Alright, here you go.


Chapter 4

The next night, Sierra walked into the lair with two other children. Emily, the eleven year old adopted daughter of Rico and Tony had straight, chestnut brown locks coming down to her shoulders and freckles dotting her pale face. Her large, green eyes explored the familiar area as she looked for her friends. David is Alex and Dimitri's ten year old son. He had slightly tanner skin than Emily's with short, honey blond hair and sea green eyes that seemed to have a hint of adventure and a little mischief.

"Malcolm, Austin," Sierra called "Your friends are here."

Both Austin and Malcolm came from upstairs and ran right for their only two human friends. "Hi guys." Austin greeted as Sierra headed toward the dojo.

"Come on, let's go play video games." Malcolm suggested.

"Okay." Emily agreed excitedly before grabbing both of their hands and heading for the game console by the TV. David followed close behind. "I call first player." Austin said as he grabbed the first controller.

"You were first last time." Malcolm complained. "It's my turn."

"No way." Austin said playing keep away with the controller.

Xavier looked up from the book he was reading when he realized a fight was about to start. "Hey, you two. That's enough." he stopped the fight before it could start. "Austin, were you first last time?"

"Yes." he said with his blue eyes cast downward.

"So, maybe you should let someone else have a chance." Xavier suggested in a big brotherly tone that he learned to use.

Austin sighed "Okay." he passed the controller to his cousin.

Xavier looked back down at his book and slipped his headphones on to listen to his music while the kids started up a racing game.

After a few hours of races and Austin winning most them they decided to try something else.

"What do you guys want to do now?" Malcolm asked.

"Hey, why don't we go exploring out in the sewers." David suggested.

"Yeah, let's do it." Austin agreed excitedly as they both headed for the front door.

"Are you sure?" Emily asked cautiously, knowing and understanding that her two mutant friends have to follow certain rules.

"Yeah, it's okay. We do it all the time."

Emily was still slightly skeptical, but followed them anyway "Okay."

Before they could even make it to the door they were stopped by a voice. "And where do you think you four are going?"

The four young children turned to see Donatello stepping out of his lab. Malcolm was the first to speak. "We were just going to explore the sewers, Dad."

"Really? That's it?" he asked with a hint of suspicion in his voice. All four nodded in response. "Alright go ahead, but stay close." and with that simple instruction they hurried out. But Don didn't let his suspicion just disappear. He knew these kids, he knew they were smart, but that didn't really stop him from worrying. He knew the risks of what might happen. Xavier got in trouble for sneaking above ground a few times when he was younger. On top of that, Don was once a young, curious mutant and a curious child often led to problems.

He walked over to his oldest son and tapped him on the head to get his attention. Xavier took his headphones off and looked up at his father. "What's up?"

"I need you to do me a favor." Don said.

"What is it?"

"I have some work that I need to get done so I need you to keep an eye on your brother and cousin, make sure they don't get hurt."

"Come on Dad, you don't trust them?" Xavier asked jokingly.

"I do, but then again I also trusted you not to get into any trouble when you were their age."

Xavier thought about this for a while before responding "Touché. I'll keep an eye on them." he said standing up and picking up his hanbo.

"Thank you." Don said before heading back to his lab.

Xavier sheathed his weapon and headed out the door.

Seconds later Danielle came downstairs and began searching for either one of her parents. "If I were my parents where would I be." she said quietly to herself. "Duh, the dojo." Danielle quickly headed towards the dojo and sure enough she found both of them sparring in hand to hand combat.

"Mom, Dad." she said interrupting their sparring match.

They both looked to her "Hey Dani." they greeted before getting right back into sparring "What's the matter hon?" Sierra asked blocking blow after blow.

"Is it okay if I go with Kylie to Amber's for a sleepover?"

"Yeah, sure." Leo answered as he flipped out of the way of a sweep kick. "You're taking the rooftops, right?"

"Of course."

"Take your weapons with you."

"I know, I know." Danielle said and went upstairs to grab a few things.


Back in the sewers the four children were laughing as they ran through the sewer tunnels. Malcolm and Austin would occasionally show off some of the moves that they learned from their ninja training. Their fun was soon halted when David stopped and looked up. The others stopped along with him and looked where he was looking. "Whatcha looking at?" Emily asked.

"Let's go up there." he pointed to the sewer lid right above them with a mischievous smile.

"What?" Emily questioned.

"Dave, you know we can't go up there." Austin said. "We'll get in trouble."

"Don't worry, we'll only go up there for a second." David started up the ladder. "We'll stay in the shadows. That's what you do right?"

"This really isn't a good idea, David." Malcolm stated the obvious. "Maybe we should just head back home." Now that he was pretty much being pressured into doing something he wasn't comfortable with, he really didn't want to be out here anymore.

"What? Are you guys chicken?"

"Don't do that." Emily said. "That's not fair."

"Forget you guys, I never get to see anything at night, so I'm going up." he continued to climb.

"David, wait." Austin started climbing up after him. He helped him move the heavy lid out of the way.

"Guys, wait for us." Malcolm started to follow only to be stopped by Emily.

"This isn't a good idea."

"I know, but we can't let them go alone."

Hesitantly Malcolm and Emily climbed out of the sewer and met up with Austin and David. "Come on guys, we really shouldn't be up here." David was just peeking around the corner of one of the buildings trying to take a glance at the city's nightlife. Austin wasn't too keen on trying the same thing.

"Yeah, let's go back." Austin agreed. "I don't like this."

"Too late for that, little freak." a voice hissed behind them.


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