Chapter 4: A pact is made and a new leader is picked

"Bring ... cold water ... dry colth ..." "Is she going to be alright Master

Splinter?" Voices rang in the darkness as Nastu slowly opened her eyes

to see black over her eyes. "What?" Sh managed to ask trying to get up

but a hand covered her forhead. "Rest child, you are still hurt." A deep,

soothing male voice said, the voice seemed old with wisdom and soothing

so Nastu could not do anything else but return to her sleep.

When she woke again Nastu felt the effects of her beating by the gang

and though she was blindfolded it sounded like she was alone. As Nastu

finally got up, she gently removed the blindfold from her eyes, so she could

adjust to the light without hurting herself. She found herslef in a decent sized

room, unfurnished, with a door in front of her. She felt herself getting off

of a mattress and headed toward the door. *I guess I owe a debt of thanks

to whoever saved me after that beating.* She thought to herself.

Nastu slowly slipped out of the room and looked around in shock. It looked

like she was in an old abandoned subway but someone or a lot of someones

was living there. Hearing movement coming from an area she peeked around

to see who was there and was shocked with what she saw.

Four human size turtles was sparing with human size rat looking on! Slowly

she backpealed to leave without their notice but tripped over a piece of

derbis. She looked up to see she had been spotted before she scambled to

her feet. "Relax my child. We mean you no harm here." Came the same voice

she had heard earlier: One of age, wisdom and knowlege. Nastu still backed

off, but a little more relaxed until she saw who was speaking to her, it was

the rat!

"Who are you?" She asked the rat and turtles. *Altest she hasn't fainted like

everyone else.* Leonardo thought as he and his brother stood back at Splinter's

singal to do so, Nastu looked posed to run.

"My name is Splinter. These are my students: Leonardo, with the twin Katana's,

Donatello, he who weilds the Bo staff, Raphael with the twin Sai's and lastly,

Michaelangelo, who weilds the Nunchucks. Your brother knows of us and has

kept our secret for some time now." Splinter calmly told her.

"Keno?" Nastu asked in surprise. "Yes. Keno knows of us, and often brings

us some pizza from time to time" said Michaelangelo, who had put his nunchucks

back into their place in the band on the front of his shell. "Wait a mintue!

You those vilagantlies that stopped the Foot clan last year!" She said, she

remembered hearing about it even in L.A that four people helped in busting

a crime gang called the Foot.

"Yes. That was us. You want to make something of it?" asked Raphael, who still

had his sais out. Nastu glanced at the sais, normally she reponse to the challage

but she was wary of the weapons in his hands. She only snorted as she looked

back at Splinter. "Raphael! If you do not show some respect to our guest, then

you will have to do additional meditation practice for a week!" Splinter told his

hot headed child.

Raphael looked at Nastu. "She a gangster Master Splinter." He repiled. "So

what if I am?" Nastu snarled back. "We take down gangsters." Raphael snarled

even as he put his sais down. "Raph cool it." Leonardo ordered. "This isn't the

time. Keno is coming." He said, Nastu looked at him. "He is what?!" She asked,

looking almost paniced.

"He is coming here, we told him about the fight." Leonadro said. "What was you

doing out in the Blood Brothers area anyway? And why did they attack you?"

"What I did and why I did it is none of your business boys. Now just leave me

alone and let me get back to the Pack." She told them.

"Not a chance. Luna." Spat an angery male voice from behind them as Nastu

whirled around to face her brother. "That is your gang name isn't it? Luna? You

are in a gang?!" "So what if it is! They've been more of a family to me than some

of my own flesh and blood!" Nastu responded. That started a shouting match

between the two siblings that made the Turtles' agurements look like child play,

ovbiously this had been a lnog time coming for Nastu.

"You've always been too busy with your work and your school to take an interest

in me! Too busy trying to become a American to remember your roots! Well,

the Pack reminds me of what its like to be oriental, to be part of a Oriental group!

This so called American Dream is for the birds! POWER and the ability to use it,

THAT is what we should be shooting for!" Nastu laid into her brother with a fury

that he never realized that she felt.

"What are you talking about! That power is what is killing people!" "There are other

ways to kill Keno! You and dad left me to be took care of by mom! If it wasn't for

my old gang I be dead now! I thought I finally had a family! But nooo! You guys

suddenly deciede you want to have me back after nearly ten years! You aren't my

family Keno! The Pack is now!"

"You mean nothing to this gang Nastu! You are only someone to use! One of these

days you will get hurt or killed and none of these 'family' members are going to worry

about you! I will, dad will. They won't!" Nastu looked two seconds away from

slapping Kento when Michelango got in between them. "Keno come here." He said

pulling the teenager to the side.

"Look Keno, we got an idea. Remember that we promised you we help you watch

after Nastu? Well we are going to keep our word. You keep her out of that gang

and we will help you in turning her around." Leonardo said to their friend. "How?"

Keno asked. "Just leave that to us." Michelango said as Keno looked at his friend.

*I hope what ever you guys are planning, I hope it is gonna work.* He thought

glancing at his sister.

But it wasn't only at the lair that trouble was stiring, not by a long shot because at

an old abanonded building Tastu, Shedder's once right man goon stood infornt of

some young people, girls and boys, all who wore the uniform of the Foot clan.

"Master Shedder is gone, Foot Clan all but destoryed those freaks shall pay with their

lives, them and any who aids them." Tastu said looking over the group. "Send word onto

street, round up any recurits, go to the gangs and have them join us, in time we will rebuild

the Foot clan." Tastu said.

"Tastu." An asian accent cut thourgh the crowd as the young men and women parted for a young

man, he appeared to be from India with midnight black hair and dark brown eyes that stared coldly

at the older man. "It was Shedder's wish for me to be take lead should anything happen to him. You

know this." He hissed, Tastu glared at the young man but looking over the cowrd he bowed his head.

"Very well Master Raiden." He said qiuetly as Raiden looked over the cowrd, his brown eyes moving

like swords thourgh the air, sliently challaging anyone to agure. No one did. Satfisted with this Raiden

turned to Tastu. "Come with me, there is more we need to discuss." He said with the air of a warrior

as he and Tastu left the teens.

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A thanks to my brother Harry for helping me with this chapter *stupid writer's block _ *