Chapter 3
'-'-'Dream'-'-'
The light of crimson flames
Dancing violently as far as the eye can see
Smoke
Swords clashing
Cries
'What's happening?' I thought as I quietly crawl towards the door, where my two younger brothers and I have hidden in. When I reached the door and slide it open; I see a horrible sight, my home being attacked by a group of strange men, cloaked in black, with a weapon in their hands. My father, a warrior of great skills and heart, fight alongside my mother, a skilled fighter but not as good as my father, fight valiantly to defend our home. The strange men in black keep coming.
"I should have known that you couldn't take no for an answer Saki." I heard my father say. I peak further out and see him and my mother sounded by knocked out bad guys. Then suddenly a man covered in metal spike armor enters outdoor.
"I always get what I want; by any means necessary." The silver man said as he orders more of his soldiers to attack my parents. His very voice sent chills down my spine, like one of those bad guys from the hero movies I loved to watch. My parents fought bravely as they battle the silver man's arm of black warriors. Just as my parents have the upper hands; the silver man challenges my father, crossing blades with him.
"I will never work for a dishonorable man like you. There is nothing in this world that will make me work for you." My father said as he pushes the silver man back and into one of our shelves of books."Then maybe you need a little more persuasion." The man said with an evil chuckle as he looks at something. With a very little view; I follow his gaze and see him looking at my mother as she tries to fend off some of the black warriors. Then in a swift movement, he suddenly appears behind her.
"Leave her alone Saki!" My father said as he tries to get to her but he's stopped by some of the man's silver solders. With all of my mother's strength and skills; she became overpowered and was restrained by the man's warriors.
"They say that a man's greatest weakness his wife. Let's see if that is true." The man said. As my mother struggled to break free, the man raises his claws above his head. Then as swift as lightning; he brings it down and struck her down. As if time suddenly slowed down; I watch my mother's body fall limp to the ground as I hear my father call out her name.
"Mommy!" I cry out; revealing our hiding spot. I quickly cover my mouth and crawl back to my brother's and hold them close as I feel them shaking against my hug.
"I see. So you have hidden your most valued treasures." The man said as I see him walk towards the door. Suddenly he slides the door open and I look up into his glowing red eyes as they look deep into my terrifying brown eyes.
"It would seem that you have three little treasure; I wonder how much do they value?" The man said as he looks back at my father and then looks at me. Then he prepares to attack me the same way he attacked my mother.
"No!" I hear my father cry out.
'-'-'End of dream Evelyn's P.O.V'-'-'
As I open my eyes I see that I'm in our room. I look out the window and see that the sun has barely risen, and it's time for my morning Tai Chi practice. I quietly slip out of my sleeping bag and put it away, without disturbing my brother. It's been ten years since that day when our lives changed forever. My brothers and I have been living on the streets. As I rub my sleepy eyes I hear a familiar voice.
"Take that; no one can beat me and my awesomeness." Said Rai in his sleep as he changes position and faces Greg.
'So cute' I thought as I quietly walk towards their side. 'I'll do anything for them. They are all I have left.' I thought as I tenderly stroke their hair. Then I quietly walk downstairs and turn on the power to play my music and begin my Tai Chi exercise.
{Her morning Exercise:} After about fifteen minutes I finish my exercise and start making breakfast for the three of us to eat.
"Looks like we need to restock on food," I said as I open the refrigerator and see that we're almost out of some of our food supplies. I sigh and take out the gallon of apple juice. As I pour the juice into three cups; I hear two sets of footsteps coming down the stairs.
"Morning sis," said both of my brothers said as they enter the kitchen.
"Morning guys," I said over my shoulders and then finish the food. "Hope you guys are hungry," I said as I turn off the stove and served the food into three plates. I carry our drinks and passed them out and then do the same for our plates.
"Smells good; sis," Greg said as he takes his fork and takes a few my eggs and then the bacon.
"Thanks; so are you guys ready for our trip to Central Park Zoo?" I ask as I take a sip of my drink and then take another bite of my eggs.
"I can't wait. I hope I can see Alex, Marty Melman, and Gloria. " Rai said excitedly with food in his mouth.
"I don't think so Rai, they're just cartoons," Greg said as he takes another spoonful of my food.
"Well I don't know about that; but I know is that after our trip to the Zoo, we'll need to go to the store to restock on food," I explained sadly.
"Okay" Rai said with his sweet smile as he looks at me with some eggs on the side of his face.
"Alright, but since you got paid, can we get something sweet then?" Greg asks as he looks at me with pleading eyes.
"Yes; can we Eve?" Rai said with the same pleading eyes.
"Alright; how could I say no to those faces?" I said with a smile as I look at them.
"Awesomeness," Greg said as throws his fist into the air.
"Alright; the subway train that we need will leave our stop at 9:15. It's already 8:30 get what you want to bring along and be ready to leave." I said as I gather out empty plates and cups and throw them away.
"Okay," Rai and Greg said together. Then they rushed upstairs and get ready for our trip. Once I hear them all the way up the stairs, I walk to my bag, which I dropped by the door, and put my mask and hoodie on. I walk outside and two random guys run around the corner, dropped what seemed to be a letter. I jump off the stoop and walk towards the letter. I opened and I recognized the symbol of the purple dragon gang.
'This should be interesting.' I thought sarcastically as I begin to read the note.
Dear, D. G.
We are a little short staff of our day workers. We require your assistance. Dragon face will be at Central Park by the Plaza Hotel around noon. If you do this, I'll pay you extra for working today.
Hun
"So much for me getting the day off," I said with a tired sigh as I rip the letter and walk back into my home. Once inside I check the time and 8:40. I take off my hoodie and mask and shove them inside of my bag. I walk upstairs and grab a clean set of clothes and get ready to take a bath. When I removed my clothes; I turned the water on and began my bath. I'm glad that Greg and I were able to build our own water tank and thanks to the past rains and my little brother genius, we're able to get running water. The only downside is that its cold water, but we've gotten used to it. Still, I would at least like one nice warm bath, but hey a girl can dream.
After about five minutes; I dry myself off and get ready for the day. I grab some bandage wrappings and I wrap it around my chest to make my B-cup flatter than an A-cup. After I was satisfied; I pull on a navy blue muscle shirt, then I put on my faded blue jeans that are torn at the knees. Showing some skin. Then finally; I put on my favorite hoodie with the same dragon that I have on my right hand. Then I realized that I almost forgot to put my gloves on.
'I haven't told Greg and Rai about my tattoo. I don't want them to know about the horrible things I've done to take care of them and to keep us well fed.' I thought as I look at my dragon tattoo one last time before I put my gloves on and walk out of the bathroom. I checked the clock that's hanging by the bed and it reads 8:55. I quickly walk towards our room and grab my shoes and socks and then quickly put them on. Then I walk back downstairs and grabbed my rope bag and then head to the kitchen and pack some stuff. I packed some water bottles and a few snacks.
"Are you guys ready? We have to get going. " I cried out as I close my bag and swing it over my shoulder.
"Coming" I hear them say together as they come running down the stairs.
"Alright; let's get going," I said as I open the door and hold it open as we left our home and to the train.
At the Central Park
When we got to the zoo, the boys had a great time. Rai saw the cutest little stuffed tiger and asked if he could have it, which I did and I bought it. He decided to call him Tony. Greg was getting hungry, even though I brought food from home, but I still bought us food. After spending some time at the zoo, we decided to walk around the park and check out the sights. Sadly it was almost nearing noon, and I have to meet up with dragon face to steal money from innocent people that happen to be passing by. We were coming closer to the edge of the park that is close to the plaza. As we draw closer to the edge of the park, loud music is blasted everywhere and a large group of people crowded around some small portable stage.
"I wonder what's going on," Rai asks as he looks up to me and Greg.
"Let's go check it out," Greg said as he and Rai run towards the crowd.
When I caught up with them; I look into the center of the crowd and see a street performer dancing hip hop and then some breakdancing moves. I see something moving in the corner of my eyes; I look and see Rai moving his body to the rhythm of the music. As my brothers and I watch the dancer, I realized that it's almost noon and I have to meet up with dragon face. I'm glad that this show was here, now I have to make an excuse to leave. So I decided to go for the oldest trick in the book.
"Guys; I'll be right back. I have to go to the bathroom." I said taking their attention away from the show. "When the show is over; I want you both to wait for me here," I instructed.
"Alright," they said together and then they returned their attention to the show.
As I walk away from the crowd; I quickly duck behind a tree and open my rope bag. I pull out my wig and bene. I fix my hair into a bun again and put on the wig and bene. When that's done; I put on my mask and it up from behind my head. Then finally I pull up my hood and head towards the Plaza hotel.
When I'm only a few feet away; I pull my mask up and head into one of the alleyways behind the hotel. And as I suspected, Dragon face and the rest of the dragon creeps are there waiting.
"So Emmett; you're the extra hand that Hun sends." Dragon face said as I walk into the alleyway.
"Yeah; so what of it?" I said arrogantly as I stare at him.
He gets a little ticked off at me comment but brushes it off, remembering what happened yesterday, and assembles the rest of the dragons. "Alright Dragons; from Wall Street to the fifth avenue is where we'll be having our hustle. After ten minutes, we meet back here to gather up what we got. And remember; if you get caught you're on your own. It's every dragon for themselves." He instructed.
Everyone nodded their heads and left to find some poor innocent by the standard to pick off. As much as I don't want to do this, I have no choice. So I walk towards another alleyway and wait here for someone I take money from. Then not too far away from me; a woman, probably no older than 20 or 22, walks towards me and I decide to steal from her. As she passes by me, I wait for about 5 seconds and follow her. As we walk further up the street; we come close to another Alley. Then suddenly; I grab her and pull her into the ally, with one hand covering her mouth.
"I won't hurt. Just give me your money and I won't touch you at all." I said to try to get her to cooperate. But she didn't; instead, she tries to wiggle out of my hands, which she did and tries to call for help. Out of fear and reflexes; I jump in front of her and hit a few of her pressure points, causing her to fall into my arms.
"I'm sorry. I tried to warn you." I said as I carried her to one of the walls and lay her still body agents it.
"I'm only after your money and that's it. I won't do anything else so for now just rest." I said softly to her, and then I place my hand by her neck and the presser point at her neck and knocked her out.
When she's knocked out; I take her purse and dig around until I find her wallet and take out all the cash that she has, which wasn't very much. As I prepare to leave, a loud "STOP!" came from the entrance of the alley. I look and see it was an average guy that must have seen me near the passed out woman and thought I attacked her. I quickly stuff the cash into my pocket and run down the alley with the man chasing after me. As the end of the alley draws closer; I see a wire gate fence is in the way. So with my training; I jump off from wall to wall and leap over the fence and run away, leaving my chaser far behind me. By the time I reached the edge of the street; it's already time to meet up with the rest of the dragons. As I walk near the group; I see them huddling around and throwing what they got into the middle.
"Emmett; what did you get?" Dragon face asked as he sees me walking towards the group.
I take out the money and tossed it into the pill. When Dragon face sees how small it is he suddenly raises his voice at me.
"That's it? I thought you would have gotten more than this crap!" He yelled as he grabbed the cash and clutched it into his hands.
"Hey you wanted money; so I got it. It's not my job to be a pocket picker, that's your job. It's probably the one thing that a dumb ass like you can do right." I said with deep scorn and then turn to leave.
"Why You!" I hear Dragon face yell from behind me as he charges at me. At the moment when his hand grabbed my shoulder; I spin out of his grip and then I close my fists and quickly jab his arm, left leg and the side of his stomach, causing him to fall to the ground with a thump. Everyone crowds around him and wonders what happened to him.
"What did you do?" he asks as he tries to move his body but he couldn't move an inch.
"Just giving you a warning. Try that again and I won't hold back." I said coldly as I glare at him. Then I walk away. As I almost reach the end of the ally I hear dragon face grunting and it ticked me off. "Oh stop whining you big baby it'll wear off in ten minutes," I said then I walk out of the building and head back to my brothers.
After about five minutes, I returned to the spot where I left my brothers. I quickly duck behind a tree again and I take my wig, beanie, and mask off and stuff them back into my bag. After I checked to make sure that nothing is out of place I walk out from behind the tree and head towards my brothers.
"Sorry I took so long guys, you wouldn't believe how long the line was at the bathrooms," I said.
"No worries, but hey you missed one awesome show," Greg said as I sit in between him and Rai.
"Really now?" I said wondering what I missed.
"The dancers were so cool. They even pulled me out from the audience to dance with them." Rai said happily.
"Wow, that sounded like fun. I wish I could have seen it." I said sadly.
"Don't worry; I took plenty of pics with the camera," Greg said as he flashes the disposable camera.
I couldn't help but chuckle at the fact that I forgot that I bought one when we visited the zoo.
"Alright, guys; it's 2 o'clock. We need to head to the store and get our groceries. If we want to make it back home in time to make that special treat." I said as I get up and pack everything back into my bag.
"Alright," My brother said together as they get up from the bench. Rai takes my left hand and Greg stands to my right and we head out to the grocery store.
Arthur's P.O.V
In a hidden layer; deep in the sewers of New York City; four turtles stand one of the many bamboo poles, with great balance, around them. Across from them stands their rat master stands on one pole, with perfect balance, while he lights the last candle that surrounds them.
"My sons; today our training continues our that will focus on two essential disciplines." The wise master said as he turns and faces his students. "The way of balance and invisibility." He said as he claps his four fingers together and the light turned off.
"Whoa, Donny; you installed a clapper?" The orange masked turtle said to the purple turtle. Suddenly something lands on the pole in front of them and smacks the orange turtle's hand.
"Michelangelo; the way of invisibility also includes the power of silence." Their master said. "I subject that you use both if you want to avoid my walking stick." He said as he jumps away from the two turtles and strikes a blue masked turtle, but he manages to dodge by jumping away from the master.
Suddenly the purple masked turtle jumps into the air and aims to kick the rat master. But he dodges and the turtle lands on another pole, but almost lost his balance. Then a red masked tries to sweep the rat master's legs, but he uses his walking stick to trip the red masked turtle and he slipped through the poles but just managed to grab a nearby pole. Michelangelo jumps away from the action and looks around. Suddenly he claps his hands and the lights come back on and he sees his master right next to him.
"Peek a boo. I see you." Michelangelo as he tries to balance on the pole. Suddenly their master swings his stick at him. Michelangelo quickly grabs the stick, but their master pulls it back; causing him to lose balance fall to the ground face first.
"Hey; don't I get any points of creativity?" He asks as he lifts his face off the ground and looks up at his teacher.
"A creative mind must also be balanced with a disciplined body." Their master said as he stands with perfect balance on the pole. "The key to this exercise is stillness; my sons." He said as he looks back at the rest of his sons and students.
"Stillness smillness; I seriously doubt that learning about stillness will help us stop that dragon punk we meet last night. Master Splinter." The red masked turtle said as he smacks his fist into his hand.
"Be calm Raphael. True that boy fights a style that is unfamiliar to you, but that is where you rely on your training." Master Splinter said as he claps his hands again and the light turns off again. "Do not forget that we are ninjas. Stillness and alertness is our only defense against the unknown." He said. Suddenly a man in a hockey mask comes running into the room, with his voice echoing in the big open space.
"Guys; Guys, there's something you've got to see!" the man said as he runs into the room, but suddenly bumps into the poles that the four turtles and rat stand on. Then suddenly they all come crashing down, some piled on each other while the others landed covered with the bamboo poles.
"Mister Jones; I thought we told you already about you barging into our lay." Splinter said with a groan as he and his sons stand back on their feet.
"I know; I know but turn on the news!" the man said as he takes off his mask. Donny picks up the remote and turns the channel to the news. On the news; the Anker woman begins her report.
"Just when you thought being mugged can't get any more dangerous; one New York woman just experienced a new level of the dangers of being mugged." The woman said. "20-year-old Olivia Roger was attacked and was sent to the hospital with her entire body paralyzed like she was attacked by a hand Taser."
"So what's the big deal?" The red masked turtle asks their human friend.
"Just keep watching." The man said.
"Eye witness report says that it was a young boy, no older than 15, with a purple dragon on his right hand." The woman said. Then the screen changes to a small screen next to the reporter's head. "I had a chance to talk to Olivia after she awoke from her paralyzes and asked her what happened. She said that she didn't get a good look at the boy's face because he had a mask covering half of his face. But he suddenly pulled her into the alley and suddenly hit her body with some very fast punches to her arms and legs. Then before she blacked out; she suddenly felt a strange presser on her neck and passed out." The video said and then it turned off.
"It would seem that we're no longer dealing with your typical muggers. Now we're dealing with more terrifying threats in the streets. This is Ursula Perry with NY News5" the reporter said then Donatello turned the TV off and looked at the others.
"A dragon on his left hand; guys you don't think it's-?" Michelangelo said but the red masked turtle interrupts him.
"It's got to be that punk kid from the purple dragons." He said as he clutches his weapons.
"Raphael is right. It has to be that same boy. We've got to find this boy and put a stop to him before he harms any other innocent people." The blue masked turtle said to the others.
Evelyn's P.O.V
After a fun trip to the zoo, the boys and I are walking down a familiar street, that one of our few friends. Her name is; she's the owner of an antique shop that's only two blocks away from the grocery stores. My brothers and I rescued her from an almost robbery. She's one of the few people that I'm willing to knowing about my brothers. After what happened to my family ten years ago; there are only a few people that I allow my brothers to know. She is a kind and sweet person; I kind of see her as an older sister.
"Hey; we're coming up towards April's shop!" Greg said happily as we walk down the street.
"Oh yeah; we are. Let's go say hi." Rai said as he suddenly tugs my arm forward.
"Yeah; I haven't seen her in a long time," I said with a smile as I wink at them. Rai cheers as Greg pumps his fist against his chest. Then we continue down the street until we reached a shoe with a sign that read "Second time around". The sound of a small bell chime in my ear as my brothers and I enter the shop.
"April; are you here?" I call out as I walk towards a spiral staircase. What I've always thought was so cool about April's shop is that her home is the top part of the shop.
"Is that you Eve?" Said a familiar voice from upstairs.
"Yeah, it's me," I said as I see a pair of sneakers coming down. Followed by a pretty woman with red hair.
"Hey Eve; long time no see," April said as she opens her arms and welcomes me into a hug.
"It has," I said with a smile as I return the hug.
"April," Said both of my brothers as they come running towards.
"Hey guys," April said with a smile as she hugs both of my brothers.
"So what brings you guys to my shop?" April asks as she let's go of my brothers and looks at all of us.
"We just finished our trip to Central Park," Rai said happily as he looks around the shop.
"Oh Central Park that sounded like fun," April said with delight as she leans against one of the display boxes.
"Yeah, it was," Greg said with a grin as he looks at some of the antique cups and spoons.
"Well, I'm glad you guys had fun," April said motherly with a smile.
"Yeah; so how have you been? I heard that you lost your job." I said as I look at her. I remember hearing something about Stockman enterprise. April used to work for a man called Dr. Stockman as his assistant and then one day something happened that caused the building exploded. Not only has that but Dr. Stockman went missing.
"Oh, everything's fine. I was in big trouble with the whole explosion of the Stockman building, but I had some friends help me pull through." She explains as she thinks back to that day.
"That's good. I would like to meet these friends of yours. They sound pretty cool." I said as I look at her.
"Yeah, they're pretty cool. Weird but cool." April said with a playful smile making both of us laugh.
Suddenly one of the antique clocks rings, making me look at the time. It's five minutes to six. We have to leave now if we want to make it back home before dark.
"They sound nice. Well, we gotta get going. We have to buy some groceries." I said as I look at the clock and then look at April.
"Okay; it was nice to see you guys again," April said with a smile as we share a hug again.
"Let's go guys. We have to leave now if we want to get home before dark." I said calling my brothers together.
"Okay" Greg said as he looks one more time at some antique furniture.
"Aw, but I wanted to look some more," Rai said sadly as he steps back from looking at some glass figures and then he and Greg join me by the door.
"Bye April" My brothers and I call out together as we wave goodbye to her as we leave her shop.
"Bye, you guys" April calls out as we leave.