks whatever signal demigods send out."

"And that signal's not blocked here?" Mikey asked.

"It should be," Hannah answered, coming back into the room. "For all intents and purposes, because we're in this Nexus, the monsters shouldn't be able to sense us." She plopped down on the couch between Raph and Donnie. "But they are."

"So, what are they gonna–"

"Hannah!" Percy suddenly burst through the door and ran for his daughter's room. He was smoking slightly, and his shirt was charred. "I need Riptide."

"What? Why?" she asked, getting to her feet. "What did the Daimyo say?"

"Not now, honey," Annabeth said, coming into the room. "There's a chimera on the lose in the arena."

"What?"

Percy came out of Hannah's room, the sword uncapped. "We can handle it, with the other demigods' help." He was about to walk out the door when he stopped and backpedaled, coming to a stop in front of Hannah.

"Stay," he pointed at her.

"But–"

"Stay," he emphasized, before following Annabeth out the door. He shut it behind him, leaving Hannah to stare at the whitewashed wood. Her fists clenched again, actually shaking with the force.

"...Hannah?" Raphael asked hesitantly. "Are you–"

She let out a stream of curses, making all the turtles blush, even Raphael.

"I can't believe he won't let me fight," she said once she'd gotten most of her anger out. "They trusted me enough to come here and fight in the tournament, they know I've fought monsters before, why can't they let me fight?" She sat back down on the couch, putting her head in her hands. "Why won't they let me help them?"

None of the brothers really knew what to do. Taking a chance, Donnie sat down beside her with a gentle hand on her shoulder.

"They don't want to lose you, Han," he told her. "You said so yourself, you are the world's only hope. If something happens to you, there will be no one left to combat this evil that's coming. They want to keep you safe."

She replied, but no one understood; her voice was muffled by her hands.

"Of course you're mature enough," Donatello said, looking up at Raph for help. He shrugged and sat down on Hannah's other side, taking one of her hands away from her face.

"It'll be okay," he rubbed her back with his free hand as Don pulled away. "You'll see. It's one...chomera, how much damage can it do?"

"It's a chimera, Raph," Hannah corrected. "And it can do a lot. I just hope that they can handle it with the other demigods' help." She leaned against Raph's shoulder. "I just don't want to lose them."

"You won't," he answered, haltingly putting his arm all the way around her. His brothers didn't know what had transpired between the two of them the previous night. He was a little hesitant to do anything that gave away their new relationship status. He glanced up at Mikey, just daring him to say anything.

The loudmouth turtle had opened his mouth to speak, but Leo slapped a hand over his mouth. He and Don dragged Mikey into their Sensei's room, shutting the door behind them.

Silently thanking his brothers' foresight, he held Hannah tighter. He kissed her cheek, murmuring assurances in her ear. She pulled his other arm around her, holding it, and laid her head under his chin.

"I'm so scared, Raphael," she whispered. "More monsters are coming through, and I just know someone else is going to get hurt, or worse. I can feel it."

"Stop it, Han, nothin' is gonna happen." Raphael squeezed her shoulders. "I won't let it."

She laughed humorlessly. "You can't stop something you can't touch. Not with brute force. Gaea and Kronos are hidden away somewhere, but they can still send monsters through the barrier."

"Yeah," Raph started. "But, how many monster attacks have there been? There was da minotaur, da horde of baddies, and now da chimera."

"Three," Hannah whispered. "According to Micah's analysis of the barrier, it's tough enough to cause both Gaea and Kronos to use most of their energy to get one monster through. They'd have to rest after that and regain enough strength to do it again, something that should take much longer than a few days."

"You think they've got help? From inside da Nexus?"

Hannah fell silent. She pulled away from Raph, sitting up straight. Her face showed a mixture of disbelief, fear, and enlightenment. She looked up at Raph, her eyes wide.

"Holy shit," she breathed. "There's a mole in the tournament."

A/N: oh shnap :O. Reviews are always welcome! :D