A/N: I do not own anything TMNT related considering that they are the property of Nickelodeon. Meg belongs to Gaia Kame. The song "Hero" belongs to Skillet. The character Charlie belongs to me. The plot is the combined effort of both Gaia Kame and myself.
Hero
I'm just a step away
I'm just a breath away
Losin' my faith today
[Fallin' off the edge today]
"What the hell are we gonna do?" She asked in a hurried whisper, "We don't have anything to fight them with and it's not like I can do much. Should we still help that guy? I mean, I want to but I'm afraid that we're gonna end up like him is all. Should I ignore the fear and plunge ahead or hide in my shell like the turtle I am?"
Meg instantly placed a silent hand over Charlie's mouth to silence her. Her pupils owl like due to being blind within the dark, yet her eyes serious as she stared at Charlie's direction. With a frown she tilted her head to the side as she continued to stare at Charlie with unseeing eyes and listened to the sounds of the fight. Silently she lifted her left pointer finger up and placed it against her lips in a returned gesture of silence towards her friend. Knowing that Charlie wasn't a skilled fighter like herself she didn't want unwanted attention brought to them at that exact moment. Luckily due to the sounds of the struggle both girls went unnoticed.
A cry was heard from the business man that was being attacked then and Meg froze. A look of calm calculation entering her eyes as she seemed to debate if stepping in to save the stranger was worth the risk to the both of them. Her highly tuned ears easily picked up the sounds of the man crashing against a trashcan before hitting the ground. A sudden dark look entering her eyes at the sound of a soft plea leaving the business man's lips. "Please - I have a family!"
That simple phrase was all it took to make up Meg's mind. She made a silent gesture to Charlie to stay put before she once again pressed her pointer finger against her lips firmly; a silent command stating 'Do not argue and stay quiet.'
I am just a man
Not superhuman
[I'm not superhuman]
It's just another war
Just another family torn
[Falling from my faith today]
Just a step from the edge
Just another day in the world we live
With that Meg began to move as years of fighting and training took over. She moved on silent feet
as she approached the five men standing in a semi circle around and effectively cornering their soon to be victim while chuckling at the man's pathetic plea. Based off the simple sounds Meg was already able to tell that the five attackers weren't exactly skilled warriors; and with the sounds bouncing off the alley walls she could tell that that alley was only 8 ft wide - a slight disadvantage due to the lack of moving space. Meg knew she had to take out as many as she could as quickly as she could. Slowly moving forward along the left alley wall without a single sound Meg listened to the leader of the five men as he spoke up, while none of them noticed her. "Our boss told us that you had to be 'taken care of', and what the boss says goes. Sorry man - it's just business." With a sneer of twisted glee the leader of the small group demanded sharply then, "Dragons. Finish him!"
I need a hero
To save me now
I need a hero
[Save me now]
I need a hero
To save my life
A hero will save me
[Just in time]
That's when Meg struck out. With a swift hard right hook punch to one of the five men's temple did the Dragon crumple to the ground instantly out cold. It was a well known fact to Charlie that although Meg didn't look it she was actually a naturally strong woman - able to easily bench press up to 180lbs; and as a result Meg could match blow for blow with men that weren't overly muscular.
The moment their comrade hit the ground with a loud 'thud' did the four other members turn around in surprise. Using their surprise to her advantage did Meg instantly attack the next Dragon that was the closest to her as she followed the sounds of the man's "What the-?" before silencing him with a hard punch to the adam's apple, crushing it against his wind pipe and having the man drop to his knees with the sound of a gagged wheeze as he clutched as his throat barely able to breath before the lack of air was too much and he passed out.
Sadly Meg was unable to take any of the other men down with the element of surprise on her side before the remaining three got over their shock. With a snarl the leader pointed at Meg with a cry, "A hero eh? Well, we'll show you what happens to heroes that take on the Purple Dragons. Get 'er!"
I gotta fight today
To live another day
Speakin' my mind today
[My voice will be heard today]
Tilting her head to the side as she heard the sounds of another Dragon quickly approach her with the sound of a switch blade flicking out before slicing through the air. With a silent calm Meg instantly stepped to the left to avoid the blade thus having the Dragon slightly stumble past her - something that Meg took advantage of as she instantly spun out a round house kick into the man's back thus thrusting him forward full force into the awaiting wall behind her and knocking the man into a daze. With another high kick to the Dragon's head, that had smacked into the brick wall, did Meg knock the next Dragon out cold. With that she instantly went into a defense stance as she silently listened for the sounds of the last two remaining Dragons.
Instantly the leader was cautious as he had just watched three of his men easily get taken out by the unknown woman. With a twisted smirk of amusement the leader stated in slight admiration, "You're pretty good.. Not bad lookin' on the eyes either." With that said the man's eyes roamed over Meg's body before his gaze fell upon the dragon charm and then he chuckled darkly. "You must be new - huh? Let me guess - you still don't know names and faces, huh? As a considered recruit for the Purple Dragons I'll cut ya a break since you seem like ya got some skill. Stand down and step aside while we finish this bozo off, and we might let ya off easy in yer punishment for your interference. Got it?!"
Raising a mocking inquisitive right eyebrow at the leader's suggestion Meg said nothing. With the two's dark chuckles they thought they had the disadvantage of 'gang seniority' over her - something they were sadly mistaken over; yet there was a slight sound of unease within their chuckles which instantly alerted Meg to their unease over her. She stayed silent for a moment as she pondered if saying anything was really worth the wasted time; yet when she heard the business man gasp in fear for his life once again, with an echo that said his once possible hope was dashed away, Meg knew she needed to say something. So softly she replied so that only the two remaining Dragons and their possible victim heard, "Then consider me rouge. As far as I'm concerned, you can shove your 'business' up your ass.."
I've gotta make a stand
But I am just a man
[I'm not superhuman]
My voice will be heard today
With a snarl of anger at the young woman's retort did the leader bark out to his last guy standing, "That's it! Get 'er Claws! I've had enough of this!"
The man known as 'Claws' grunted his agreement as he gripped at the custom brass knuckles that had knives sticking to the top of the knuckles. Sliding the knives against each other as he walked torward Meg he grinned when she tensed at the sound. Taking a step back to buy herself at least another second as she considered her next move quickly did Claws snarl at Meg before lunging forward with his right hand raised.
It's just another war
Just another family torn
[My voice will be heard today]
It's just another kill
The countdown begins to destroy ourselves
Quickly Meg reacted without any thought as she quickly blocked the bladed swing with her left hand by skillfully knocking it to the side as she then thrusted her right palm straight up into Claws's nose, breaking the nose and pushing the cartilage straight up and back into the man's head and more then likely severally disabling him or worse. The only sound was the 'crunch' of breaking cartilage before Claws hit the ground unmoving. With that Meg stood still as if waiting for the fallen man to move once again before deeming him no longer a threat and glancing in the direction of the now lone Dragon.
The leader instantly began sweating as he backed away from the unknown woman in fear as his eyes darted around the alley in some hopeful sign of escape. He didn't pay any mind to the business man who then decided to stand up and run out of the alley for his life. Instead he slowly backed up until his back hit the wall of the alley farthest from the woman. She said nothing then as she slowly stood up and tilted her head in the direction of the once group leader, and with a frown she stepped towards him. He flinched as the woman finally spoke up then, "It looks like it's just you and me now Dragon."
Eyes darting upward frantically the Dragon suddenly froze at the sight of black clad ninjas slowly crawling over the rooftops and silently down the fire escapes. Chuckling he replied, "Think again."
It was only then that Meg realized her mistake as she tired to move out of the way. She had moved in enough time to save her life but not to avoid injury as a sword slashed a crossed her chest. With a soft gasp of pain Meg stumbled back and instantly realized then she was surrounded. She frowned as she tried to think of a way out of this, yet none came to mind. It was the Dragon's voice that mockingly spoke up then, "You should have done what you were told when you had the chance. So say goodnight!"
I need a hero
To save me now
I need a hero
[Save me now]
I need a hero
To save my life
I hero will save me
{Just in time]
Charlie nodded her silent answer and peered her head around the corner to watch the show. There was no doubt in Charlie's mind that Meg could handle herself. Charlie knew how skilled her friend was so it was with a proud smile that she watched her best-friend, no her sister, fight. "You go girl," she whispered, "Show those Purple Dragon scum what you're made of." She watched the initial interaction between Meg and the Dragon leader aka his orders to attack her. Charlie just shook her head, "Geez. He has NO idea what he's getting into. She's a hero yes, but my sister is more than that. She's a protector which is much better than any ordinary hero any day."
Who's gonna fight for what's right
Who's gonna help us survive
We're in the fight for our lives
[And we're not ready to die]
Who's gonna fight for the weak
Who's gonna make 'em believe
I've got a hero
[I've got a hero]
Livin' in me
Charlie watched with limited amusement crossing her features. She winced at each hit that the PD's took knowing how much hell they would go through before the night was over. As Charlie watched she realized something, the Dragon's leader ... He never took his eyes off of Meg and for a moment it almost looked like he was checking her out. "Creep." She muttered, "Don't look at my friend like that, ya perv. She deserves much better than the filthy likes of you." She smirked at Meg's casual witty response, "You go, sis! Show 'em who's boss. Show 'em who's 'new' around here. Granted that may be true but at least we know what's right and what's not." Charlie's eyes then widened as she saw her friend become surrounded by, what looked like, ninja in the blink of an eye. "Oh ... Fuck. Okay okay. Breathe. We gotta keep our head and figure out how to save her or distract them. Any ideas?" She muttered quickly to herself and then she spotted a garbage can in all it's shiny metal glory to her right. "Now there's a SHINY idea." She grinned like a mad woman, which she kinda was.
Charlie picked up the trashcan lid and turned her head away from the stench. It smelled like somebody died, got ran over by a bulldozer, eaten by a troll who then pooped it out, peed on by a Mexican racehorse and then left the body to rot in the can but at any rate, it would give her something to do. The dark-haired woman readied herself and then she flung the trashcan lid at the group like a Frisbee which was followed quickly by several rotten food ornaments thrown at them. Some of the food hit the Dragon and Charlie couldn't help the small smile that crossed her face. She was purposely distracting them to give Meg a chance at survival and possibly defeating some of them. And besides Charlie hasn't fought in a while, it was time for practice. Her muscles tensed slightly and her heart thundered in her chest in preparation for the inevitable. The woman knew that it was likely that she would get hurt during this distraction but it was the first and only idea that she had to save her friend. It's not like she could exactly leave her friend to go grab the cops, which there were none in sight or any that she's seen at all during the night of searching. Charlie knew that it was an idiotic idea to do this but like it's been said, it was her only idea but that didn't excuse it for being gross or anything. But hey, what would you do if you had very limited fighting experience and had no weapons or anything on you and the only sign of saving your non-blood family was in the sign of a trashcan you would do it. Wouldn't you?
I'm gonna fight for what's right
Today I'm speaking my mind
And if it kills me tonight
[I will be ready to die]
With a slight frown Meg heard the slight noise of the trashcan lid whistle through the air well before any of the other ninjas did. With it's aim true the trashcan lid sailed right through the air and hit a ninja in the face dead on, the ninja sadly not having heard it until it was too late to properly react. With the loud 'clang' noise of the ninja getting hit did Meg instantly react as she heard the ninja fling his weapon in the air as he flew back. Catching the weapon she gripped it tight in her hand as she got the feel of the weapon within her hand - a bo staff.
Just as Meg prepared herself for battle to get away from the midst of this did the sounds of rotten food and trash rain down on the ninjas and the Dragon leader. With a smirk at the sudden commotion from the thrown garbage as the ninjas and shouting enraged Dragon Meg instantly twirled the staff within her hands before attacking the surrounding ninjas as a new found worry for her friend filled her. She needed to get as many ninjas down and get to Charlie so that they could get out of here as fast as she possibly could. So hitting ninjas within the head, throat, diaphragm, and knee caps Meg tried to disable as many as possible in order to get to Charlie and get the heck out of there.
A hero's not afraid to give his life
A hero's gonna save me just in time
Several of the ninjas closer to Charlie must have gotten tired of her throwing garbage at them as the warriors suddenly went to attack the younger woman.
Hearing the foot falls of the ninjas heading towards Charlie Meg cried out towards her friend, "Watch out!"
Charlie heard the cry of her friend and did the the first thing that she could think of. She threw the garbage can in all of its remaining 80lbs at the ninjas, it was a known fact to Meg that Charlie could lift up to 120lbs; she may not be able to bench press up to Meg's amount but Charlie's record was 90lbs. Charlie could hold her own for a slight bit against guys who weren't too muscular. The trashcan hit the chests of a couple of the ninjas who were coming her way causing them to stumble. She sighed and then smirked as she moved into clear view of the ninjas in the alley.
"Hey dumbasses!" She yelled into the alley as she got into her defensive stance which was slightly bent knees, left foot forward with the right foot in the back, left arm fully stretched out with palm out forward, right arm close to her side, bent and fisted. Basically a variation of the Hyuuga's Gentle Fist stance from Naruto. She narrowed her eyes at the lot of them, "You mess with her then ya me! Leave her alone or fuckin' else! If you don't things are gonna get ugly and you don't want a ugly me so how 'bout ya's just back away from her and leave her alone ... Or ELSE!"
I need a hero
To save me now
I need a hero
[Save me now]
I need a hero
To save my life
A hero will save me
[Just in time]
All the Foot ninjas stopped then upon hearing Charlie's demand and glanced at each other as if silently asking 'Are you serious?'. After a second's pause in glancing at each other did the Foot start to surround Charlie.
Fearful and worried for her little sister now Meg stopped paying full attention to her surrounds. She was always protective her of best friend and little sister, and as a result she tended to place herself in harm's way before allowing Charlie too. Yet when her sister was in danger did she stop worry for herself and focused only on the younger girl, and this time was no different. "No Charlie! Run!"
That's all it took. With Meg's attention focused only on Charlie and her being blind within the dark it was easy pickings to the Foot ninja near Meg to attack her. Before Meg realized it a Foot warrior was already atop her and sliced the bo staff in her hands in half before sending a quick kick to her diaphragm - knocking the breath out of Meg and sending her flying back into the wall behind her where she hit her head against the wall thus throwing her into a daze.
With Meg knocked down and dazed the Foot warrior to deliver the blow to Meg advanced on her to finish her off while the rest of them surrounded Charlie.
I need a hero
To save me now
I need a hero
[Save me now]
I need a hero
To save my life
A hero will save me
Just in time
Charlie's glare didn't lessen any at Meg's warning. "No way in hell, sis! When we agreed to this, we agreed to it together! If I abandon you now, that means I break my promise an' there's no way in HELL that I'm doing that!" Charlie took a breath and then readied herself for the fight that was to come. The Foot lunged at her at the same time when Charlie jumped into the air and performed a split kick thus kicking two of the ninja in the face. Charlie landed on her feet and ducked a punch. She looked up when she heard a yell. All Charlie could make out was four shadowy creatures coming down from the rooftops and helping her and Meg fight and recover. Two for Meg and two for Charlie.
It was at that point that Charlie was kicked in the square of her back. She fought back a cry of pain as she turned around and kicked the ninja in the groin, punched him in the face and then kicked him dead center in the chest causing him to fall. Next thing Charlie knew, she was on the ground seeing stars and black holes in her vision.