A/N: Finally, an update! So sorry for the wait guys! The story is far from over, so I hope you're all still interested! Please review! It really helps me get the inspiration to write for you lot.

Warnings: Rated M for language, adult situations, and possibly other stuff not for the youngin's..

Disclaimer: I do not own the TMNT; they belong to Mirage, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird I believe. I do own the plot, and OC's. Want to use them? Ask!

Note: I think this chapter has like the most violence (albeit it is awful writing...I suck at action sequences) just so you know.

Music:

Navras -- Juno Reactor (Hooray for epic orchestra!!!)

Chapter 24

"One should rather die than be betrayed. There is no deceit in death. It delivers precisely what it has promised. Betrayal though...betrayal is the willful slaughter of hope."

-- Steven Deitz

Donatello was finishing up a communication system, when he heard someone enter the lab. He assumed it was April, seeing as she would be the one to be using the communication system with Casey seeing as she couldn't join in on the mission in her state. He said nothing at first, he was having trouble with the micro-camera and headset for Casey to wear. The plan was to have Casey scout possible holding locations while April and Splinter helped from the lair, and the four brothers would have all the time in the world for their battle. Donnie tapped the small camera and glanced up at the screen he set up to receive the visual. Thankfully it was functioning, now he just had to make sure the headset was working. When a male voice cleared their throat, Donnie's suspicion that April was in the lab was inaccurate. When he turned he saw his little brother sadly staring at the floor.

"Mikey?"

"Hey...can we...talk?"

"Of course." Donnie said, "You know you can always talk to me, Mike."

"I know..." Mike sighed, "It's just been such a long time..." He paused, "We used to talk all the time..."

"I know we're all upset and everything but, you're making it sound like we broke up a while ago and now you're all sentimental." Donnie replied and Mikey laughed a little.

"When did you get a sense of humor?"

"Got it from Heather who inherited it from Skylar." Donnie said, "Seems like forever since the family was all together again."

"It has been, Don." Mike sighed.

"What did you want to talk about?" Donnie asked returning to his work.

"I'm worried..."

"We all are, Mike-"

"Not about the fight, and not about saving them." Mikey cut in quickly and Don turned to face his little brother in question, "Well, I mean I am worried about that...but not just...that...y'know?"

"What else are you worried about, Mike?" Don asked.

"What...what if she leaves, Don? What if Cam decides she doesn't love me anymore?"

"Michelangelo if she can simply decide she does not love you anymore, then she never loved you at all." Donnie said, sounding almost disinterested as he tinkered with the small earpiece.

"You know what I meant."

"I did." Donnie said, "I wouldn't worry about that, Mikey. I think you'll help us win this battle and then come to her rescue and she'll learn to look past the fact you're a mutant freak."

"Way to be reassuring, bro." Mike said slightly sarcastically.

"I try." He muttered. It was silent for a moment.

"You're right though..." Mikey said.

"I usually am." Don said.

"It shouldn't be you and I who are worried about being dumped..." The orange banded turtle said, "It should be Leo and Raph who should be worrying about being dumped."

"No..." Donnie said, passively, "Sky's too head over heels to stay away from Raph, once he stops being an incomprehensible asshole and proves to her he does care about her, they'll be inseparable…again…"

"She was really pissed off." Mike said, as if it were obvious.

"Skylar was with her first boyfriend for four years, and he lied to her for who knows how long..." Donnie stated, "It must have hurt to know she was lied to again, everyday for an entire year by a man she's too stubborn to realize she's pathetically in love with."

"You have a point there."

"I usually do."

"What about Leo?" Asked Mikey.

"I don't know..." Don said, "You know Sophia and the situation better than I do, so you tell me..."

"I don't know Sophie that well..." Mike admitted, "I know her well enough to know when I've gone too far with a joke and I know her well enough to know when she's upset...but I don't know her well enough to say what she'll do next."

"So, maybe, Leo's the only one who has to worry." Donnie said as he finished up the earpiece.

"Seems to be that way." Mike agreed.

"Well," Donnie sighed, "At least that's back to normal."

As the day wore on, there was a quiet that settled over the lair. Small conversations took place, but it was mostly quiet. Like just before a storm, the quiet before the battle seemed to be the scariest part. Donnie finished the communication system and was training Casey and April in using it. Raphael and Mikey were in the dojo, it started as a workout, but the two brothers began talking, which was a rarity. Raphael had always been the main target for Mikey's pranks, but they rarely ever spoke when it wasn't to discuss the hotness of some celebrity or the quality of some show. Leonardo was meditating, which surprised no one. When the time came to leave the lair, the seven inhabitants met in the living room.

"Just to go over it one more time," Leonardo said, "Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo and myself will go and face Larissa and the others, while Casey searches for the girls with Splinter and April to consult via camera and communication system, and once we defeat them --"

"We call and help find the girls, we've been over it a bajillion times, Leo." Mikey rolled his eyes.

"Michelangelo." Splinter scolded softly.

"Sorry." Muttered the youngest turtle under his breath, "Can we get going?" Leo gave his young brother a look before turning to the two humans.

"You sure you'll be alright by yourself?" He asked Casey, who smirked and laughed slightly,

"Yeah, man, chill, I got it."

"We'll be here to make sure he stays on track." April smiled softly. "Go on, get this over with." Leo nodded, and the four brothers turned to leave.

"My sons," Splinter spoke up, making them turn, "Please, remember to keep your heads, and do not let yourselves be instigated." He paused with a soft sigh, "And please…be safe." The last sounded almost like a plea and the brothers looked to each other, Raph cleared his throat and said.

"We will, Sensei."

Victoria sighed swirling her sheathed katana in a circle in her hands, a look of boredom plastered on her face. Larissa looked stoic as ever, leaning on the ledge of the rooftop with one leg, a look of concentration on her face. Olivia was practicing with her sword, while Elena sat on the ledge of the roof staring at her shoes. A cold metal just under her chin made her lift her head up to look at her lover, who smirked and grabbed her shoulder pulling her up for a small kiss.

"What's eating you?" Olivia asked softly.

"I'm just nervous." Elena said embarrassed.

"Don't be." Olivia said confidently, "We'll get them this time…and then we can get away like I promised."

"Can't we just leave now…without fighting?" Elena whispered, looking at the ground again.

"We can't leave Vick and Lari like that, Ellie." Olivia said harshly, "They're gonna take it hard enough that we're leaving." The smaller girl didn't look convinced and Olivia tilted her head up, "Just this one last fight, sweetheart," She said, "Just one more, and then we'll be on the road to somewhere far away…" Elena smiled softly and nodded, being kissed softly on the lips. Olivia went to walk away, but Elena grabbed her and earned a concerned look, Olivia opened her mouth but Elena put her finger to her soft lips.

"Olivia…I love you…more than you could ever know."

"Ellie, what--"

"They're coming!" Victoria cut off Olivia and Elena just moved away to stand with the other two females. Though thoroughly confused, Olivia joined them as well, grabbing Elena's hand to translate her reciprocated affections.

"This is it, girls." Larissa said, "Don't fuck it up." Victoria and Olivia chuckled, and Elena looked more nervous.

The four brothers came to the rooftop, landing in defensive positions. Larissa sent Victoria and Olivia warning glances as they slightly moved forward. Elena shrunk seemingly as she met Donatello's convicting gaze. It was silent for a long time, a tense, and lasting pause filled by the sounds of the city. Leonardo drew his swords, Raphael spun his sai, but Donatello and Michelangelo didn't move. Mikey felt a hollow feeling in the pit of his stomach, not daring to move his eyes from Victoria's taunting stare. Donnie was trying to read the expression on Elena's face, it changed from fear to something resembling remorse. It made him confused, but he didn't let his mind wander on it. There were more important issues at hand.

"I'm glad you came." Larissa stated.

"Where are the girls?" Leo demanded.

"How typical of you," Olivia smirked, "First words out of your mouth are demands, what, no hello for us?"

"Cut the crap," Raphael growled, "Lets get this over with."

"Not so fast." Victoria giggled, "We've got some messages for you." She paused, looking to Larissa to see if there was an objection to her speaking, "Cammie wanted me to tell you she loves you…it was real sweet." She mocked, and then looked to Elena as if she was supposed to speak. The girl's eyes didn't move from Donnie's so the younger girl spoke, "And poor Heather was too hysterical to pass on a message. It's really sad, actually…she's so scared…" Donnie's obvious reaction made her smirk. "Didn't you say Skylar had something to pass on, Livvy?"

"Oh, yeah," Smirked Olivia, "Thanks for reminding me, Vick." She chuckled, "Skylar says she's sorry, Raphie…" The beautiful girl mocked a pout, "Poor thing is all beat up…she needs to learn to keep her snippy little mouth shut." Raph growled lowly and his eyes narrowed, and Leo muttered,

"Take it easy, guys, they're trying to get in your head."

"Sophia had something to tell you too, Leo," Larissa called, "She was punished for it, it wasn't very nice, I don't think I'll actually pass it on to you."

"Enough, tell us where they are." Leo said sternly.

"Sorry." Larissa said, "That takes the fun out of the game."

"This isn't a fucking game, where the fuck are they?" Raph growled.

"That's for us to know and you to …hopefully find out." Victoria giggled.

"By the slim chance you win, you better hope you find your girls soon." Olivia smirked, "We've got plans for them, just in case."

"Alright, ladies," Larissa said, pulling her sword out of its cover, "Foreplay's over, now it's time for business."

"Finally." Grinned Olivia, as she threw herself forward.

Skylar opened her eyes and groaned. The crook in her neck from leaning over in her sleep made her groan once more. She lifted her body to sit up right and shook her head, clearing the drowsiness. Sophia was quiet and breathing deeply, so Skylar said nothing. Not wanting to wake her if she was asleep. A door opening made Skylar turn her head quickly and groan in pain at the soreness in her neck. A Foot ninja came into the room, and stood there for a moment, before turning. Skylar decided to take her chances and ask the ninja a question, it wouldn't hurt to ask.

"Hey, you!" She called, and the ninja turned, "You got a cigarette?" The ninja stared at her for a moment, and then turned to leave. "A SIMPLE NO WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE!" She called after him, "Asshole…"

"You're kinda dumb."

"Morning, Sophia." Said Skylar, slightly cheerful, "Sleep well?" She added sarcastically.

"Oh yeah, I slept wonderful knowing the man I love is facing his psychotic ex-girlfriend in a giant death match today." She replied just as sarcastically.

"Sounds like a comforting thought to me." Skylar said and Sophia chuckled.

"Why'd you ask for a cigarette?"

" I wanted one." Skylar shrugged, "Didn't think he'd give me one, but it was worth a go."

"He'd probably have given you the cigarette and no lighter…" Sophia said, "Seems to be their style."

"That's fine," Skylar stated, "I think I have one in my pocket…" It was silent for a moment, and Skylar had an epiphany, "OH SHIT!" She began struggling to reach her pocket.

"I cannot believe you." Sophia said, "You've had a lighter this entire fucking time??"

"I wasn't exactly thinking about it, okay Sophia!? And it's not like I could have pulled it out anyway, they would have taken it from me."

"Whatever, can you reach it?" Sophia asked.

"Almost."

Skylar pulled against her bindings, trying to slip her hands to her back pocket.

Suddenly the door opened and Skylar stopped moving abruptly. The ninja came into the room, walking up to Skylar holding out a cigarette. The girl parted her lips a little and he put the cancer stick in her mouth, she closed her lips to keep it in place. She looked at him for a few moments muttered a thanks around the cigarette and he then walked away. Skylar rolled eyes and sighed slightly trying to grab the lighter once more. Sophia was thoroughly confused, not being able to see what had transpired, seeing as she and Skylar were back to back.

"What happened?" Sophia asked.

"He gave me a cigarette." Skylar said around the thing in her lips.

"And no lighter?"

"And no lighter." She confirmed.

"Damn, I'm good."

"Yes," Skylar said, but paused almost dropping the cigarette, "You're amazing, now shut up, and let me get the lighter."

"Spit the damn cigarette out, Skylar," Sophia said annoyed, the other girl groaned but spit it out.

It landed on the ground and rolled a little. Skylar uncomfortably pulled and rubbed against the rope, it burned her arms. The moving of the rope affected Sophia as well, but she just tried to do what she could to help. Skylar moved her arm down the binding and lifted her butt, trying to push it toward her hand, using the floor for leverage. The lighter was sticking out of her back pocket from all the moving she had done and when her hand touched it she yelped in happiness, moving her whole body in a jerk that caused both the chairs to fall sideways. Sophia shrieked, at the unexpected fall. Skylar hurriedly grabbed the lighter that fell out of her pocket during the fall and hit it in the binding between her arm and the chair as the doors opened and ninjas flooded in.

"False alarm." Said a familiar voice, as Karai came over and with the help of a ninja, straightened the girls up. Before moving away from them. The ninja that helped stood there for a moment, before bending down and picking up the cigarette, putting it in Skylar's mouth before leaving.

"He's a snarky, bastard, I think." Said Skylar around the cigarette, sounding slightly amused..

"Whatever, did you get the lighter."

"Tell me who you love." Skylar said with a smirk, after spitting the cigarette out again.

"This is not the time to be funny, Skylar, did you get the fucking lighter?"

"I did, and I'll get us out, but you have to think of what we're gonna do after we let ourselves go, we can't exactly walk out." She said.

"I know, I'll work on it, just get us out."

"Jesus, fucking, Christ, Heather, what the fuck did they strap to us?"

Cameron spoke worriedly as Heather tried to loosen up one arm to look at the device that was duct taped to them. Heather's arm burned from the friction of the rope and tried to ignore Cameron's freaking out, but there was only so much the frail girl could take. It hurt like hell but she was sliding her hand out of the binding's wrapped around it. No one had checked on them for hours, so she wondered what the deal was. She just hoped Cameron would shut up in case she alerted someone. Cameron fidgeted and it tugged on the rope, making more friction on Heather's already burnt wrist. The younger girl hissed and cussed under her breath, but Cameron didn't notice.

"Cameron, fucking stop!" Heather snapped, "Do you want me to figure out what the hell is attached to us or not?!"

"I'm sorry!" Cameron yelled, "I'm freaking out a little, okay?!?"

"I can fucking tell, just stop moving." Heather snipped, "This fucking hurts as it is."

After much more struggling, the brunette managed to get one hand free. She held it to her chest and winced in pain. It was red, scratched, and tender. Cursing softly, and informing Cameron she was almost free, she used her other hand to help her loosen herself. It hurt, but didn't take quite as long as her other hand. Before moving to free Cameron she grasped the device placed on them and almost blacked out. Cameron whined about being untied, but Heather didn't move or speak. Finally, Cameron was losing her patience with her new friend.

"What the hell, Heather?!" She yelled.

"Shut up, Cameron." Heather said.

"Don't tell me to --"

"Cameron, this is a fucking bomb or something."

"How do you know?" Cameron asked worriedly.

"It has wires, and a timer and …damn it. I just know it is."

"Well…" Cameron hesitated, "You're smart, turn it off."

"I don't do technology." Heather said worriedly, "I can tell you everything about American, European, and Chinese history, but I can't fucking deactivate a fucking bomb!"

"Well…then, take it off of us!"

"I don't know what will set it off, I can't do anything to it."

"Shit." Cameron cried, "We're gonna die in here…"

"Maybe they'll find us." Heather said, "Donnie will find us and he'll deactivate it and we'll be okay."

"If he's not dead." Cameron said.

"God Damn it, Cameron, shut the hell up." Heather said as tears gathered behind her eyes, "I can't fucking think when you're talking like that."

"I can't help it!" Cameron said guiltily, "I'm just being realistic, they probably aren't coming, Heather."

"They might!" Heather said, the tears spilling, "Just have some faith in them."

Mikey grunted as Victoria's sword was thrust towards him. He quickly dodged it, and tried to steal a glance at his brothers, but he didn't get the chance. To his surprise, Victoria wasn't taunting him, she said almost nothing. The look of concentration on her face was almost more alarming than anything she could have said to him, she was really trying her hardest to kill him. Mikey hadn't once started an offensive attack, she was going so fast, all he could do was block and defend himself. She wasn't going to get tired either, she knew better than to exert all her energy at once. Mikey hit away Victoria's sword and kicked her wrist, it was awkward but she cried out and moved away from him as the sword dropped. She glared, bending to pick it up quickly,

"That fucking hurt!"

"Uh…sorry?" Mikey shrugged.

"You're gonna be…"

Leo and Larissa could have read each other's minds as they saw the brief exchange, before getting back to fighting. Both of them rolled their eyes, and as their swords clanged against each other. Leo had not forgotten how great of a sword wielder Larissa was, but he was confident that this match was not easy for her either. They were both well matched, and neither had even broken a sweat, no mistakes so far, and none to come very soon. If there was ever a time that Leo's particular attitude for training and focus was useful, it was now. Larissa made an awkward step with her left foot, Leo immediately noticed and tried taking advantage of it by focusing on assaulting her left side. Larissa caught her mistake, but was too late to fix it before Leo's sword tore through her shirt. She growled, it hadn't touched her skin, but she was still the first to make a mistake.

Raphael was having no trouble at all, Olivia was just too predictable. She may have been stronger, and a little quicker but she still had temper issues. Raph, of course, wasn't perfect when it came to his temper, but he was at least calmer than Olivia. She was sloppier than usual, her frustration glowing in her eyes. Something aside from the fight was on her mind and it was driving her crazy. That much was obvious. Olivia looked past him for a moment, and Raph was tempted to turn and look as well. He didn't have time, however, since Olivia thrust herself at him. Raphael kept his mind as focused as he could on the fight, trying to remember that Skylar would be royally pissed at him if he didn't win because he was too preoccupied with being worried about her.

Donnie thought that this was all too easy. Elena wasn't even trying. He frowned as she swung at him, missing on purpose. His mind went reeling, was she trying to get him to keep his guard down? Was she hurt? Did she have some other plan? The purple banded turtle could not be sure, so he just kept his eyes on her, watching every badly thrown move. He was glad he did, because Elena began to become more aggressive, grunting as she nearly pierced his skin, but had her arm knocked off course by his bo staff. She was hitting so hard, Donnie was actually moving backwards, he could hear his brother's fights more clearly. Elena was watching him, but she kept glancing to her side, and Donnie didn't have the courage to take his eyes off of her movements. He wouldn't be tricked.

However, as the sounds of a fight other than his own became closer and closer, Donnie began to get worried, and confused. It was almost as if Elena was trying to push them both closer to the other fight. Donnie ducked away from the sharp edge of her sword and got a glance of his left side. He was standing inches away from Victoria, right beside her. Mikey noticed as well, and he tried to push back the raven haired girl, but it didn't work. Elena and Victoria pretended not to notice, or they just didn't. Neither of the brothers was sure. Elena jabbed her sword a couple of times at Donnie, until he was pushing against her sword with his staff, trying to keep the blade away from him while she applied more pressure.

Then things happened almost too quickly for Donnie to see. Elena lifted the pressure ever so slightly, and lunged diagonally, piercing Victoria through her stomach just as she was about to swing at Mikey. The raven haired girl looked at her friend with horror in her eyes, she stood frozen, and Elena just stared. Donnie and Mikey looked at each other, but said nothing. Elena straightened up pulling her now stained sword with a sickening noise as Victoria made a choked sound and fell to the floor. Elena's hands trembled and she felt like she was going to throw up as tears fell down her face and she watched Victoria on the floor, not quite dead. Donnie swallowed hard and opened his mouth to speak, his voice sounded choked, and high pitched.

"Ellie…" He said, "What're you doing?"

"Do I have to explain myself?" She said quietly, "I just saved your brother."

"But you --"

"ELENA!" Screamed Olivia, who turned back to Raph briefly to deliver a quite unexpected and harsh hit to the side of his head that knocked him down, "What are you doing?!" Raph got himself up and was trying his hardest to impale her while she was distracted.

Elena didn't answer, just sniffed and shook her head. Running towards the red banded turtle and the woman he was fighting. Raphael made a surprised noise as Elena bumped him out of the way of a jab from Olivia that could have injured him decently. The other woman didn't hesitate to start attacking Elena, as the smaller girl predicted. Rage and sorrow blazed in her bright eyes as she hit her hardest, not really caring about the outcome. Their swords clashed together, close to Elena's face. She pushed them away but the taller blond let go of her sword with one hand and hit her across the face with it. Elena fell to the ground, dropping her sword as she hit the ledge of the roof. Looking up, the hazel eyed girl watched in tears as her lover raised her sword, ready to kill her. Elena closed her eyes and waited, all she heard was the clash of Leo and Larissa's swords, and then the sound flesh being pierced.

Elena gasped, but felt nothing. She blinked her eyes open, to see Olivia still standing over her, a large green arm curved over her, and a familiar sai sticking out of her chest. Raphael removed the sai with a sickening noise. Olivia's eyes were still full of tears as she fell over the side of the roof. Elena gasped again and cringed away as Raphael held his hand out to her, but he grabbed her upper forearm anyway and dragged her over to his other brothers, still watching in awe. Elena's cheek was bright red, and blood escaped her lips, but she was otherwise unharmed. Donnie watched her closely, and Mikey was debating whether or not he wanted to give her a bone crushing hug. Raphael looked over to his oldest brother, still fighting.

"Think he'd be pissed if we jumped in?"

"Most likely." Mikey said.

"So, what do we do?" Donnie asked, "Just wait and watch?"

"You don't have the time." Elena said softly, and they all looked at her. "Heather and Cameron aren't safe…"

"What 'bout Skylar…and Sophia?" Raph asked.

"I don't know what Elena has planned for them…" Elena answered.

"Why aren't Heather and Cameron safe? What's going to happen to them?" Mikey asked quickly.

"If someone isn't there in an hour or so to stop it, the bomb we attached to them will be set off." Elena said.

"Well, then, let's get going!" Mikey insisted.

"We can't leave Leo!" Raph growled.

"He's right." Elena said, "Heather and Cameron have no one guarding them, but the other two have the entire Foot clan to stand guard."

"Why would you leave Cam and Heather unguarded?" Donnie asked, Elena shrugged.

"We figured they'd already be dead by the time any of you needed to get to them."

"Where are they?" Mikey asked, "What're we going to do?"

"Ellie, you know where they are?" Raph asked quickly, she nodded, "Don, bring Ellie with ya', and go get Cam and Heather, Mike and I'll stay here with Leo and figure out how ta' get ta' Sky, and Sophia."

"How are you going to find them?" Donnie asked, "They could be anywhere in the city!"

"They're on the other side of the city, in the old 'Redeye' building…their on the top floor, and it's not gonna be easy to get them out of there." Elena said.

"We'll figure it out." Raphael said, "Now get your asses out of here!"

Donnie nodded and helped Elena stand. Donnie carried her and they took off, jumping from rooftop to rooftop. When they faded, Raph sighed, looking down at the lifeless body of Victoria, her eyes still wide in shock. Mikey seemed to have his eyes glued to her too. He turned to his brother, he felt like an ass just standing there but what else could he do? Neither of the two still fighting seemed to realize they were the only ones still going at it. Raph debated whether or not he should mention it, it might make things more interesting. If he was going to have to wait for his big brother to finish off the crazy bitch (because he had strong faith that his brother would do just that) it might as well be somewhat entertaining.

"'Ey, love birds!" Raph called.

"Not now, Raphael!" Leo snarled as he pushed against Larissa's sword making it go round in an almost full rotation.

"I just thought I'd let ya' know you two are the only ones fightin,'" Raph shrugged, "Don just took Elena to go save Cam and Heather…Mike and I are just waitin' on ya' to finish this up, Leo."

Larissa took a moment to look around. Her eyes landed on Victoria, laying in a pool of her own blood. The hand she had clamped over her sword tightened. She looked around, for Olivia, but the girl had toppled over the roof, and her body was no where to be seen. Her dark eyes went back to the small girl, and her pain was evident in her eyes. Leonardo almost felt something close to sympathy. He refrained from attacking, he knew very well that Victoria always had a special place in Larissa's heart. Like her little sister. Still, he wanted to get back to the fight, he wanted to get Sophia home safe. He had enough guilt on his plate from everything else going on, he didn't need the weight of her being in danger weighing him down anymore.

"What are you going to do with Elena after she helps you?" Larissa asked Raphael.

"Whatever she wants us to, seein' as she saved our live an' everythin.'" He shrugged, Mikey nodded.

"What are you talking about?" Leo asked.

"Ellie killed Vicky…and tried to kill Olivia, but that didn't work out so well…so I stepped in, and now she's with Don and Mike, on her way to save Cam and Heather." Raphael explained, "We kinda owe her." Leo nodded, and Larissa's sorrow was now mixed with anger.

"Let's get this over with…" She turned to Leo, "It seems I have someone else to bestow my vengeance upon."

"Hurry it up!" Raphael called.

Larissa made an angry slash at Leonardo, but he easily dodged it. He'd have to thank Raphael, Larissa was much more likely to make a mistake in this state. Larissa brought the sword down, as if to slice Leo in half, but he rolled out of the way. While he was down, he tried to kick her legs out from under her. It didn't work, but it gave him time to get up, and spin to block the swing of her sword. She grunted in frustration, and hastily swung again, this time to chop off his head. Leo dropped one of his swords, something he never did on purpose, grabbing her wrist just before the blade touched his neck. Taking the other sword, and piercing her stomach. The look of surprise mimicked Victoria's, as he removed the sword, letting her body fall back onto the roof.

A/N: Once more, I apologize for making you wait, and I apologize for terrible action sequences....forgive me. I need a beta for my action scenes.

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-- Whispered Lies