Don and Emily stood their for a long time, just holding each other and being glad the other was alive. Then, Raph stepped forward. "Uh...not ta interrupt anythin' but we'd better be gettin back home." Don looked up and nodded, and looked back down and pulled Emily away gently. She smiled, and nodded at Raph too.
Suddenly, Don snapped. "Where are the little girls?" Leo gasped. "They must still be in the forest!" Raph clapped a hand to his head. "Damn it!" he yelled, and they all ran through the door into the temple. "How did you lose them, you nitwits!" Don exclaimed. "We just sort of lost them!" Leo exclaimed. "HOW DO YOU LOSE LITTLE GIRLS! WHAT DID YOU FORGET!" Don bellowed at Leo, but staring at Raph too. "Kinda..." Raph whispered, and Don growled. "Idiots!" He was even more worried, not just because Victoria and Sasha were in the woods alone, but because Hannah and Jillian could be lost too, even though they had been with Kara and Erica.
They skidded to a stop as they found a door. "Let's see where this...leads..." Leo put his ear on the door. "Footsteps..." he said curiously, and jumped back as the door swung open. "HA! IT WORKED! I SHOVED IT OPEN! GO DERIK! GO DERIK!" They all stared as Derik, Jill and Kara emerged from behind the door, Derik doing some form of the Happy Dance. Kara looked up and screamed, "DON! USAGI!" she hugged them both tightly. Don laughed and stumbled slightly. "Hey Kara." "YOU'RE OKAY YOU'RE OKAY!" she squealed, and let him go, only because he pryed her off. Then he was tackled again by Jillian. "DONNY!" she laughed, and Don grinned and hugged her back. "Hey Jilly!" "I thought you were gunna die!" she said, kissing him beak. He smiled. Then Jill noticed Emily beside him, and grinned again. "Emily! We found you we found you!" she cried, and hugged Emily tightly around the neck. Emily laughed and hugged her too. "Hey Jill. How's my girl?" "Happy happy happy!"Jill squealed, and Emily laughed. "Come on, we gotta go find the other girls!" Leo urged, and Don nodded quickly. Don took Jill from Emily and put her on his shoulders, and started to run down the hallway with rest of the clan.
Leo, who was in front with Nicole, abruptly skidded to a stop. Nicole bumped into him from behind, followed by everyone else. Leo turned around and put a finger to his lips. "Shh." Don held his breath and listened hard. There were faint grunting noises of breathing around the corner. He hugged the wall beside Leo, and peeked around it. The large guard that Raph and Katie had defeated had come to, and was now pacing back and forth in front of the stairs, 5 foot tall sword in hand. "Shell." he hissed, and Leo smirked. "Let's get 'im." Don and Leo jumped out of the shadows and landed halfway down the steps. The guard turned around, and growled. "Intruders!" he yelled, and in a flash about 12 more guards had leaped out of nearby doors. "Double shell!" Donny exclaimed, and Leo nodded again. "Guys, a little help here!" Leo called up, and Raph and Mikey nodded, jumped down to land next to them. Josh turned to the other boys. "Guys, let's go ahead and check if there's any more guards blocking our way out!" Chris and Derik nodded, and the four of them lept over the 13 guards and ran down the hallway. Don glared at the guards in front of him, and heard a plop as Mikey landed next to him, Nunchukus spinning.
"Let's Turtleize em!" Mikey announced, and Raph Don and Leo stared at him. "Mike, we said that when we were fifteen years old." Don told him, and Mike shrugged. "So? Who says I can't say it still?" Don shook his head, and ducked as one of the guards started the fight by tossing a shuriken at his head. He growled and swung his Bo Staff outward, smacking the guard in the fore head and causing a trickle of blood to ooze out of it. That guard fell backward onto two more guards, both most of them by dropping his sword. Don smirked at his success, and turned to see how the others were doing.
Leo was engaged in battle with four of the guards, but it was pretty obvious Leo was the one winning. Raph had already finished off at least 5 of them, and was grinning triumphantly. And Mikey looked almost done with the lone guard he was fighting. Soon, Mike had finished off the guard, and the four boys wiped their fore heads of sweat. "Well, that was fun." Don laughed. "I'm just gettin started." Raph declared, smirking evilly. "Of course you are..." Leo mumbled, and Raph glared at him. "Not now, guys." Don pleaded, and Leo shrugged and headed down the stairs, stepping over the dead guards as he went. Everyone followed him.
Emily ran beside Don, giving him a smile. Don smiled back, but looked up as he heard banging. "It won't...oof!...open!" a muffled voice said, and Don heard that it was coming from a nearby door. Josh, Chris, and Derik were standing in front of it with their weapons out and eyes on the door. The rest of the group surrounded them. "Who's in there?" Leo whispered to Josh, and he shrugged.
Suddenly, the door swung open, and Erica, Gary, and Hannah fell out from behind it. Erica growled. "Those stupid guards! If Don is dead by the time we get up there I'm gunna..." She looked up to see everyone staring at her. "DONNY!" she hugged Donny around the neck in a death grip. "Erica! I need to breath!" he gasped, and she loosened her hug a little. "DonnyDonnyDonnyyou'reokay!" she squealed, letting him go and grinning. Then, she hugged Emily too. "Em! You're okay!" "Yeah yeah I'm okay girl! Now let me breath!" Emily laughed, and Erica let go of her. "Where are Sash and Vic?" she asked, and Don glared at Leo and Raph. "The genius brothers lost them." said Emily, and Raph scowled at her. "How did you lose them, you morons!" exclaimed Erica, running with the rest of them as they headed for the exit. "That's what I was wondering!" fumed Don.
When they had finally made it back to the edge of the forest, they heard soft crying quite near them. They walked quietly into the trees, being careful not to step on twigs or dead leaves. Then, Don spotted and two small black figures crouched down next to a tree. He advanced toward them, and then gasped as they came into the light. It was Sasha and Victoria!
Vicky looked up quickly, tears streaming from her eyes. "GUYS!" she cried, and scrambled up with Sasha, dashing to Raph and clutching his leg. "Why'd you leave us!" Sasha asked Leo, burying her face in his shoulder when he picked her up. "We lost you." Leo told her, staring sadly back at her. "No, WE lost YOU. When Leo fell out of that window, I went to find help, but then I got lost, and pretty soon I found Vicky here, in the woods." "Wait wait wait!" Don exclaimed, staring at Leo. "You fell out of a WINDOW!" Leo nodded, grimacing. "How are you still alive! The lowest window is about fifty feet high!" Leo shrugged. Jeniffer smirked. "Nicky here was about to hyperventelate." Nicole narrowed her eyes at her, and Don smiled. "Uh...can we go now?" Mike asked, and everyone looked at him. "Alright, Mike." said Leo, motioning everyone to follow him. "Lets go."