I'm so sorry about the wait guys. Life cut in, as well as writers block. But I finally got this written. Mybeta hasn't been able to look at it yet so I may repost once she does. If anyone sees any mistakes though, please tell me about it. That would be appreciated. Well, enough of my ramblings, here is the next chapter!
"This is fun and all," Raph told Leo as they crouched in the shadows, "But I think we should be helpin' Case and the others at the lair."
Leo nodded before they jumped apart, avoiding the slashing claws of the she-bear. This mutant had much better hearing and night vision than you would think, not having any trouble finding the turtles in the dark. But she was far from agile. Momentum sent her crashing into the wall, giving the brothers some more time to talk.
"This is almost pathetic, dodging and jumping," Mikey commented, "Why can't we just beat her already?"
"It's those claws," Donny said, showing the gash marks that were luckily on his shell. The result of underestimation, Don would probably have those three stripes for a while before they healed.
"How can we beat her?" Raph growled, remembering his first attempt to kick her.
"It's easy," Donny said. The other three stared at him. "Upsey Daisy," he said to answer their unspoken question.
"What?" Mikey said, confused. Before Don could answer, they heard Teddy charging them again. Three jumped out of the way, but Leo stood to face her.
She grinned, rushing him, but that smile turned to shock when Leo grabbed her wrists and she found a foot in her gut. Leo fell, rolling back on his shell, and sent the she-bear flying. She landed on her back with a crunch as the air got knocked out of her and stayed there.
"Upsey Daisy," Leo answered, rolling back up again.
"Now how did that work?" Raph asked, ticked that Leo could win so easily.
"See the small holes in the floor?" Don started, pointing them out, "Whenever we would attack her, she would dig her claws into the floor, and along with her dense muscles, she became immobile. But without that anchor, she's actually quite light."
"So now what?" Mikey asked.
"Now we go help Casey and April with the men trouncing 'round the sewers," Raph said.
"Yeah I know," Mikey continued, "But what about her?" He pointed to the mutant on the ground.
"She'll be good until we get back, won't you?" Leo asked sarcastically as he stood over her. She was generally unharmed, just knocked out for a while.
"Then what are we waiting for?" Mikey said and the brothers took off.
"Well," Casey growled, continuing to pull down on the trap door as others above continued to pull, "The guys sure are taking their time to get home."
"There's an understatement," April agreed, holding tight to his legs.
Casey gritted his teeth, until, there was no more pull. "They gave up?" he wondered aloud, "It couldn't be that easy." His eyes stayed glued to the bottom of the door.
A whooshing noise was all the warning he got before the tip of an axe blade came through the thick trap door.
Casey lost his balance with the sudden surprise, falling back off the ladder. Angel and Luca caught him, but his weight was too much and the three of them fell to the ground.
"Sorry kids," Casey said standing up, reaching down to help the two mini turtles up, "But I think our guests are going to invite themselves in." Everyone looked up as another axe hacked into the door. "I say we have about three minutes," Casey finished.
"Now what?" Angel asked, eyes wide. Those men were breaking down her door again, and this time there were no windows to climb out of.
"Fight or flight time," April said, looking down at the little ones.
"And the three of you will take the second option," Casey announced. This announcement was met with instant protest.
"I don't think so!" "You can't stop me!" and "You're not fighting by yourself," is what came from April, Luca, and Angel, respectively.
"Think of it as a roller coaster," Casey tried, "Those too short or pregnant can't ride the ride."
"If you think I'm leaving just because…" April started.
"April, any other time, I'd be glad to let you fight by my side, but now you can't get hit! There's more than one life at stake!" Casey yelled.
April growled. "Fine," she said reluctantly, starting to retreat towards Leo's room.
"You two get going," Casey said, emphasizing by pointing.
"But we can fight!" Angel argued back.
"How can two five year olds fight?" Casey wondered aloud.
"Professor Perry didn't want us to be helpless," Luca said, "We've been learning to fight since we learned to walk. Nothing like the four ninjas from the stories, but we can defend ourselves."
There was a huge crack as the trap door was split open. "That was not three minutes!" Angel said.
"So are we going to fight with each other, or fight with these guys?" Luca said, facing the ceiling.
"No choice," Casey said, punching the first guy brave enough to drop through the hole, causing the goon to fall unconscious, "Be careful."
"Will do," Luca answered, taking a defensive stance.
"Got your shell," Angel told him. Luca nodded.
"You've got to be kidding me," Casey moaned as more suits dropped through the roof.
"No!" Professor Perry shouted as they burst through the door.
"Control that man!" the Man in charge shouted.
Several men surrounded the Prof but he was not about to let them take him. Ever since he met the turtles, he'd spent the last five years learning how to fight. He was not about to be a helpless prisoner again. And he had taught the two little ones everything he learned as well. He would fight for them.
The first two fell with a kick. The rest froze, surprised at the Professor's actions. That gave him the advantage. Several more fell in their stunned form, but more and more came! Perry was soon overtaken by just the pure numbers.
"Man this old guy sure packs a punch!" one of the men said, rubbing his bruised cheek.
The man in the sunglasses chuckled a bit. "You're just full of surprises aren't you?" he taunted the Professor, "But you'd better not surprise us with anymore, or you know what will happen." He held up his radio receiver.
The Prof narrowed his eyes, but nothing else. He couldn't risk harm to Angel or Jones.
"Need some help?" a voice called through the sewers. The Professor smiled.
"About time Mike!" he shouted back.
"What!" the man with the sunglasses screamed before he was kicked in the stomach and sent flying backwards.
"You know New York traffic," Raph said, putting down his foot.
"Hey Professor," Don said, dropping in behind him, knocking out the two guys holding the Prof with his bo staff, "Just like old times huh?"
"Only no duct tape, thankfully," Prof Perry smiled. Then he remembered. "There's someone down there!" he said, pointing at the shattered trap door, "They were holding the door down until these creeps broke in! They might be in trouble!"
"Leo's on it," Mikey shouted back after sending another suit flying.
The creeps just kept coming through the hole! And the ones knocked out were waking up again.
"Why won't these guys just stay down!" Casey yelled in frustration as he knocked a man out for the third time. He saw another figure drop through the entrance and whipped around, hockey stick first.
But the stick met with the broad side of a sword. "Ah Case," Leo said, "Throwing a party without us?"
Casey smiled. "Never," he said, "The party's just getting started."
The "party" didn't last long after that.
"The kids in bed already?" Leo asked.
"Nope," Casey answered, "They wanted to dance too."
The two turned to see the mini turtles shell to shell, eyeing the small circle of fallen men around them, almost daring them to get up again.
"You let them fight?" Leo said questioningly.
"I had no time to argue."
"Leo!" Angel said happily after noticing him. She ran over and latched onto his leg.
He looked down surprised. "Um, yeah," he said raising an eyeridge and prying off the five year old, "It's good to see you too."
"Aw man we missed the party!" Mikey said, poking his head down through the hole in the trap door.
"Tell everyone to come down," Leo shouted up, "We've got some post-party clean up."
"Righto," Mikey answered popping back out again.
"Never a dull moment with you four," Professor Perry said as he climbed down the ladder.
"Daddy!" Angel shouted, leaving Leo alone to jump on the Prof.
"Angel!" Perry said in surprise and disbelief. He rapidly blinked his eyes, but the little turtle was still there. "ANGEL!" he shouted, scooping her up into a hug.
"Aw, a Kodak moment," Mikey cooed, which immediately resulted in a sharp whack in the back of the head from Raph. "Hey!" Mikey frowned indignantly.
"But I thought…" the Prof. started, "And your bandana…"
"Oh, I'm sorry daddy," Angel apologized, "It got cut." She reached around and tugged on her single bandana tail. "I tried to keep it in good shape."
The professor laughed at her minor concerns. "It's alright my Angel. Where's Luca?"
"Right here Professor," Luca announced.
"Luca saved me!" Angel informed happily.
"Well then," Perry said, kneeling down as well as setting his "daughter" down, "I thank you greatly Luca for protecting her."
Luca looked away shyly, unused to praise.
"Wow," the Prof. said, looking back and forth between the two, "You have both grown so much. I can hardly recognize you."
"Well," Raph put in, carrying a few of the unconscious thugs on his shoulder, "There aren't too many mini mutant turtles running around to confuse them with." While the Prof. and little ones were talking, the brothers had started to clean out the lair, picking up piles of guys and carrying them up to an exit sewer in an ally. There was quite a pile growing outside. With that many unconscious people, someone would surely notice and call the police.
Casey meanwhile had gone into Leo's room to check on April. It was strange that she hadn't come out yet. Strange that is, until he got there.
"Guys!" he yelled, causing a stampede towards Leo's room. "We got a situation," Casey said when they arrived.
April was sitting on Leo's bed, her eyes shut tight in pain as she squeezed the circulation out of Casey's hand. Then the pain stopped and she let out a shuddering breath. Looking up, she smiled weakly. "It's time guys," she said, "I need a hospital."
The crowd at the door was stunned silent by this news, that is, until Casey scooped up his wife along with some blankets wrapped around her and shouted, "Come on guys! Hospital. Rout. NOW!"
"Um!" the bros said, surprised. "Where's the closest…?" Mikey started.
"Memorial," Professor Perry said.
"On 23rd and Main," Donny finished.
"I know that place," Raph inserted.
"Then let's go!" Leo yelled, and everyone was off.
"This is it!" Raph said, pointing up at the bottom of a manhole cover. "That will lead you into a small parking lot reserved for old ambulances."
"How do you know that?" April asked him.
"Don't ask," Raph answered.
"And no time!" Leo said, "Get going!"
"Stay here with the turtles," Professor Perry told the two five year olds.
"But…" Angel started.
"No buts little miss," he said, "Stay with them." Then he and Casey started up the ladder, holding April between them.
"But why?" Angel said after the three where gone.
"The doctors are going to ask a lot of questions when they get there, such as why they're wet with sewer water," Donny explained, "Casey and April need all the help they can get."
"Well guys," Leo announced, "I think we've got some business to finish." He punched a fist into his other hand.
"Yeah," Raph agreed, "Catching that creep."
"But what about these two?" Mikey asked, indicating Angel and Luca.
The other three brothers looked at each other, exchanging expressions, until finally smiling and turning towards their youngest brother. "Well Mikey, since you asked…"
"When will I ever learn to keep my big mouth shut?" a very grumpy Mikey scolded himself as he sat on the couch. Grumpy seemed to be the common emotion of all three of the lair's occupants.
"We're not baby's, so I don't see why we need a babysitter," Angel grumbled.
"Humph," Luca growled, "I don't see why we couldn't go."
These three were not happy campers.
Mikey looked at the two sitting next to him and let out a frustrated sigh. Why couldn't they just come! Then they could all go and he wouldn't be left here sitting a couple of kindergartners! But then…maybe…
"Alright," he announced, standing up and turning to face them, "Do you promise to keep out of trouble."
"Yes," the two said slowly, confused.
"And do you promise to do everything I tell you to do?"
"Yes," they agreed again, not sure where this was going.
"And can you keep up with me?" Mikey asked, smiling.
"Yeah!" they both shouted, jumping to their feet.
"Well then, let's go!"
