So yes I have gone back and edited the chapters before I continue writing more chapters. Most things will be staying the same, the turtles are 18 and Ellie is 17. Instead of just having 1 OFC there will be 4, I think you can guess where I'm going with this. Anyway, enjoy and stay safe amidst this Cornavirus chaos!
Ellie's POV
"Remember to be a true ninja you must become one with the shadows. Darkness gives the ninja power while light reveals the ninja's presence"
I guess to most people it would be weird that I sit in silence in the darkness watching my father and brothers train. Then again, we aren't most people. When I returned home from school I saw that the lights were off and remained where I was. I knew better than to interrupt Sensei during training.
"Now can you extinguish the flame without revealing yourselves" Master Splinter held the lit candle in his left hand and closed his eyes while waiting for my brothers to make their moves. I was curious to see what tactics each would choose.
Donnie when first, attempting to jump over Master Splinter by coming in from the right but he missed as Master Splinter had lower the candle closer to the ground out of Donatello's reach. Instead of landing on his feet, he landed side-lying on the ground with his shell crashing into the wall.
"Too noisy Donatello"
Next was Michelangelo who attempted a similar move to Donnie. Instead of running in from the right, he chose a diagonal approach but Master Splinter side-stepped out of the way tripping Mikey up in the process. He landed on top of Donnie.
"Too clumsy Michelangelo"
Faintly through the candlelight, I could make out Raphael's silhouette approaching Master Splinter from behind. After a few steps tiptoeing he charged and jumped forward. Just like he had with Donnie and Mikey, Master Splinter moved and dodged Raph's attack putting him at a side position. Instead of adjusting his positioning Raph continued on from where he was. His eyes were so focused on the candle that he didn't see Master Splinter move his cane, causing him to trip up and crash into Mikey and Donnie.
"Poor choice Raphael"
So far Raph had been the most successful even though he didn't manage to reach the candle. This left only Leo. I scanned my eyes across the lair but I couldn't see him anywhere. Suddenly he dropped down from the ceiling cutting the candle in two. The piece that was lit landed neatly on his Katana allowing him to blow out the flame.
Master Splinter used his walking stick to turn on the light switch before turning to Leo.
"Well done Leonardo"
"Teacher's pet" Raph muttered.
"Ninja drop out" Leo retaliated and tossed him the remains of the one whole candle causing both to step forward until their plastrons were almost touching. A fight between them would have broken out if Master Splinter had not intervened.
"My sons! If you are to become true ninja you must work harder" he said, "Elliana, come join us"
Quickly I joined my brothers in kneeling on floor positioning myself between Leo and Raph. I knew fine well that neither would try and fight the other if I was separating them.
"Master Splinter, shouldn't Ellie try now?" Mikey asked, "I mean it's not really fair that we have to do it and she doesn't"
"I have already completed my training for today Mikey" I replied and I had. "I have a double training session instead of one in the morning and one in the evening"
"That's not right!"
Before I could even open mouth Raph was already snapping back a reply.
"Ellie does all the cooking and cleaning around here along with working two jobs to put food on the table, all while going to school!"
Mikey hung his head in shame muttering a quiet but sincere apology.
Master Splinter continued on with the lesson while most of us listened. Mikey's attention was quickly diverted as usual.
"Your path in life will not be an easy one, even for you my daughter. The outside world will no be a friendly place for you. You four are different in ways that the surface dwellers would not understand"
As he spoke a fly started buzzing around Mikey. Instead of listening to our Sensei, he was now trying to catch the fly.
"To survive you must master these skills I teach you, ninjitsu powers of stealth and secrecy. You must become Shadow Warriors and you must never be discovered by the outside world"
Mikey had now successfully killed the fly by slamming his two hands together earning a disapproving glare from Sensei.
Suddenly the ground started shaking and parts of the ceiling fell away. All of us jumped to our feet eager to find out what was going on.
"Whoa earthquake" Mikey exclaimed.
"In New York, possible but not likely" Donatello replied jumping back barely missing a falling piece of rubble. Further down the lair, tiny robots had broken through the wall. My brothers and I grabbed our weapons and prepared ourselves for a fight.
"What are those things?" Donatello asked.
"It's a sad day when the smart one can't figure out what something is" I replied sliding an arrow into my bow. It isn't a traditional ninja weapon but the one that I preferred.
"New York city cockroaches?"
If the situation hadn't been so serious I would have given Mikey a head slap.
"Whatever they are, they picked the wrong party to crash!"
In true Raphael fashion without thinking he charged straight at the robots twirling his sais between his fingers.
The rest of us followed in suit. They were pretty easy to defeat if you ask me. After one hit most of them were left damaged and defeated. I heard Leo give the order to help Master Splinter. When I turned around my heart dropped. A large group of them swarmed around him advancing closer and closer with each step.
I ran forward with my brothers, all of desperate to reach our father. The robots that were left were now chewing through the support beams.
"Leo they are destroying the support beams, the place is going to collapse" I shouted pointing out the robots above us.
I heard Leo give Raph the warning and pulled him away just seconds before the ceiling in that area gave way. As the rubble fell it created a wall separating us from our father.
Once the dust had cleared Leo desperately tried to reach him calling out his name. Raph and Mikey kicked away a few carcasses that lay at their feet.
"What the shell are those things?" Mikey asked.
"Whatever they were, they're junk now" Raph replied with his typical movie liner.
"Guys we've got to find Splinter. Master Splinter, can you hear us?"
Raph, Mikey and I joined in Leo's attempt to clear away the debris. Donatello was doing something else but I could not figure out what.
"Donatello, is there any way to- what are you doing?"
"Shell cell, I'm calling Master Splinter. I hope."
The phone rang several times before it stopped and Master Splinter's voice could be heard.
"How do you answer this thing? Hello? Hello? Stupid device!"
All of us sighed in relief knowing he was alive.
"Master Splinter you don't have to press any buttons, you already answered" Leo replied.
"Ah Leonardo, those mechanical menaces have eaten through the support structures of our home. We must leave right away, meet me at the old drainage tunnel"
Donatello pulled an old dusty map out of his duffel bag and opened it up.
"If we take the South Conduct it will intersect with the Old Drainage junction" he said pointing out the route.
"We'll meet you there Sensei" Leo hung up the phone and gave it back to Donnie.
Mikey, the ever child of us all, came running up behind us jumping up and down, begging to know if his name was mentioned. Raph grew angry and shoved him violently away. I could only shake my head. No matter how old we were they still acted like children.
We quickly gathered what supplies we could and piled them into Donnie' bag. The entire time Mikey was saying good-bye to random parts of the lair. Eventually, we dragged him away and started walking away from our home of 18 years.
Almost immediately Donnie fell into step with me, a look on concern spread across his face. All my brothers were protective of me but Donnie was the most. He was the one who had found me abandoned as a baby and has taken care of me ever since.
"How are you Ellie?" he asked
"Physically I am okay but my brain is still trying to process what just happened" I answered honestly. He could always tell when I was lying.
"It will be alright. Master Splinter is alive and we will find a new home soon"
He smiled at me taking my hand in his own and giving it a quick squeeze before letting go. The gesture made my heart speed up like I was running a race.
We hadn't gone far from the old lair when we discovered that our path was blocked. The walls of the tunnel had been weakened by the little robot menaces causing the roof to cave in.
"Can't go forwards, can't go back" Leo commented as he tried to think of a new plan.
"Looks like we go up" Raph said running over to the nearest ladder that led up to street level.
"Hitting the surface is a bad idea"
"We've got no other way to go Leo"
Both Leo and Donnie were right and I knew it.
"It's late night. The streets will be dark which means that there will be less people out"
Leo looked at me before sighing.
"Okay but we are going up only to come down the next manhole, got it? Remember what Sensei said, it is dangerous for us to be seen let alone captured. We need to stay out of sight"
"We got it the first thousand times Leo, just follow my lead" Raph replied and starting climbing up the ladder.
Leo gestured for me to follow and I shook my head.
"Oh no bro, you're the leader not me"
He rolled his eyes but didn't protest. Mikey followed behind, then me and finally Donnie.
"Come on Leo, move it! I don't want to be staring at your butt any longer than I have to!" Mikey complained.
"You're no Kim Kardashian yourself Mikey" I replied. He looked down at me and stuck out his tongue. So mature.
Once we were all up Donnie secured the manhole cover back in its place. By now Raph was on the other side of the road hiding behind a car. A large armoured truck reversed into the alleyway covering the manhole that we were going to go down. Raph ran down to inspect it while the rest of us crossed the road.
"Way to be stealthy Raph" Leo said sarcastically after he kicked the truck hard.
"Yeah, I don't think they heard you over in Joisey!" Mikey added.
"Give me a hand" Raph growled and Mikey went to clap his hands, "Don't even think about it Mikey!"
"I'll go get him" I muttered to Leo and went to catch up with Raph at the back of the open truck.
As he started to push the truck we heard the voices of the owners returning.
"Hide guys, come on hurry!"
I tried to go back to Leo and the others but Raph grabbed me around my waist and pulled me with him as he dove in the truck. We hid on the roof as the punks threw several loaded bags in and shut the doors.
"Follow your lead, you said," I said angrily in a hushed tone so that the people up front wouldn't hear us, "Well I did and look where it got me!"
"Shut up Ellie and help me find a way out of here!"
Eventually, the truck drew to a halt and we both ducked down hoping that the punks wouldn't open the door just yet. Through the tiny windows, we could see 3 of the 4 punks enter the building while the 4th guarded the truck.
A short time later the guard disappeared and our brothers jumped down from where they were hiding. Donnie began doing his techno-magic trying to unlock the door and get us out. Outside Mikey was successfully winding Raph up.
"Let us out, open up out there!" he shouted banging his fists angrily on the windows.
"What's that Raphael? You're going to have to speak up dude. I can't hear you!" Mikey taunted. Frustrated with our brother Raph kicked the door.
"He's only trying to wind you up Raph, don't let him," I said but as usual my brother in red didn't listen. When Donnie finally got the doors open he burst through landing on Mikey and began beating him up.
"What a hot-heat," Leo said crossing his arms.
"Remind me never to follow him again" I replied and jumped out of the truck. A noise from the right caught the attention of Leo, Donnie and I so we drew our weapons.
"Raph, we don't have time for this!"
"And why not?" Raph asked pausing from beating up Mikey.
"Because we are not alone!" Mikey said pointing up the alley. The entrance was now blocked off by a gang of the punks we saw earlier. As they walked towards they called us freaks and asked about the dweeby costumes as they put it.
"You're going down freaks. Nobody messes with the purple dragons, especially wearing stupid turtle costumes" the one with the light blue hair, who I assumed to be the leader, said.
It was an easy fight, child's play really. The purple dragons couldn't even get one hit on us before we knocked them all onto their butts. Like the cowards they are they quickly retreated.
"Give me some green" Mikey shouted and gained a high five from Raph or rather a high three.
"That was easier than expected"
"I hope there are more of those guys, I'm just getting warmed up" Raph commented as if he wanted to jinx it.
"Looks like you got your wish Raphie-boy" Mikey replied and pointed out the black-clothed figures standing on the roof.
"Are those guys ninjas?" Leo asked.
"They sure look ninja-ish" Mikey answered as the ninjas jumped down. They landed in a tight circle around us.
"Be ready for anything"
"I am so going to enjoy this"
For some reason, I felt like those statements summed up my 2 oldest brothers perfectly.
We broke off each taking on a group of the mystery ninjas. A trio made their way towards me backing me up until my back hit a wall. I ducked down to the ground just narrowly missing their fists. From my squat, I swung my right leg around knocking them all onto their backs. This gave me enough time to flip over them and make my escape.
Sadly I wasn't quick enough as one ninja kicked me from behind. The force sent me flying through the air crashing into Don. Luckily he grabbed a hold of me before I fell.
"Watch out Ellie!"
"It isn't my fault that these guys fight dirty"
Instead of replying, he put his hands around my waist and I knew immediately what he was up to. Picking me up he spun me around allowing me to kick the ninjas in the face. Once they were all knocked out he put me back down.
"Come on, I hot wired the truck," he said and pulled me in with him. Once the doors were shut he hit the accelerator and the truck sped away leaving the other ninjas behind.
"Nice driving Don, for a turtle with no license" Mikey complained as the truck swerved left and right around sharp corners.
"Hey do you want pretty or do you want effective?" Donnie replied.
"How about pretty effective? As in getting us away without killing us?" I answered but no one was listening.
"I've got to tell you, this has been one bizarre day. First, those metal robot things underground and then all those ninjas" Mikey continued on, "Ninjas in this city besides us? It's just not right"
"Talk about not right, check this out," Raph said opening up one of the duffel bags and emptying its contents. Piles and piles of money fell out.
"Show me the money baby, wahoo!" Mikey threw the notes up in the air as if he owned them. Leo grabbed the notes from his hand and put them back in the bag.
"This isn't finders keepers Mikey"
Donnie stopped the truck briefly to toss the bags of money out the window to some on-duty cops before continuing on. Instead of stopping outside like any sane person would he continued to drive threw a set of gates that led into the sewers. When we arrived at the old drainage junction the truck skidded to a halt, barely missing Master Splinter.
We all jumped out surrounding our father in a group hug.
"I am excited to see you too my children" he smiled.
"Master Splinter so much has happened today!"
"Yes there will be time to tell me later but for now I wish to take you all home"
My brothers and I looked at each other in confusion.
"Sensei we ain't got no home, those robots trashed our pad" Raph replied.
"Don't worry, I think I found a solution to our current housing problem"
We followed our father over to a large hole in the ground and watched as he jumped down. Donnie followed and then I did soon after. I wasn't expecting to land on top of him, our faces only centimetres apart.
"Er, sorry" I apologized and quickly rolled off of him. Donnie jumped up and offered me a hand. I took it and he pulled me to my feet.
"That's the second time today you've crashed into me"
"I'll try not to make a habit of it, no promises though"
Donnie chuckled shaking his head. I thought I could see a faint blush on his cheeks but I couldn't be sure. By now our brothers had landed in a turtle pile at our feet. Once they were all up we followed Sensei to a large open space. It was much bigger than our previous lair and had two floors.
"I could really tune this space up," Donnie said admiring the structures around him. As expected Mikey ran out claiming rooms as his, not that we would listen to him.
"You see my children, change is sometimes good"
"We couldn't agree more Master Splinter" Leo smiled.
"Good, then let's see you boys clean up for a change. This chamber is filthy!"
"I'll go shopping and buy some supplies" I smiled, "Then we can clean up together"