April coughed as she ran into the smoke. She knew that she shouldn't have run into the burning building, but her father and dear friends were trapped inside and she had to save them.

The heat from the flames licked at her, but she pressed on into the fire. She wanted to curl up and cry, the fire so much like the vivid dream she had only a few months ago.

She wandered through the halls, blinded by the smoke. When she made it to the door of her father's lab, she pushed the door open, and choked on a billow of smoke that poured out. Taking a step back, she shut her eyes and pushed on.

Everything in the lab was in flames, and the danced dangerously close to the tank her friends lived in. Stumbling towards it, she tripped over a metal trash can, an irritated squeak coming from it.

April bent over, pulling the rat from inside of it.

"I got you Splinter, and I'm gonna get the guys too." She told him, moving to the tank. The turtles came to her eagerly, even Michelangelo, who never came up to anyone. They seemed to sense the danger that was around them.

"Okay, now to find Dad." She said firmly, and went to move to the other side of the lab. April was stopped by a pair of arms wrapping around her. She screamed and kicked, but they held strong.

"It's okay, I got you. I need to get you out of here." April looked up to see a firefighter, pulling her to the door to leave the building.

"My Dad is still there!" She cried, fighting his grip.

"Someone will, get him, don't worry." The man assured her, and April relented.

The fireman drug her from the fire, covering her face with his own mask to give her the air she needed. Arms wrapped tightly around her cargo, not wanting to drop a single one of them.

"It's going to be okay, guys, I got you, and you're going to be okay." She whispered, more to herself then for them. Splinter squeaked softly as he nuzzled the small turtles, almost in a comforting manner. Michelangelo coughed as they made it out of the building, the fireman setting the girl down before he raced off to help the others battle the blaze.

April slipped past the paramedics and cops, making her way to a sewer drain.

"I got to leave you guys here," She muttered hoarsely, her throat burning from smoke inhalation. "I'll come back if I can, okay? I can't promise you I will, but I'll try my best." She kissed them all, starting with Splinter, than moving on to Leonardo, Donatello, and Michelangelo. Finally, she held Raphael close to her chest, and she began to cry softly. "I'll miss you so much Raph, you're my best friend in the entire world. I love you" April placed a kiss on his head, and he reached out to gently nip at her. April then placed him down, urging him to go with his brothers and Splinter as they went down the drain.

"April!" A voice called out behind her, and she turned to a medic who came running up to her. "Why did you wander off? We need to check you over." She scolded as she directed the girl to the ambulance.

As the medics checked her over, a loud crashing sound came from across the street. April looked out of the vehicle as she watched in horror as the building went down, flames and debris everywhere. She tried to lunge out as the personal held her back. Tears streamed down her face as she called out for someone who would never answer her again.

"DADDY!"