Chapter Four
Don walked over to his computer, a cup of coffee in his hand. He hadn't slept too well. He was worried about Madison, and with his emails being delayed due to a server upgrade, it had added to the tension he was feeling, resulting in his insomnia. He grunted as he noted that there was nothing from her, after a minute, her message popped up and he clicked on it.
"What the hell?" He knocked the cup with his right hand, the piping hot liquid landing on his lap, the cup smashing into tiny bits as it hit the floor.
"Shit!!" He yelled as he ran into the kitchen crabbing a cloth and wiping his thighs. After hearing the commotion, Leo and Mike ran into the kitchen from the training area. Don slowly walked back to his computer still wiping his aching thighs dry.
Leo frowned. "What just happened here?" He was refering to the mess on the floor.
"Madison's in trouble.." Leo opened his mouth to say something, but Don cut him off.
"I don't want to hear it Leo, not now. This is more serious than you realise, read the message" while Leo read the message, Don went about clearing the mess, after all, they did go around barefoot.
Leo paused for a moment.
"How does she know about Raph and April? How MUCH have you told her?" Don was taken back.
"Nothing, are you crazy? Why the hell do you think I looked so tired? I can't figure it out. Scientifically it isn't possible"
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Madison looked blankly at the monitor. She was waiting for a response. Don was currently offline, but she knew that it was only a matter of time, she knew he was an internet junky. She heard a door open and she checked her buddy status. Sure enough, he was there.
Don: you scared the life out of me, are you okay?
Madi: yeah fine, it could've been worse, sorry I scared you like that, I dunno what came over me.
Don: u were freaked?
Madi: oh yeah, maybe a little of that too.
The cursor flashed. Madison waited.
Madi: Don?
Don: Yeah, still here, i managed to get the mic working, the hardware was conflicting. It's working okay now. Just wait a sec so i can connect to you.
Madison did just that. She waited. The mic was ready to go.
"Madison?" She jumped as she heard her name.
"Donnie?"
"Yeah" she reached over and turned the volume up. In the background she heard a commotion and an angry voice, one that she couldn't make out.
"Is everything okay?" She heard Don chuckle.
"Yeah, fine, one of my brothers just slipped on the left over coffee"
"Left over coffee?"
"Long story, so tell me, are you okay? I'm worried as hell, the Foot Clan aren't one to fool around with" Madison's jaw dropped.
"But, how do you know about them?"
"We ran into them a while ago, so they're there now?"
"Yeah"
"This isn't good" Madison heard another voice in the background.
"Who's that?"
"Oh, just my brother Leo"
"We gotta meet up, I need to find as much info about them as possible, where in New York City did you say you were from?"
"Does it matter?"
"Yeah Don, it does. I'll be in Manhattan by Friday, my boss is sending me there. Please tell me, we'll meet up, I can't wait to meet you..."
"I dunno, I don't think it's wise...." Madison cursed under her breath as the other phone started to ring.
"Aren't you gonna get that?"
"Nah, the machine can get it..." She was cut off as the message started to play.
"... if you want to leave a name and number I'll get back to you..."
"Madison, it's me..." the person was panting heavy, and in the background there were yells and screams "we need your help, it's bad...." Madison picked the phone up.
"I'll be right there" she hung up.
"Sorry Don gotta go, there's a problem at work..."
"Yeah so we heard...."
"I'm sorry, I have to go" she turned the computer off and ran out the door.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the wee hours of the morning, the leader of the Black Dragons looked over the scene from a nearby rooftop. A war was on, and they were losing. They were outnumbered. The Foot Clan numbers had doubled in a matter of minutes. Her eyes narrowed to a lone figure, who was backing away as five ninjas approached her. The leader ran to the ladder, and with a foot on each side, she slid down it. She raised her bo as she approached. The girl looked as she noticed her leader approached. With her now being held down by four of the ninjas, she cried out in fear. The one ninja not holding her down, turned to look, his face meeting with the end of the bo. He slid to the ground. The other four looked up, and rose to their feet. The leader twirled the bo about her, pushing the enemy back. The girl jumped to her feet and stood beside her leader.
"You okay?" She asked, keep her eye on the ninja infront of them. The girl nodded, saying nothing, before either one could attack, the two women were swamped by the Foot.
"Ambush!!!" Came a cry from behind the two kunoichi. "Retreat!!!" The two women readied themselves for the onslaught.
"Don't kill the leader, we want her alive!" The area was filled with smoke as the Foot attacked. Under the cover of smoke, Black Dragon members rushed in and pulled out their leader, and the now wounded girl. After the small group had reached a safe distance, the members, bar the leader pulled off their masks. The leader looked around at the bruised faces.
"What happened Jessica?" she asked, taking the woman aside from the others.
"There must have been a leak" they heard shouts coming from some of the others and the leader and Jessica turned around. The Foot had followed them. With the hilt of his sword, the ninja struck the leader in the face, and she fell backwards onto the ground, her vision blurried, her wits fading. He swung the sword at her, she saw it coming and rolled to her side. She cried out in pain as it sliced her upper arm. The pain took hold, and she slipped into the darkness. The ninja crabbed the sword with both hands, and held it just above his head.
"Alive? Bah!" He was about to bring the sword down, when Jessica snuck up behind him and unleashed a powerful front kick to his lower back. He dropped the sword, as he felt it give, then dropped to his knees, then the ground. The remaining ninja fleed as they witnessed the downfall of their scout leader. Jessica moved to the side of the fallen kunoichi, pulling the mask off. The hilt had hit her in the bridge of her nose. The result would be two black eyes. Her gaze moved to her arm. She was bleeding badly and had to be moved.
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The next morning at the funeral, Jessica and Madison had turned up late. Neither were feeling too well, as they both had been up almost all night. The two women joined the other morners. Even with the day overcast and rainy, the two women had refused to take their sunglasses off.
"Here comes trouble" Jessica whisphered to Madison as Mister Peters walked up to them, with a stranger in tow.
"Madison, I'll like you to meet Kioshi, he'll be accomping you to New York" Jessica gave Madison a worried look. Just above his glasses, they could just make out a bruise.
"But sir, you said..." she was cut off as he reached out and grabbed her upper arm and yanked her away from the others. Madison gasped as the pain hit. Peters looked at her angrily, then he looked at her, and for the first time realised how pale she looked.
"Are you okay?" She looked up at him as her vision started to swim. He was holding her tighter than he realised. Jessica peered over to her friend, rushing to her side as she started to slightly sway on her feet. Madison's head started to get heavy, the blackness threatening to take over. Jessica caught her friend as her legs gave in. She gently lowered her friend to the ground, proping her up against the trunk of the tree. She noticed the blood coming through her jacket and frowned.
"What's going on?" Peters demanded. As Jessica was pulling off the jacket, she knocked the glasses and they fell to the ground. Peters backed away as he saw the bloody arm and the two black eyes.
"Madison was attacked last night" she looked up to her boss and then to Kioshi, noticing that he had disappeared.
Chapter Five ~ Up Soon!
Don walked over to his computer, a cup of coffee in his hand. He hadn't slept too well. He was worried about Madison, and with his emails being delayed due to a server upgrade, it had added to the tension he was feeling, resulting in his insomnia. He grunted as he noted that there was nothing from her, after a minute, her message popped up and he clicked on it.
"What the hell?" He knocked the cup with his right hand, the piping hot liquid landing on his lap, the cup smashing into tiny bits as it hit the floor.
"Shit!!" He yelled as he ran into the kitchen crabbing a cloth and wiping his thighs. After hearing the commotion, Leo and Mike ran into the kitchen from the training area. Don slowly walked back to his computer still wiping his aching thighs dry.
Leo frowned. "What just happened here?" He was refering to the mess on the floor.
"Madison's in trouble.." Leo opened his mouth to say something, but Don cut him off.
"I don't want to hear it Leo, not now. This is more serious than you realise, read the message" while Leo read the message, Don went about clearing the mess, after all, they did go around barefoot.
Leo paused for a moment.
"How does she know about Raph and April? How MUCH have you told her?" Don was taken back.
"Nothing, are you crazy? Why the hell do you think I looked so tired? I can't figure it out. Scientifically it isn't possible"
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Madison looked blankly at the monitor. She was waiting for a response. Don was currently offline, but she knew that it was only a matter of time, she knew he was an internet junky. She heard a door open and she checked her buddy status. Sure enough, he was there.
Don: you scared the life out of me, are you okay?
Madi: yeah fine, it could've been worse, sorry I scared you like that, I dunno what came over me.
Don: u were freaked?
Madi: oh yeah, maybe a little of that too.
The cursor flashed. Madison waited.
Madi: Don?
Don: Yeah, still here, i managed to get the mic working, the hardware was conflicting. It's working okay now. Just wait a sec so i can connect to you.
Madison did just that. She waited. The mic was ready to go.
"Madison?" She jumped as she heard her name.
"Donnie?"
"Yeah" she reached over and turned the volume up. In the background she heard a commotion and an angry voice, one that she couldn't make out.
"Is everything okay?" She heard Don chuckle.
"Yeah, fine, one of my brothers just slipped on the left over coffee"
"Left over coffee?"
"Long story, so tell me, are you okay? I'm worried as hell, the Foot Clan aren't one to fool around with" Madison's jaw dropped.
"But, how do you know about them?"
"We ran into them a while ago, so they're there now?"
"Yeah"
"This isn't good" Madison heard another voice in the background.
"Who's that?"
"Oh, just my brother Leo"
"We gotta meet up, I need to find as much info about them as possible, where in New York City did you say you were from?"
"Does it matter?"
"Yeah Don, it does. I'll be in Manhattan by Friday, my boss is sending me there. Please tell me, we'll meet up, I can't wait to meet you..."
"I dunno, I don't think it's wise...." Madison cursed under her breath as the other phone started to ring.
"Aren't you gonna get that?"
"Nah, the machine can get it..." She was cut off as the message started to play.
"... if you want to leave a name and number I'll get back to you..."
"Madison, it's me..." the person was panting heavy, and in the background there were yells and screams "we need your help, it's bad...." Madison picked the phone up.
"I'll be right there" she hung up.
"Sorry Don gotta go, there's a problem at work..."
"Yeah so we heard...."
"I'm sorry, I have to go" she turned the computer off and ran out the door.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the wee hours of the morning, the leader of the Black Dragons looked over the scene from a nearby rooftop. A war was on, and they were losing. They were outnumbered. The Foot Clan numbers had doubled in a matter of minutes. Her eyes narrowed to a lone figure, who was backing away as five ninjas approached her. The leader ran to the ladder, and with a foot on each side, she slid down it. She raised her bo as she approached. The girl looked as she noticed her leader approached. With her now being held down by four of the ninjas, she cried out in fear. The one ninja not holding her down, turned to look, his face meeting with the end of the bo. He slid to the ground. The other four looked up, and rose to their feet. The leader twirled the bo about her, pushing the enemy back. The girl jumped to her feet and stood beside her leader.
"You okay?" She asked, keep her eye on the ninja infront of them. The girl nodded, saying nothing, before either one could attack, the two women were swamped by the Foot.
"Ambush!!!" Came a cry from behind the two kunoichi. "Retreat!!!" The two women readied themselves for the onslaught.
"Don't kill the leader, we want her alive!" The area was filled with smoke as the Foot attacked. Under the cover of smoke, Black Dragon members rushed in and pulled out their leader, and the now wounded girl. After the small group had reached a safe distance, the members, bar the leader pulled off their masks. The leader looked around at the bruised faces.
"What happened Jessica?" she asked, taking the woman aside from the others.
"There must have been a leak" they heard shouts coming from some of the others and the leader and Jessica turned around. The Foot had followed them. With the hilt of his sword, the ninja struck the leader in the face, and she fell backwards onto the ground, her vision blurried, her wits fading. He swung the sword at her, she saw it coming and rolled to her side. She cried out in pain as it sliced her upper arm. The pain took hold, and she slipped into the darkness. The ninja crabbed the sword with both hands, and held it just above his head.
"Alive? Bah!" He was about to bring the sword down, when Jessica snuck up behind him and unleashed a powerful front kick to his lower back. He dropped the sword, as he felt it give, then dropped to his knees, then the ground. The remaining ninja fleed as they witnessed the downfall of their scout leader. Jessica moved to the side of the fallen kunoichi, pulling the mask off. The hilt had hit her in the bridge of her nose. The result would be two black eyes. Her gaze moved to her arm. She was bleeding badly and had to be moved.
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The next morning at the funeral, Jessica and Madison had turned up late. Neither were feeling too well, as they both had been up almost all night. The two women joined the other morners. Even with the day overcast and rainy, the two women had refused to take their sunglasses off.
"Here comes trouble" Jessica whisphered to Madison as Mister Peters walked up to them, with a stranger in tow.
"Madison, I'll like you to meet Kioshi, he'll be accomping you to New York" Jessica gave Madison a worried look. Just above his glasses, they could just make out a bruise.
"But sir, you said..." she was cut off as he reached out and grabbed her upper arm and yanked her away from the others. Madison gasped as the pain hit. Peters looked at her angrily, then he looked at her, and for the first time realised how pale she looked.
"Are you okay?" She looked up at him as her vision started to swim. He was holding her tighter than he realised. Jessica peered over to her friend, rushing to her side as she started to slightly sway on her feet. Madison's head started to get heavy, the blackness threatening to take over. Jessica caught her friend as her legs gave in. She gently lowered her friend to the ground, proping her up against the trunk of the tree. She noticed the blood coming through her jacket and frowned.
"What's going on?" Peters demanded. As Jessica was pulling off the jacket, she knocked the glasses and they fell to the ground. Peters backed away as he saw the bloody arm and the two black eyes.
"Madison was attacked last night" she looked up to her boss and then to Kioshi, noticing that he had disappeared.
Chapter Five ~ Up Soon!