The Saint's Hope - Season 1 Chapter 3: Things Change, a ninja turtles fanfic

The Saint's Hope

Chapter 3 – Things Change

Disclaimer: I do not repeat DO NOT own TMNT and crew in any way cause they belong to Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird (Only knows as the Greatest Guys on Earth!) while other characters like Sally and many more that happen in this fanfic rightfully belongs to me and only ME!

Announcement from out writer: Hey guys! Here is another HUGE project in the works. I have put this one for far too long but this time,…I won't! I am planning to finish it until the very end. I am also on TikTok by the name of zowise/jop (look it up!).

(From the old version - Announcement from our writer: Hey guys! About the last chapter, so sorry for the long wait. A lot was happening in my life at the moment and I didn't have the time to sit down and work on my FanFics. But with the holidays coming up and school nearly finishing for me, I will be able to have the time. Plus, I will be working on my other stories that I have been dying to finish!

From the reviews/PMs that I got, I will answer them:

To erica phoenix 16

Aww...I'm touched that you named Erica after me. :)
Thank you, thank you so much.
Through, now I'm scared for them. Since Sally gets entangled with the foot, I'm worried they'll be used against Sally once Shredder learns of her, her family and her powers.
Thanks for updating. It was a fun chapter. :)

Thanks! You deserve the thanks, actually. I really enjoy the company that we share as email pen pals. I thought you might like some recognition. So, there!
I don't think Shredder will know who they are. If this was the 2012, it could probably happen, but not the 2003.
And believe me, girl, you have no idea how hard this chapter was to make!

And thanks for NightWindAlchemist for adding me and the story to their favourites. Love to have fans to come around all the time.

Well, the hardest part of this story is over, and the next part is just getting started. So, with nothing else left to say, let the continuous of the greatest story ever to be told COMMENCE!)

Here is the first episode that kicked off this amazing series. Let's go!

(Manhattan, NY – unknown time)

Night has fallen and the moon is full on this great city of New York. Known to the locals and the world as the 'Big Apple', the night was clear with a small presence of a breeze in the air. Anyone who would be up this late would be in the comfort of their home where the warm and protection remains.

Excepts for few familiar faces.

Deep in the darkest alleyway, what appear to be five teenagers; skilled in ninjutsu and their bandana ties are whipping in the air thanks to the wind, have found themselves on the concrete-jungle of this fair city in a bit of a pickle.

Now, the readers at home must be thinking. Why are the certain green-skinned, three-fingered, two-toed, shell-wearing adolescent-size beings that are carrying weapons doing on the surface and not below? Well, one of them is human and she had been on the surface world before. And what has happened before is the reason. But we will get to it because right now, they are in trouble.

Their backs (well, one back and four shells) are up against the wall in a run-down alleyway; with no hope of escaping. This leads them only one thing to do to get out of situations like this.

Fight.

That shouldn't be a problem, since that is what they have been training for. And tonight's match would be the five teens vs. more than 20 street thugs who are approaches them as they speak. The team of five also took a few steps forward as well.

Although the heroine started the adventures of her story with her narrations, it was time for one of the heroes – a talking blue turtle – to take centre stage.

My name is Leonardo. And right now, my brothers, sister and I are in a mess of trouble.

Pulling out their chains and metal pipes as their ideal weapons, the thugs were ready to give the newcomers on the streets a beating of the lifetime. These brutes were known to be the toughest fighters in the deepest, and the most dangerous, parts of the city, so no-one wouldn't dare to fight against them. Well, they haven't met…these guys.

The same turtle that narrates the story; glares down at his and siblings' opponents – all armed and ready to fight.

The human beside him – was the same human that went up to the surface world before and has already dealt with hooligans almost just like them. That all happened yesterday during her special occasion: her birthday. Maybe they are here tonight.

Our backs are up against the wall in some trash-strewn alley, cornered by the toughest street gang on the East Side.

Each of the thugs were amazed at their appearances. Never the less, they think they are dressed up in ridiculous clothing just to scare them. Well, it doesn't scare them. But they will be sorry later. Right now, they decided to say a few things that have been circling around their mind just now.

"Look at the freaks," one of the members spoke up; wielding his metal staff at them. Again, the human is quite different from her team members and she does-not appreciate his remark.

An overweight thug takes a crack at it. "What's with the dweeby costumes?"

"This ain't Halloween," remark another thug; spinning his chain around in a small circle to the side.

The only one who has pulled out his weapon is the leader himself. Almost the same colour as the girl's bandana is the leader's ugly mullet haircut. His outfit is considering a long purple coat with yellow sleeves that has picture what appears to be purple lizards or dragons on each sleeve, with his black shirt and pants underneath, accessories with a silver belt buckle on his purple belt and top it off is his purple finger-less gloves, purple shoes and dogs tags around his neck.

"You're going down, freaks!" he noted. Taking out his staff from behind him, the leader twirls it his hand and swing it around him and behind his back; jabbing his index finger at them.

"Nobody messes with the Purple Dragons, especially wearing stupid turtle costumes!" The leader warns to his opponents, whom dare to fight him and his crew. Purple Dragons, huh? Kind-of catchy name for a group street thug.

With their signature weapons in hand, one-by-one, the team of ninjas all stepped out into the moonlight – giving a look of what these Purple Dragons are facing off against. Pulling out his last katana from his scabbard, the blue turtle stares at them as he – and the others prepare themselves. Right now, someone needs to make the first move. Who will it be?

He's wrong. We're not wearing costumes.

As the team of five ninjas leaps forward, the battle commences.

(Manhattan, NY – 8:30pm)

Another day went by in a heart-beat as the city was greeted with another night of calm and serene.

Yesterday was a special day that only a few know and on that special day was celebrated by one of them that she did something so wondrous that she'll never forget. Just a day ago, Salvadora has just turned the age of fifteen and was granted to journey to the surface world for the very first time on her own.

Touring around the city, meeting the first human friends that she ever met in her life and enjoy the birthday cake that she provided for when her brothers forgot to make. A day like this takes a lot out of you, doesn't it?

Yes it does.

Although she was still resting from her adventure yesterday, she still had enough energy for her and her siblings' nightly training session. And as for every training session that she and her brothers always have is in their training area located in the middle of the Lair.

"Remember, to be a true ninja," a certain rat spoke up; whilst holding his wooden stick in front of him, "you must become one with the shadows. Darkness gives the ninja power, while light reveals the ninja's presence." The room was completely pitch black; masking all light in the area except for the lit candle just balancing on the end of the stick. "Now, can you extinguish this flame," the rat master closes his eyes, concealing the remaining light from his focus, "without revealing yourself?"

Only opening his eyes in a flash before closing them again, he flips the candle in the air before catching it his grasp. His eyes remain shut; only to rely on his ears to hear his opponents coming. Another skill that a true ninja must master. He then stands his staff on his side as well.

That's the whole reason why the room was so dark. But the question is who will get first? And without been seen?

His first opponent tries to grab it at a running speed without too much noise. But failed to do so as the rat drops his hand; holding the candle. This caused the attacker miss the target and slams into the wall, causing him to drop his Bo-Staff. The impact that he created was enough force to form a sore bruise on his head. Splinter: 1. Students: 0. But that was only the first attack. There still a few more of his students left.

"Too noisy, Donatello," Splinter said with his eyes slightly open; looking over to his right. Another one is coming this way.

The second attacker, swinging his nunkuchus in his right hand, leaps in the air and lands carefully near the target. He was hoping that his father would not spot. But he was wrong. Using his speed, he tries his best to hit the candle out of the rat's grip but he failed to notice when the rat stands up… and flips the turtle over. With a small stick. Pretty strong for a small rat. This caused him to slide and crash into his brother; earning more bruises on the first attacker.

He may be fastest ninja around, but his master too quick for him. Splinter: 2. Students: 0. But this battle is not over yet.

The rat master sits down once again. "Too clumsy, Michelangelo," Splinter pointed out, while still holding on to the candle. With two of his attackers down and not completely out, the rat was just getting warmed up. The third attacker has already made his move. With two Sais in his hand, he decided to sneak behind him and hopefully, catches him off guard. Taking a few steps more before he leaps forward, hoping to stab the candle, but the elder (once again) ducks just in time. The figure manages to land on his feet - while at the same time not to fall flat on his face – does a little jump before facing his teacher; getting a hold of his weapons before resuming his attack.

With a firm grip on the candle, Splinter raised an eyebrow as he walks to another position of the Lair. He knows that this student like to play it rough and he knows that he is pretty impatient to get his hands on the candle. Guess he'll have to keep a close-eye on this one.

Twirling his weapons, the figure comes charging in. Unfortunately, he doesn't have time to react when the rat, closing his eyes yet again, swiftly sits down on his knees and places his stick in the turtle's way, causing him to trip over and slams into the other two fighters. All groaning in agony with a few grunts, the three warriors try to untangle themselves again. With three of his sons defeated, the rat teacher stands up with the candle still in his hand; still lit. Keeping up-to-date with the scores, it's Splinter: 3. Students: 0.

"Poor choice, Raphael," Splinter says; opening his eyes. As he has his focus on the fallen soldiers, the fourth opponent was just behind the pillar. With her lone Kodachi in her hands, she peeks to the side to see the rat's back facing towards her. She was planning to stab the candle using the tip of her short sword.

She was using the shadows to conceal herself in order to get closer to her target. That was the whole point of this training exercise, right? And she was hoping that hiding in the shadows would help her conceal her presence from her teacher. If you readers have not been reading the past chapters, everyone would already know that she has the ability to sense things within a mile away. She just hopes that he doesn't sense her before she secures the prize in her grasp.

Have just found the perfect moment, she leaps out of her hiding place. Being as quiet as she can be and quickly as she can be, she attempts to strike her goal. But not quick enough.

Splinter knew she would hide before striking. Just before she was a foot away and with incredible speed, the rat shots up in the air and right above the attacker's head. The warrior herself manages to look up to see the master himself before the talented rodent delivers a double kick in the back, causing the young girl trip over while dropping her weapon and tumbles into the teen pile. She was now upside down, rubbing her poor head from the impact.

"So close," she hisses in disappointment.

The rat then shakes in disgrace. "Too obvious, Salvadora." He wanted his daughter to try something else but it was still a good try.

So far, it's Splinter: 4. Students: 0. Looks like tonight's training session has come to a close. If you count one more left. And he is, right now with his eyes shut, appears to be hovering silently above; just waiting for the right moment. He too was hiding in the shadows as well but not on ground level and was using the pipe as support. Since his siblings didn't pass the test, it was time for him to ace it.

His eyes shot open. Now!

He releases his grip on the pipes and begins to fall. But not a second later, he quickly pulls out his two katanas out from their scabbards, and slices the still lit candle in the rat's flat palm within its reach. The master was taken in surprise at the motion when the top half begins to fall forward. But before it hits the ground, the turtle himself bets to it by doing a forward flip and lands gracefully on his right knee with his right hand; still holding on to the sword, on the concrete floor of his home. Pulling his left sword out in front of him just in time to catch the sliced candle; still flaming, the victorious ninja stands up and brings the sword holding the goal and with a single blow, the candle goes out.

The Fearless Leader himself has narrowly won tonight's training session.

Using his scent, the rat master goes over to the power box which controls everything electrical of the Lair. Including the lights. The entire home lights up as with the rat near the power box, the winner tossing the used candle in the air and back down again and the other four losers have already untangled themselves from their bundle. Only one particular failure was not particular happy with the results.

"Well done, Leonardo," Master Splinter congrats his elder son in success. He was very pleased with his son's results as Leonardo smiles with pride. As the oldest and the leader of the team, it was his mission to be the top dog of the ninja family and be able to get his followers through. The blue turtle himself is always trying to please his father. So hard that he has to be perfect at all times. Especially when it comes to his training.

While the others don't mind his leadership, Raph doesn't think so. In fact, Raphael looks on with the most envies look on his face. He couldn't believe it again. His older brother was being the biggest show-off. Again. It has happened on so many occasions.

"Teacher's pet," the red turtle sneers with the bitterness in his tone. Leonardo just stands there with a smirk on his face. But he's already something to counter it.

"Ninja drop-out." Yep. That's the one! The cocky leader tosses the top-half of the candle at his brother before he took that comment personally.

"Oooohhh!" the two youngest teased their older brother as the only female family member giggles. The hothead of the family lets out a growl as he charges at his brother again, to fight him, while crushing the remainder of the candle in his grasp.

Leo was ready to defend himself…

"My children!" Their master – their father – manages to halt his two eldest in their path with the help of his stick. What the rat does not like to see is his children fight 24/7 as it would be painful enough to watch. He loves all his children equally and doesn't play favouritism. As he drops his staff to ground, he lets out a sign, closes his eyes once more and then shakes his head in disappointment of the immaturity. They dropped their spat and looked at their father before them. They were ready to knock their lights out in his presence. They may be his children who are trained ninjas but they act like the kids that they are today.

"My children." Opening his eyes, he removes his hand from his face and looks on to his only family. It was time for another lesson. "If you are to become true ninja, you must work harder," he said.

As he continues on, his students got in a line and sat on their knees in front of their master. "Your path in life will not be an easy one." As he continues onwards, a fly decided to bug out one of the turtles and that turtle happens to have an orange bandana who happens to sit at the end of the line. Trying as hard to listen, Mikey now becomes very distracted by the unwanted visitor as it flies off in another direction. "The outside world will not be a friendly place for you. You five are different in ways the surface dwellers would never understand."

Normally she would be irritated by this, but after what has happened on her birthday yesterday, it doesn't seem to be a problem. Unless, her father would not let go up again. And with all these humans up there that Sally got to see, she nothing different from them – except for the ninja skills and the supernatural powers.

The same fly who was bugging Mikey before has returned to cause a bit of havoc to the goofy turtle. It was starting to get on the ninja's nerve. Now, he understands why his big bro hates them so much. But he didn't have the time to listen on his father's dialog. "To survive, you must master these skills I teach you, Ninjistu powers of Stealth and Secrecy."

Now annoyed by the fly, Mikey decided to catch the bug without too much trouble. Unfortunately, he was now having some trouble as he was unable to catch the pest that continues to buzz around. Master Splinter pressed on; despite one of his children being distracted and all. "You must become Kage – Shadow Warriors," the rat then points his staff towards his children, "And you must never be discovered by outside world." That was the main rule that has been plagued in his family ever since that fateful incident that brought them together. Well, almost everyone since one of them came afterwards. This brings Sally to ask his master a question.

"Umm, what about me, Father?" she asked. As the only human in this family, she should have the right to go to the surface at any time. Maybe the same rules apply to the young girl too?

"Salvadora, for many years, I have kept you here safe – as a daughter, a ninja, and a young lady with phenomenal powers that you have little control over." Way to point that out, master.

The rat was not done yet. "But now that you have reached the age of maturity and some grasp of your ability, you now have the rights to venture out on your own."

The young kunoichi smiles at her father. He was now ready to let his daughter to do things on her own. I guess a day out in the city by herself for the first time actually proved her point and her patience of waiting for the big moment. But there has to be a catch, right? The rat points his finger at her. "But you must remember to use your skills – and your powers – wisely." Yep, there's always a catch.

Salvadora respectfully bows to her master. "Thank you, Sensei." She raises her head again to face the rat again. "Oh! And another thing…" She looks over to see her younger brother sitting next to her; "playing" with his new friend. For the past minute, he has been trying to capture his opponent with no luck at all. But just before he catches the fly in the palm of his hands, Sally used her speed and catches the fly in the palm of her left hand. This surprises Mikey and caused him to yelp.

The turtle glares at her; for catching the fly with no difficulties, not to mention beating him to it. But the female ninja just simply raised an eyebrow at her brother along with the most annoyed look on her face. "That was starting to bug me, you know that?"

SCREECH!

Not only has that sudden sound to her, but a painful force had strike in the head. This cause the young kunoichi to fall forward, thanks to the effect. Luckily, Leo was the first to grab her before she made ground impact. The others have all became both confused and alert. They have never seen their sister in pain before, unless you count physical. With her hand holding her head and the other on the ground to gain her balance, Sally's eyes remain shut. The fly escapes from her grasp and sweat was already formed on her face. Her head was still pounding. This was no headache and even if it was, it would just be a small pounding. Not a huge one just then.

Leo's hands were still holding onto her shoulders just in case it happens again. "Are you alright?"

Her hand didn't move from her forehead as she opened on eye. "Ok. Who hit me?" She was going to lay the beat down on who slap her upwards.

Her brothers all stared at her. "Uhh, Sal… no-one hit ya," Raph replied.

Weird. This has never happened to her in her life.

The pain that was made from the same strike to the head was still thrashing, although she didn't feel a bruise coming from anywhere on her head. Then, that's when Sally thought of something.

Wait a minute. When Raph said that no-one hit her, it was because the hit to my head wasn't physical. It was all…in my mind.

Placing her hand to her face actually proved her point. But what was it? What does it mean? Was it more improvement on her powers? A new way to sense now? If it is, she would not enjoy a few mega-earthquakes all rattling inside her mind from now on.

Sally didn't have the time to figure it out. That is when the whole place started to shake.

Stone and debris were starting to fall from the ceiling and the sound of muffle foot-steps were getting louder and louder as they are coming closer.

The rat and his child (minus the girl) were all alarmed now. "What…is that noise?" he asked. The walls itself were started to crumble. The teens all gasp as they stand up to look around. As they were frantically trying to figure out what is going on, Leo helps his sister up; whose pain is starting is ease up.

Mikey moved over to his brainy brother. If he or anyone else doesn't have the answer, they always go to Donatello. "Whoa! Earthquake!" he exclaims. As the purple turtle stayed in one spot thinking of solutions, he doesn't notice that his siblings all backed away but the rat also stayed in one place.

"In New York?" Donnie wondered whilst rubbing his chin. "Possible, but not likely." Most of them happens on the West Coast, not the East. Was it the Big One that they heard so much about? Still coming up with the cause, he was lucky enough to jump out of the way when a large slab of stone that broke off near the entrance nearly crashed into him.

Recovering from the pain, Sally could only think that she might have sense something else. Usually down here, she normally senses rats and other small things down in the sewers. Whatever she sense is a lot bigger.

"Guys! I don't think it's an earthquake!" she cried out.

Raph turns to face her. "Then what is it?"

Before she can open her mouth, the debris was about to breaks off from the ceiling but Leo was the one quick to notice. "Sal! THE ROOF! LOOK OUT!" The stone is separated from the roof and falls towards the girl, but Sally was quick to notice it as she delivers a steady punch; destroying the rubble into a hundred bits. No longer in pain but ready for action.

The rumble continues to shake when the door was blasted open. Dust has already settled the entrance to reveal something merging from the dust cloud. Out from the cover, the intruders appear to be small silver mechanical "creatures" walking on two legs. They appear to be knee high with a light on top its head to act as its eye and their head has a built-in jaw which proves to be strong enough to bite down anything since it brought down the wall of their home.

As it enters the room, these things give off a screech. The same screech that Sally that was played inside her mind. So, why did she vision it? Why did she hear it and not the guys? Well, it came from her mind but why? She'll have to figure it out later. Because it just brought a whole lot more. As the family of ninjas got a good look at their new "guests", they all draw out their weapons. And it was time to teach their new guests some house rules of their own.

The robots here all approached them as the leader asked his smart brother; hopefully for answer or something. "What are those things?" He then takes a step back, aiming at sword at them.

Mikey scratches the top of his head. "New York City cockroaches?" he joked in his usual manner. But this was no time to be joking around for the good-humoured turtle after seeing how they brought the wall down.

As for Raph, he was not a big fan of roaches. So, he decided to show them how much he hates them. "Whatever they are, they picked the wrong party to crash!" And he means it. He was not much of a party-goer. More like a party pooper. And he proves his point by charging in and kicks the first one to the ground. It makes a little dent in the floor but remains stuck as it swings its legs in the air; hoping to get back up.

The other robots around it all looked to their fallen bot and then one-by-one, they all charged towards their targets, letting off its screech. Donatello whacks his first opponent with his Bo Staff like a baseball bat but as soon as the second one comes around, it was smart enough to chomp on to Don's weapon; halting his attack. But the turtle himself was even smarter to lift his staff in the air (with the robot still hanging on) and smashes it on the ground. They may powerful jaws but they do not have durable amour.

Michelangelo did his part by whacking off the robots' head or body into pieces while doing a flip or two. By the time he took out half a dozen, he decided to use teamwork in the miss. Using his nunchunks, he grabs two more of the robots as he calls out for the "Sword Siblings".

"Hey Leo and Sal, think fast!" He tosses the robots to them whom they have no trouble slicing them up. The blue turtle sees another coming up. He then jumps in the air and does an aerial move with his sword which slices one clean. Another one jumps to him but Leo makes short work and slices it as well. As soon it hits the ground, it all falls apart and then explodes. Sally was doing her fair share. She was waiting for three more to approach her. Once they are close, she flips right behind them. In a drop-stance, using her sword she does a horizontal slice; separating their heads from their feeble body.

Although the Turtles and Sally were still whacking and slicing the robots away, they were only one more being who does not have the best advantage. Now cornered at the other end of the lair, Master Splinter was whacking the robots with his own stick, but there was a lot of those mechanic menaces as they keep on coming. After finishing another robot, Leo looks over to his horror as he gasps.

He saw the majority of them all surrounding his father as he continues to whack them away. Most of the robots are after him. Not them. He then realised. Not only he and his siblings have to protect themselves, but they also have to protect they master. And by the look of the robots, they have to be quick!

"We have to help Master Splinter! Come on!" Leo ordered his siblings as they all charged in; making their way through the metal crowd. The robots also turn their attentions on them and attacks. As they kept on fighting, they did not notice that the robots are chewing through the support structures that keep their home intact. If this keeps up, they will surely have a new sky-light. The rat was doing the best he can. He tries to hold them off as long as he can by slicing his stick through the head like a sharp katana.

Some dust and debris fall through the cracks as the robots keep munching away at the beams, Raph was now getting close to his Sensei as he smashes more robots in his way. Unbeknownst to him, the ceiling that was right above him begins to break. While everyone else was still dealing with the robots, Leo was the only one who notices it. When the robots finish chewing through the beams, they began to give way and begin to tumble down on Raph but the tough turtle was too busy to notice the cave-in happening above his head! Lucky for him, his older brother happens to be near-by.

"Look out" He manage to grab his brother from behind just before the pieces of the ceiling hit the robots instead of him. If he didn't save his brother in a nick of time, Raphael would have been buried alive! And that his brother is safe, what of Master Splinter?

The five teens look over the small rubble to see their father; still holding his end against the robots, when the rest of the ceiling in-front of them came crashing down. It not only crushed the remaining robots and caused a hug dust cloud, but it also blocks their sight of Master Splinter. More stones fall down; creating more dusty fog. The teens could only look at this horrifying event before them.

"Oh no!" Leo cried out; who raced in head first into the haze. Followed by his siblings.

"Master Splinter!" Raph shouted as well. They all raced through the dust; unaware of what danger that will hit them.

Leo was the first one to approach the wreckage. "Master Splinter?" he cried out for his father.

No sign. He tries to pull off one slab of the pile. Sally came to his side and manages to pull one out of her way.

"Master Splinter!" he cried out again. No sign.

The leader looked frantically through the rubble but…

No.

But there was no sign of the rat.

No.

Not a sign of his clothing.

No. No. No…

Or his fur. Or anything. There was…nothing. Just large stone pieces of what used to be part of their home. Now, it has been caught in a land-slide. First, it's their home that is destroyed, thanks to the metal machines.

No. No. No…

And thanks to them, Master Splinter. Their master. Their father. Gone.

"NOOOOOOO!" the eldest screamed at the top of his lung as the dust settle around the area. That scream was the only reason why their father is now buried alive.

They have to get all of these boulders to even get to their rat father. But with so many chunks of boulders in the way, it would take the teens a few hours or more to even make a path. The teens - the rat's only children - are not giving up. Right now, all they care was finding Master Splinter and pray to hope that he is ok.

After moving one huge slab from the rubble, the only daughter of Splinter moves closer. She places her hand on the surface and closes her eyes. She was hoping to hear Splinter in the rubble. Or maybe beside the rubble – out of harm's way. Right beside her, Leo was doing the best he can by moving more rocks out of his way in order to find his father.

Deep down, she feels like this is all her fault. She should have sense them coming before it happened. If she did, they would have been prepared. But she didn't. Instead, she ends up having this…stupid headache… which caused her to lose focus and not sense it coming.

If she did sense them coming, then maybe their home would or would not be destroy. And Master Splinter...

She shakes her head and blocks all these possible images out of her mind and went back to work.

Not too far from them, one of the trashed robots was still activated. It only produced a screech before Raph steps on it; causing it make a small explosion as it effectively shuts down. As the hothead of the family, he has a right to be angry. He just happened to have his home trashed and to top it all off, his father. He was not too pleased about this. He spins his Sai around before placing them back in his belt.

He looks over to where his younger brother is and joins him. Mikey was checking out another damage-already-dead robot at his feet. He too was very upset about losing his father, but also curious about the surprise visit from the unknown strangers.

"What the shell are those things?" Mikey asked his big brother. Raphael stood over to where his brother is as they both examine the robot together.

"Whatever they were,…" he kicks the trash away in disgust. "They're junk now." He was a bit glad to get some payback for what they did to his home. And for what has happened to his father. But who sent this…things on them? And why? And what has happened to Splinter? Back to where the rubble is, only Leo, Don, who has his duffle bag on, and Sally were still searching for their missing father. At least the three of them is searching for them in calm matter.

"Guys, Splinter," Leo reminded them of what their main mission is. "We've got to find Splinter." Raph and Mikey have now joined their brothers and sister, hoping to be more help to find their lost father. The leader of the team started low on the ground and stood up, hoping to see an opening from a high view. "Master Splinter, can you hear me?" So far, no response. Nothing at all.

Still had her eyes closed, Sally continues to stay focus.

C'mon, Sensei. Please be OK. PLEASE be OK!

Past through dirt and stone, she sees a wooden stick just lying in the open. Moving up from the stick is something much larger than dog. Unless that dog is wearing a brown cloak and has a pink tail...

Sally's eye shot open.

"It's Father!" She turns to face the guys. "I found him! He's on the other side and not crushed which – thank goodness!"

By hearing this, everyone in the demolished area are relieved. It's one thing to have a sibling or friend to have the ability to sense things. And the other is the knowledge to know if that person you care about is alright thanks to the other person.

"Great job, Sal! Is-is he ok?" Leo wonders; hoping for more good news after hearing the first one.

She nods. "I'll check again." Closing her eyes and resumes her focus, she goes back into her concertation. This time, she was able to find Splinter again a in split second. The first time was a bit difficult but now, it proves to be a little bit easier. The rat was still in the same position that he was in. But was he moving? Was he breathing at all?

Please, Master Splinter? Please, be o—

Splinter lets out a gasping breath as his chest moves up and down. His grey fingers also twitch.

If a dead person does not breathe or twitch like that, then they are not dead at all!

Jumping out of her focus, Sally stands to face her best friend. He and the others are waiting for the result. She lets out a sign of relief. "He is."

They all smiled at one another. They were all thankful that Sally brought the news about Splinter. Now, all they have to do was find a way through the pile and save their father from any more harm if any more of those robots show up.

"So, Sal, can't you use your telekinetic powers to moves the rocks and get Splinter out?" Mikey asked; pleading for his sister's help. Her smile drops and was now a bit hesitates. Sensing her father to find out that he is alive and well is one thing. Moving things with her mind is another story.

"I just wish I can move the boulders out of the way, but…I might do more harm than good to Sensei. I could accidently crush him if I mess it up!" Sally explains to the guys. She crosses her arms over, knowing that this is all she can do. She only knows so little of her powers that she has no knowledges or the teachers to help her.

"At least we know that he is alright and not in danger," the blue turtle places his hand on his best friend's shoulder. "You did great." Sally looks to him and acknowledges him with a smile.

Since the young kunoichi can sense that their father is ok (breathing and all) and that her powers are not advance enough yet to move the rocks, they will try another to reach him. It was time to move on to Plan B.

"Donatello, anyway to—" Leo was interrupted by the sounds of buttons and a ringtone. He turns to his younger brother who fiddling with his own Shell-Cell: the teen's own communication device. Leo goes over to him. "What are you doing?"

Don has his Shell-Cell up to his ears. He turns to his older brother with a prospect look on his face. "Shell-Cell. I'm calling Master Splinter…" he turns to face the rubble as everyone all gathered around him. "…I hope…"

Who says the teens are just the only ones who have their own mobile phones? The ringing sound was no longer coming from Don's phone and was now emitting from the other side of the rubble. The sound continues to ring until somebody picks it up. And it was coming from inside a certain rat's robe. Salvadora was right. Master Splinter was on the other side. Good news is that he is not crushed. And he is breathing.

The rat finally come to as he opens his eyes. He sits up while rubbing his head from the nasty impact. Still sitting down on his knees, he hears a certain beeping sound that is still buzzing. Reaching inside his robe and pulls out his own Shell-Cell. The cell opens the sides up to reveal the buttons and the screen that produce the light which glows Splinter's face.

He then rubs his chin. "Hmmm…." With the phone already on, truth to be told, he doesn't know how to operate it. His children never got a chance to explain it to him. Maybe there was a button to press or a number of buttons? Either way, he was going to try.

He begins to wonder as he starts to press the first few buttons on his phone. "Which button do you press…"

"…to answer this thing?"

Actually, he has already answered it and from the other side, the moment that they all heard his voice, it's put a smile on everyone's face. Leo quickly grabs the phone out of Don's grasp.

"Hello?" Splinter cries out; hoping for his children to hear him and pick up.

"Master Splinter, are you all right?" Leonardo asked. But the rat did not response. For he was pressing more buttons on the phone.

"HELLO?" Splinter's voice was a bit louder than before. So far, he can't seem to pay any attention to his eldest son. He was too busy trying to work his own device.

Don wants to talk to his father, hoping to help him in his dilemma but Leo shakes his finger; telling him he's got it covered. "Master Splinter…"

"Stupid device…" he silently grumbles, still pressing more buttons. It's official. Master Splinter cannot operate any electronic devices. Not even the simple gadget of the Shell-Cell. Even with the extra help or not. Sally couldn't help but snicker at this. But nonetheless, she and her brothers are relieved to hear his voice again.

"…you don't have to press any buttons," Leo explain to his father the simple instruction which Splinter cease doing.

"You already answered it."

The rat was now standing up with his stick. Although he was a bit embarrassed by what just happened. Now, that he (kinda) knows how to operate a phone, it was time to make a plan. "Ah, Leonardo, whatever those mechanical menaces are, they have managed to eat through the support structure of our home."

As soon as he said that, the teens all huddled around the oldest turtle as more debris continues to fall from the fractured ceiling. Any more second of staying here, the entire place could come crashing down. Looks like the five teenagers will have to leave their destroyed home. And fast!

"We must leave right away," Master Splinter added.

Sally looks nervously at the broken roof. "You don't have to tell me twice."

"Meet me at the old drainage junction near South Point," the rat instructed to his children of the rendezvous to meet their father.

Mikey tries to get in closer. Unfortunately, he was up in his big brother's face. This cause Raph to violently shove him into the rubble, which miraculous, did not made any more damage to the already damaged place. Once he made impact, Mikey was groaning in pain. To mark where they are going, Don pulls out a folded paper out of his duffle bag. He blew some dust off it and unfolds it to reveal a map that shows one section of the city's sewer system. This also shows where the teens'…former home is as well.

Don examines the map to get the bearings. "If we take the south conduit, it'll intersect with the old drainage tunnel," he said.

Leo nodded; agreeing with his little brother's plan. "We'll meet you there, Sensei." Before he handed up, Sally quickly grabs the Shell-Cell out of his hand and talks into it.

"Master Splinter, do you have any injuries? If so, please don't strain it too much, ok? We'll be there soon to fix you up!" she said; concerning for her father's wellbeing. Sally is known in the family to be the nurse. Any cuts or bruises or broken bones or a simple talk, Sal will be there, always. Not just his wellbeing but the entire family as well. They were pretty shaken off from their experience.

"I am fine, Salavdora. Go with your brothers and meet me at the rendezvous," is what he said before Sally hangs up. Once she has disconnected from the father, she turns to look at her younger brother.

"You know, it would kill ya to show him the basics rather than him to figure it out by himself," she pointed out. Don just shrugs his shoulder. She or anyone else does not want to go through the process again if it ever happens.

After recovering himself from his…fall, Mikey rushed over and places his hands on both Leo's and Don's shoulder. "What's he say? What'd he say? Did he mention me?" Once again, this cause Raph to push him again, only just for the amusement for his three siblings.

With their house destroyed and their father gone and separated, the teens have no choice but to leave their home. The comfort place that they know, lived and love in for the past fifteen years, is now trashed and not supported any longer. Broken pipes were dripping excess sewer water while dirt and rocks were clinging onto the structure. Everything was a mess. It does not seem to be called home anymore. It was far beyond repair.

The teens decided to gather what little remains of what is still standing and what is useful that they can take on their journey. Near her bedside, Sally finds her backpack, thankfully, not damaged in the brawl. Inside was not only her Shell-Cell but the one thing that was given to by her father for her birthday: Her diary. Relieved that it has not been damaged, she carefully places it back in the bag. Sally also finds her favourite green jacket, not damaged from the sudden attack as well. Knowing that it's not too cold outside, she rolls it up and puts it in her backpack. Now that she has everything she needs, it was time to leave.

As they others are preparing to leave, Mikey only needs to do one thing leaving. He insisted on saying his goodbyes to the home that they all grew up in.

"Good-bye, broken pipe. Good-bye, grungy pay phone. Good-bye, dented manhole cover," he places his foot on a discarded rock that was from the ceiling. He then places his hand over where his heart is, to the place he knew and loves that this memorable place will always be in his heart. "Good-bye, home, sweet home."

Seeing that his brother was being so dramatic with his good byes, Raph goes up to him as he was getting a bit impatient with his corny farewells. "Hello, cruel world," Raph said in his usual gruffy tone, before grabbing onto his brother's bandana tails. "Come on!" he yanks his little brother away from the damage as they both join their other siblings. They all went through the recent damaged hole where their front door was normally is.

Sally was the last one to leave her former home. She looks inside the place one last time. For the past fifteen years, this was her home. The place that she grew up in, all the good memories that she and her family had. All the training session that they endure. All the times that she wished she had a bedroom all to herself. Right now, she wishes she had a little more time to mourn for the place like Mikey did, but she quietly does it to herself. She gives another second of the place before releasing a breath out.

"Good-bye, home," she whispers to herself before joining the others on their mission.

To find Splinter. And hopefully, a new home.

She catches up with her brothers whom were inspecting all the damages that those robots have done to the surrounding sewer walls.

"Looks like those things have been through here," Leonardo inspected whilst taking the lead.

Sally manages to catch up to him and nods in agreement while looking around. "You said it." The teens couldn't believe that something so small can do a lot of damages. If they ever come across them again, the ninjas will be expecting a little payback.

"These walls are seriously compromised," Donatello lectures on the damage of the area. "It's lucky this roof hasn't caved in." And if it did, the ninjas wouldn't be standing right now and be lying under all the rubble. But the academic turtle was about to eat his words when they come to a complete halt in their short journey. Right in front of them is a much larger problem, standing in their way. A section of the sewers has indeed collapsed right in front of them. Master Splinter must be on the other side of the remains, which it is almost identical to the one in their old home. It has blocked them off from the rest of the sewer. Not to mention it has blocked off the only way to the meeting place where their father will be.

Raph turns to face his technological brother on the slight miscalculation. "You were saying?"

The Fearless Leader gives out a frustration groan. So much for the usual plan. "Can't go forward. Can't go back." With no any other way, that only leaves them only one option. And Sally has a feeling that some of her siblings will like it. And so will she.

She looks behind to see the only option and lightly nudges Raph on his arm. He turns to face his sister, only to see what she's looking. By seeing the ladder near their home, Raphael knew exactly what she means. It was also the same ladder that she climbed yesterday to explore the world above for her birthday. And just before the incident, Master Splinter has given his blessings for his daughter the freewill to explore the world. She has already seen the city in the day, now, she was going to see the city at night.

They both nodded at each other before Sally sneaks off to the manhole cover. Raph turns to the brothers on his left and not facing Leo. "Looks like we go up," he pointed to the ladder where Sally's feet are just shown; already climbing the steps. The eldest's face show alarmed when he sees his younger brother heading straight for the ladder.

"I'm with Raph on this one," Sally's voice echo in the tunnel. Just as Raph starts climbing, a certain turtle runs up to him and grabs him on his shell.

"Hitting the surface is a bad idea," Leo stated to his tough siblings who were already on the ladder and his other two siblings right behind him.

"We've got no other way to go, Leo," Don reminded him about the only tunnel being blocked off.

Groaning again, Leonardo went into full leader-mode. He lets go of Raphael and faces both Michelangelo and Donatello. At least, Salvadora is closed by to listen. "All right, but we're only going up to go down the next manhole. Got it? No fooling around. Remember what Sensei said. It's dangerous for us to be seen, let alone captured." Leo curled his hand into fist as he continues to give out. Anxious was the only expression shown on Don and Mikey's face. They would hate to be not just discovered, but apprehended as well. They all seen those horror or sci-fi movies, where aliens come to Earth who kidnap people and experiment on them or it's the other way. In human or alien's case, it would be the worst-case scenario for four humanoid turtles. "We need to stay out of sight."

Out of nowhere, Sally's head pops out which nearly caught Raph off guard. She was just hanging upside down; just a centimetre above the red turtle. She understands her best friend's concern for the outside world and how dangerous it can be. But with their human sister around, it shouldn't be a problem. "Awww, stop being such a sour turtle, Leo. Splinter said that I can go outside now. You four are not stupid enough to get capture. And besides," she decided to reveal something that will ease the tension for her reptile family, "no-one will see you guys at night-time! So, you have nothing to worry about!" She sits up from her position and starts climbing again.

Raphael definitely agrees with her. As long as they don't get into trouble by the time they get to the next manhole cover, they will be cool. Besides, he was getting a bit impatient. "She's right. And we got it the first thousands times, Leo. Just follow her lead." Of course, he was referencing to their sister who had now the experience go to the human world. He starts climbing the ladder with his brothers in pursuit.

It was a clear night indeed with the moon is full and not people out tonight except for a few dogs barking away in the night. Everyone would probably be inside in their homes or a nightclub which happens to be not far from where the heroes are. The kunoichi wasted no time to move the manhole cover and push it to the side. She didn't need to do a recon before. Cause she has already sensed the surrounding area before she took a step outside. She hops out of the pool and takes a good look at the sky.

She thought that the daytime of the city was spectacular; she was not expecting the night-time to be this…luminous. Sally continues to admire the beauty of the full moon while keeping on a look-out. Raph jumps out the manhole with his older brother not far behind. Rather than jumping out without a second thought, he takes a little longer to observe the area constantly. He was just on the lookout for any potential threats.

"Come on, Leo. Move it!" Leo looks down to see the orange turtle right below him, complains that he has to suffer waiting for the blur turtle to get out. "I don't want to be staring at your butt any longer than I have to." He was not enjoying the view down here as he motioning his brother to move it.

Just before he takes another step out, Sally was brought to reality when she senses something. On her right she sees….

"Shhh! Guys!" the teenage girl whispered but loudly enough for the turtle and human on the streets in hide in the shadows and the second turtle already in the hole to duck for cover. Just then, a young man on a scooter zips went by the same alleyway that the sneaky ninjas are in.

Wait. Why did she have to hide? She's human. She doesn't need to hide in the streets. The Turtles do! Once the Moped has finally left the scene, the street has given the ninjas an "all clear". Removing themselves from the shadows, Sally and Raph took their first step into the streets. No sign of any humans. Most of them appeared to be inside – in a night club. Not suitable for teens. Looks like Sal will have to wait until she is old enough to enter. Not to mention the chatter inside was getting louder to the main entrance. And she didn't have to sense it as Raph hears it too.

Just before the doors swing open, Sally quickly acts natural while Raph flips onto the little shade, hanging above the door. And when she means act natural, she does not mean stand stupidly where someone can raise an eyebrow at you. No, all she did was lean up against the wall next to the door with her head slightly down, playing cool. As soon Raph is on the cover, two people (whom look in their early twenties or older) have just came out; feeling a little dizzy. Guess you shouldn't probably drink too much or Sensei will know. And that's when he will bring out the stick, with extra hours of training.

As the two happy couple giggled off into the night, Raph continues to go higher as he leaps up and grabs hold of a nearby pipeline. Once the party-goers are gone (or that they are not aware of their surrounds thanks to how many drinks that they had), Sally looks up to see the turtle, hanging from the pipe like some kind of superhero from the comics.

While her brother is just hanging on, Sally looks across the streets to see one part of their mission completed. Just like Leo predicted, there was a nearby manhole and it was just across the streets. Not just her but Raph sees it as well and he's got the bird-eye view.

"Ahhh, manhole cover – 12 o'clock," he muttered to himself. Raph looks down to his sister. Without looking up, Sally gives a nod and the bunny-ears. It was one of the many signs that the teens have learnt over the years. The one Sal gave: Coast is clear.

Have been given to signal to move, Raph jumps down from the pipeline, lands on the streets and manages to hide behind a parked car, just before an active car just came by. Once he was on the other side, Sally was keeping an eye on him as the others climbed out of the manhole and joined their sister.

"Where's Raph?" Leo asked his best friend. If his brother gets into a lot of trouble, he'll be the one getting the punishment from the rat. Sally points across the street. Following her finger, they all see Raph behind a car, parker close to a manhole. Well, at least he listened instead of ignoring it. Guess he too does not want to get discovered by the whole world and get capture as well. Looking to her right again, Sally sees what appears to be an armoured truck heading this way. Let's hope that this truck will just pass along. Unfortunately, it won't.

Once the first car was out of sight, Raph stands up and prepares to head for the manhole just in the alleyway when he noticed the truck, heading in the same direction. And it was slowing down.

He lets out a groan and again, hides in front of the hood of the same parked car. The truck with the headlights then comes to a complete stop. Oh boy. Was he spotted? Whoever was driving had noticed a large turtle in the street? Let's hope not. But to both his relief and frustration, the truck was put into reverse – into the same alleyway, where the same manhole that he, his brothers and sister were about to go in.

"Now what?" he asked himself. The truck continues to back-up until it comes to a complete stop. The headlights were switch off as Raph moves away from the car and put his shell up against the wall; away from the truck's view. In the alleyway, the back-doors of the truck swings open as four men in strange clothing hops out and so does the driver with the blue hair. They all chuckled as they all head into a shop via the back door. Raph peers around the corner, waiting for them to go inside long enough for him and the others to get to the manhole and disappear.

The five people went inside and shut the door behind. Luckily, no-one stayed behind with the truck. Perfect.

Raph quickly went over to the parked van. Was the vehicle parked over the manhole cover? Or next to it? The turtle goes onto his knees to see the manhole is trapped…under the front wheel of the parked van. This is not good. And the ninja himself was not pleased.

"Great…just great. The old turtle luck working true to form," he muttered; not happy with his attempts to find his father again through the different part of the sewers. He then stands up, does a growl and did the one thing opposite to what being a ninja is all about: he kicks the truck in anger; making a loud clank sound to it.

By the time he spoke, his siblings have already made their way to the other side and were in the same position as Raph was before. The leader wasn't too happy with his brother letting off his usual fuses which would cause him to get exposed by the owners of the truck.

"Way to be stealthy, Raph," Leo loudly whisper. Raph turns to see his brothers and sister finally joined him.

"Yeah. I don't think they heard you over in 'Joisey'," Mikey said, in a Brooklyn accent. Sally could only roll her eyes at his remark. He has probably the worst accent ever and her big brother speaks in that accent.

Rather than beat up his brother later than right now, Raph has work to do. He points to the truck. "Give me a hand." Sally has already mentioned to her brother that the truck is on top of a manhole cover and they knew Raph is finding a way around it. And by his way around, it means push the truck far enough for a clear exit into the manhole without making too much noise.

Mikey was already on it. Oh, I'll help ya, bro. He lifts his hands up, preparing to clap, thus alerting Raph's new friends from inside.

"DON'T," Raph holds up his finger and wags it at him; telling him off or else, "even think about it, Mikey." He was not in the mood for one of his brother's jokes that could or will get them into trouble. Sally puts Mikey's hand to avoid any more trouble. Since it would be impossible to move the truck in time, Leo plans to find another manhole; close to them. He points behind while shaking his head, saying: Forget it, Raph. We'll find another one. Just leave it!. But Tough Guy wouldn't listen.

"Ah, forget you guys," Raph growls; shrugged them off as he heads for the back of the open-door truck. "I'll push it myself." Once he has grabbed hold of the bumper, he begins to press the truck with all of his might. He may be the strongest turtle, but even he can't easily move a huge vehicle.

Knowing that nothing will talk him out of it, Sally quickly runs over to him. "Need a hand?" she asked. She too grabs hold of the truck and begins to push it as well. With her help, the truck only manages to move just only a centre meter – but not enough to move it off the manhole.

Raph stops to push for a second and sees his sister; pushing with all her might. "You know, your powers would come in handy for doing things like this," he suggested. Of course, she knows what he meant. She has the powers of telekinetic – the ability to move things with her mind. Unfortunately, it has been a bit of a struggle at the moment.

"That may be my first option, Raph, but right now, I don't thin—"

Oh man, what a score!

Sally's eyes shot open. Was that all in her head again? No. It wasn't. It was all coming from inside that same building that those five men went through. And now, they are coming this way.

She took the time she had before they come to jump onto the roof of the truck and jumps back to where the others are. Raph was taken surprised of his sister ditching him like this. So, why did she do it?

Sally will give him a hint. And it's the sound of a door knob; unlocking. With the voices from inside as bonus points.

As he hears the sounds, Raph now understands why Sally escape. He too needs to disappear - and fast!

"Hide Raph! Come on! HURRY!" Leo quietly calls out. This is what he was worry about. In just a few seconds, his brother, Raphael, will be caught by humans. And by the sound of them, they don't sound too friendly.

But where will the red turtle go? The same way the Sally went to join his family? Could be the possible answer.

In the shadows of the alleyway? No, the alleyway is not dark enough.

The rooftops? If he had time.

Under the car? Only a human would fit under there.

In the truck? If he was that stupid.

But he had no time at all as the door begins to open. Well, call me 'stupid'. Just before the men steps out, Raph jumps in…in the back in the truck!

His brothers and sister could only watch in agony, to see their hothead brother did the one thing that no-one would do in situations like this: end up in the truck that is driven by humans with no way out!

"No," Leo hissed, while Don gasp. Sally simply slaps herself in the head.

Mikey also smacked himself in the head. "Poor choice, Raphael," Mikey mocked the words made by his father with the similar tone of his voice. His father would not be pleased if he was here with them to witness it. After their brother…conceals himself from sight, the owners of the truck were carrying bags that are now filled with something. What were those bags filled with? Guess they'll have to find out. And hopefully, not find a turtle in the back of their truck.

The one with the blue mullet chuckles to his friends. "Did you see the way that guy squirmed when we took his cash?"

Cash? Those bags are filled with cash? If that's true, then that only means one thing on who's these guys really are?

Thieves.

They have just robbed a store. Sally takes a good look at the front. And not just any store. This was the same store that she brought her birthday cake from yesterday. Now, she was worried for the old man who owns the shop. Not to mention she is furious at the thugs. This is just the bullies that she faces off against yesterday at the park

The leader of the thieving clan lets out another chuckle. "Sheep, man. Sheep to be fleeced by us wolves!" he laughed as he and his men threw in the rest of the bags of cash into the back. But how come they didn't get spook by the sudden surprise in the truck? Well, this sudden surprise is hanging from the ceiling and out of their view. After throwing their bags in, they shut the doors. Raph was not only ashamed that he went inside the truck but also annoyed that they now lock him in.

Oh, they're going to be sheep, alright, once they see this wolf!

The leader with the blue mullet goes by the name John. Over his black top and black jeans is a long purple overcoat with yellow sleeves. On the sleeves are pictures of a long lizards or dragons of some sorts. He wears dog tags around his neck with a purple belt, much darker than his coat, which has a sliver belt buckle. On his feet are dark purple shoes and on his hand are purple finger-less gloves.

Next to him is Spike. He has red spikey hair with a goatee and wears a yellow bandana with the same picture of a lizard or dragon, just like the one on John's sleeves. He has a tattered black singlet with dig tags as well but with a metal chain. He has metal elbow pads with dark blue straps, dirty white bandages that cover his forearms, blue tracksuit pants with chains hanging on the side, and yellow shoes with white laces. He also has a noticeable lizard or dragon tattoo that goes in a spiral on his left upper arm.

Right behind them is a much bigger fellow who is certainly much bigger. He goes by the name of Two Ton (no kid!). He wears a worn-out blue singlet that shows his belly-button that has a picture of the same picture of the lizard/dragon on a yellow circle. He too has dirty white wraps on his forearms but has dark biker gloves. He wears dark green cargo pants with a large chain acting as his belt and a pair of black sneakers. He was also carrying a baseball bat with a large nail sticking across it.

There were also two more with them; named Sonny and Murry. Sonny here has long spikey blue hair with some green highlights and a nose ring while Murry has red afro and wears blue shades. Sonny is wearing a purple headband with a long-sleeve grey-blue top with a purple horizontal line that goes across his chest and the same lizard/dragon picture on his left sleeve, green shorts, light green finger-less gloves and a purple necklace. And Murry here wears a green top with a light green collar and the picture of the lizard/dragon on the front of a light green circle with a red/green strip on the trim of his shirt, red shorts, and a pair of orange sneakers with blue & green highlights.

Looks like the one thing that they all have in common is the symbol on their clothing or the tattoos that they show. Whoever they are, they definitely look trouble.

Once the doors are shut (with the turtle trapped inside), John secure the door with an electronic pad lock. With the truck secure with the loot, it was time for the crooks to book it. They all load up in the truck and took off in the same direction that they came from. The four teens manage to hide from them when they came out of the alleyway. They walked out of their hiding spot to watch the truck go off in the distant. Along with their brother.

"Oh, man." That was the one thing Leo could only say. He was going to be in so much trouble for letting his little brother get into a whole lot of trouble. He is so going to be grounded for this.

Not to mention it made Sally eat her words from earlier as she turns to face her brothers. "Umm,…remember when I say 'you four are not stupid enough to get capture'?" the sister of the ninja family recapped to them. Leo looks at her. "Well,…forget I said it. Ever."

"Imagine their surprise when they open the back of that truck," Mikey said with a grin on his face. He would love to see the reactions on their faces when they are travelling with something other than cash. And boy, won't they be surprised.

Leo moves to the other side of Mikey. "This is exactly what Master Splinter was talking about. We've got to get him out of there!" He would hate to come back to their father with a turtle missing from the pack.

Sally was already near another alleyway. During her time in the city yesterday, she has found another way to get around the city fast. And hopefully, it would actually help them catch up to Raph. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" She leads them to a fire escape that would lead them to the rooftops. They all started running with Don taking the lead.

"Last one to the roof hatched from a rotten egg!" Donatello taunted his siblings (turtle-siblings as Sal here is the only human in the family) as he pole-vaults onto the rails along with a series of acrobatics jumps with them in pursuit. One by one, they all make it to the roof. They then went to the ledge of the building to see the certain vehicle. The same vehicle that has their poor brother locked inside.

Seeing that the truck was going at normal speed and that they are on the rooftops, it shouldn't be hard to catch up with them at ninja speed. Leo turns to his siblings. "We can cut them off at Third and First," he instructed.

"If we run like crazy…" Don said about the speed that the vehicle is traveling as he and Leo start to run. Right now, only the Flash can easily catch up to a truck like that.

"Is there any other way to run?" Mikey wonders as he and Sally begin to follow them.

The young kunoichi cuts in front of him before she makes a big leap onto the next building. "I don't think so, bro!" she cried out.

The chase is now on.

The truck below makes a sharp turn to the right as the teens, with Mikey now in the lead, hopping from one building to another. With all this open space and lots of buildings to jump to another, the Turtles couldn't agree more of the outside world that their sister was talking about. The air was a lot different from in the sewer that they pretty much got used to for so many years.

Taking an early lead in the game, Mikey does a number of hollers; gloating early in his race. While running, he looks over his shoulder; hoping his siblings is way behind. "You guys are too slow!" he mocks at them. Unfortunately, they are not.

The joyful turtle thought twice when he turned around as they all jumped in the air, does a forward flip and lands gracefully on the ground…in front of him. It is now the three ninjas taking the lead; leaving the cocky turtle in their dust!

"You were saying, Mikey?" Sally mocked back as she and the others continue to run.

Mikey was certainly not happy. "Hey!" he cried out before catching up to them. He was known to be the fastest ninja around but at times when he show-off, they all manage to zip by him and take the early lead or win. Although he still has a brother to rescue, Mikey wasted no time to take the lead again. After jumping on a building after another, he manages to catch up to them by sliding down on the rooftop's little building and does a flip. As he is doing a flip, he pulls out one of his nun chunks for the next trick of his little stunt.

He comes to a pole with a clothesline as he whips his weapon and hooks it just before he takes a falling. He manages to do one corkscrew turn…before he face-plated into a hanging towel! Mikey lets out a scream as he lost his grip on his weapon. As soon as he lost his grip, he begins to fall to the ground with the towel on his head; covering his sight. Luckily, he manages to land on a building not too far from the fall. Although he will end up with a sore butt in the morning, he takes a good sniff of the towel before pulling the towel away from his smiling face.

"Mmmmm, springtime fresh," he amuses of the scent. Smells good in his opinion. He then looks up to sees his three siblings in front of him still. Throwing the towel off his head, he re-joins his brothers and sister in their chase as they jumped down to another small building. "Whoo-hoo!"

Obviously, their main mission was to meet up with their master, but now, things have gotten a little complicated. This was more important at the moment. They just hope that their father would understand.

But they are not the only one who is in trouble…

(The Old Drainage Junction, the Sewers - 8:45pm)

Water was dripping from either sturdy or broken pipes. Its dripping was not the only sound making in this hollow place as a certain aged rat has made it to his destination with the sound of his walking stick, tapping in every step. The rat master comes to a complete stop as he takes bit of a breather.

There were pipes all over the room with only three doorways that leads to more areas of the sewers. Steam was coming from the much larger pipes and few high ledges were here and there; perfect for some Parkour lessons. In this particular location was also the ideal spot for him and his children to perfect their ninjitsu skills for many years now.

"Ah, the old drainage junction." He looks around the room. There was just one thing missing from this room. And that would five adolescent beings that were meant to be here as they promised. "Now, where are my children?" But who knows where they are? Or what might happen to them.

Did they go up into the surface? Like he warned them every single time! A definite possibility.

Were they capture? No…unless someone came looking for them. Knowing that they can get out situation like this.

Were they seen? Let's hope not! There're ninjas.

Did those robots that destroy their home came after them? To finish what they started? Maybe…but his children should be able to handle them. Come to think it, when they first battle against them, there were a lot more of them ganging up on the rat. Was he the target that they were after? And not his children? If so, why? It was a very good question, which will be answer later on, once he has found the rest of his family.

If they have venture out into the surface, they'll be getting more than just the stick. Well, not for Salvadora. She's human. And he has given her his blessings to go to the human world. It's either she convinced the guys to go to the surface for some fun or something must have happened when they were on their way here? Positivity, the latter one, hopefully.

The dripping water sounds were started to get a bit louder now. Not to mention some scraping as well. Somewhat very familiar now…

"Hmm?" Splinter glares at the source of the sound that is coming from…right below…

Oh no…

Just in front of him, parts of the floor were starting to crumble. Just like what happened in his home before they…

Splinter takes a few steps back as another part of the floor begins to crumble on his left. As soon as cracks grew larger, one of the metal menaces comes crashing through the floor. Followed by the second one. Splinter takes a few more steps back as they both appeared right in front of him. The two robots all close in on the rat; once again forced back.

Chomping on their jaws as they let out their screech, Splinter could only watch in shocked.

How…how did they find me?

(On the surface – 8:46pm)

The teens have no idea that their master is in trouble. Because they have already got themselves occupied with something else.

Raph was still in the back of the moving truck as it continues to drive down the streets. Luckily, the crooks who own the truck didn't seem to notice that there is an extra stowaway inside. And unlucky for them when they get their butts kicked by their so-called stowaway.

For the turtle himself, he needs to find a way to get out of the truck and reunite with his family. Lucky for him, the truck was beginning to slow down. It makes another turn, but this time, into what appears to be a loading zone for a warehouse. Not to mention it's abandoned. The truck makes another but short turn before putting it into reverse and turning off the headlights and the engine.

With his hands up against the truck's back window to break it, he was relieved that they stop the truck so he can get out of here. But not before takes a beating to them.

When the front doors open up, Raph used this time to quickly vanished somewhere inside the truck. To his luck, the goons all left the vehicle and went to go inside the building next to it. Their leader, John, turns to the biggest goon that he knows who was the last one to come out of the truck.

"Hey, Two Ton, watch the truck. We wouldn't someone to steal out stolen money." He gives a laugh before heading inside to join the others. Whilst holding his bat, Two Ton did what he was told and guards the truck. Although, the big thug himself would be expecting intruders, what he won't be expecting is these kinds of intruders.

Although their running has nearly wiped them out, the teens managed to catch their breath when they arrived at the truck's location. From the building rooftop, they all looked down to see only one goon; patrolling the perimeter. Only one, huh? Shouldn't be a problem, then. After observing the area and the number of thugs that they witnessed, they came up with a plan to grab Raph and leave; undetected – as all ninjas should do.

The blue and purple turtles all turned to the orange turtle and human ninja. It was go time!

Back on the ground, Two Ton was still patrolling the area. He was prepared to handle anything that comes his way. What he didn't expect was the sound of can rattling.

"Huh?" the thug muttered. Removing his bat from his shoulder, Two Ton goes to where the sound was made, on the other side of the truck. Aiming his bat ready for a whack, he gets to the truck to find…no-one there. Only the can. A bit spooky, huh?

Who made the can moved when there is no-one here?

He tried to think how that can made that noise when he felt a tap on his shoulders. He turns around to find a teenage girl, standing right behind. Where did sh—

"Hey buddy. I'm with the NYPD force and I got reports of your truck parked in a no-parking zone," Sally spoke up. Two Ton just stood there in shock; blinking. She then holds up a piece of paper. "I'm afraid I'm gonna have to give you a ticket. And as your fine…"

Mikey drops down and delivers a side kick in the guy's face and sends him into the truck; knocking him out successfully. Once he's down for the count, Leo then drops down from their hiding spot.

"Nice work, guys," Leo said; giving the thumbs up while some-what impressed by the act that they pulled off.

"No problem," Sally thanks as she throws the paper away.

"Eh, it's a ninja thing," Mikey bragged like it wasn't. Don jumps down behind as he joins the others at the back of the truck.

"Now, let's get Raph out of there," Leo said. The four teens all see their hothead brother, pounding on the window while yelling at them like a crazy lunatic; demanding his siblings to let him out. That way, he can get some pay-back. His voice was muffed out by the door so whatever he was saying, the ninjas on the outside can't heard him. With the attitude that he's acting up, they don't know if they should let their brother out or keep him inside to avoid his temper? He may yell at them but they still have to get him out.

They all had their attention on the electronic lock on the car door. It may be small with only six buttons; it would probably have about over 10 thousand combinations. But it won't be long when the thugs realised that one of their own is knocked out and that there are four giant turtles and a teenage girl, trying to break into their truck! "Man, whatever happened to good old-fashioned padlocks?" Mikey complained. He was hoping for something a little easier to get their brother out of there. But Donnie here likes a little challenge.

He goes into his duffle bag and pulls out two flat-bladed screwdrivers. "Heh, where's the fun in that?" Don gloats with a cocky grin as he spins the screwdrivers around like Raph's Sais. "This one's all mine." He goes over to the lock and does his thing.

As he tries to crack the lock in a record time, Raph was still pounding away with his two fists on the glass, which surprisingly, does not break due to his strength. With his big brother trapped inside, Mikey could not pass up the opportunity to give his agitated brother a hard time.

Mikey cups his ears. "What's that, Raphael? You're gonna have to speak up, dude." He then points to his ears; teasing his brother even more. "I can't hear you!"

Although his voice is muffed from the outside, Raphael has no trouble hearing Mikey and his annoying taunts. With every second that he has to suffer his younger brother's jokes, the angrier that he gets. Letting out a mad growl and shake his fists in the air, he was up to the boiling pressure right about now. So to speak up, he takes a step back and punches the window even harder to prove his point.

"Okay, I heard that," Mikey pointed out; though he was a little shaken up from the punch knowing that there will be a lot more painful once they let the beast out.

With his make-shift goggles that he modified for himself; Donatello turns to his younger brother. "I'm trying to work here," he said; emphasized on the word 'work'.

Annoyed by immaturity, Sally had her arms crossed over. "Knock it off, Mikey. You know, karma is a dangerous thing. And you're tempting it already." Not matter how much she warns her little brother; Mikey continues to ignore her as he continues to tease Raph.

As the brainy turtle continues to work on the lock, Leo turns to his best friend. "I sure hope Master Splinter is alright." He too has his arms crossed over but with an anxiety look written all over his face.

The human of the group turns to face the Fearless Leader. He was concern for their father and Leo bet that his father would be wondering what is taking them so long. He's not the only one who's worried about him. Sally gives off one of her usual hopeful looks to him. "I'm sure he's fine. If we just explain to him why we were held up, I'm sure he'll understand."

If he'll understand. The teens have no idea what kind of trouble that their father is in…

(The Old Drainage Junction, the Sewers - 8:48pm)

The teens have absolutely no idea the kind of trouble that their father is in. Before, there were two, and now, he has to deal with a total of five robots as they all approach the rat. Back at his old home, his children have dealt with a lot of them while he only took out a few as well. And that with his stick.

As they come closer, Splinter franticly looks at each of them one by one; wondering who will make the first move. The one on the left was coming close to him as it used his jaws to grab hold of the rat robe. Once it has secured it, it begins to shake it, like a rabid dog.

Master Splinter has dealt with them before, and he can do it again. Beside he can use more than just his hands, feet and stick.

Before it can rip more than clothing off the rat, he decided to use another part of his body to do the talking. With one flick, his tail whips the first attacker away which collides with the wall; making a large dent in the wall. Bits of his clothing that were ripped off have fallen out from the mechanic muncher's jaws and lands on the ground. Once the battle is over, he needs his daughter to fix his robe up.

After regaining his senses after the impact, the robot shakes it head and lets out more screeches while chopping up and down before moving forward.

So, these mechanics, how would my children would say, means business, eh?

Well, Splinter is not going to give up. No matter how many robots comes his way. Taking a few steps back and raise his stick in the air, Splinter is ready to defend himself. The five robots all advance the rat, chomped down and jump to attack; while letting out their signature battle cry.

(On the surface – 8:48pm)

Not a minute has pass since Don has worked to crack the lock on the truck's back-door. A few beeping sounds were made as the brainy turtle worked his magic with Mikey watching over his shoulder. Just one more thing to do before his big brother is home-free. He managed to push two different wires together; creating sparks that flew out from the lock. Letting the wires go, Don gives off a smile, and pushes his goggles up as he and Mikey takes a few steps back.

That should do it!

A few beeping sounds was made before the door was open and they all saw their brother, Raphael, taking a few steps back… Why would he do that? Well, Mikey standing a few feet away from the truck and with a nervous look on his face is one thing.

The orange turtle holds out his arms to the side. He knows he was going to get beaten up. And so does his siblings. "H-hey, Raph! Welcome back, bro—" Raph has already taken a running start and tackles his loud-mouth baby brother to ground and beats him up for all the suffering that he has to endure because of Mikey while being stuck inside the truck.

Their other siblings watch on, embarrassed by their level of childishness. Especially for the leader himself who turns to his other siblings. "What a hothead." Sally simply nods in agreement while Don had a look saying 'maybe it was such a bad idea to let Raph out or something'.

"Ow! Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! OW!" Mikey cried out; while getting the beating of his life. The young girl did warned Mikey about karma but he would not just listen.

Now that they got their brother out, it was time to hull shell. Not before Sally sense something. Just like with the robots before but not as painful, Sally sense presence. She closes her eyes as she places her hand on the handle of her sword. "Guys…" was the only thing she said.

Both Leo and Don saw this motion. They both know why she did that. As ninjas, they have come up different kinds of method that has to do with anything to do in situations like this. Right now, when she says "guys" and places her hand on the handle of her weapon, it can only mean one thing: Danger. And it's right behind them.

The three of them turn the heads around. The got a clear view of what the danger is. "Uh, Raph?" Don called lout. The three ninjas all draw out their weapons and starts moving back.

"We don't have time for this," Leo said; knowing that Raph will have to continue his fight with Mikey some other time.

Raph turns his head around as he has got his brother pinned up against one of the nearest poles by the shoulders. "And why not?" he irritably asked, hoping there would be a good explanation of why he has to cut his fight a little short.

Still pinned against the pole at his mercy, Mikey had his hands on his big brother's arms. "Because we're not alone." Raph lets his brother go and see what he meant. Just before it was only five teens with one knocked out thug. Now, it was five teens with about 10 thugs. And they all approach the ninjas.

Walking right in front of them is their leader – John – holding his weapon of choice that's resting on his shoulders. "Look at the freaks," one of the members of his crew spoke up. If he didn't see the girl or not, Sally is quite different from her brothers and she did not appreciate that remark.

The overweight thug who goes by the name Two Ton, now conscious, takes another crack at it. "What's with the dweeby costumes?" That's what they thought. But they're not.

They all stopped walking, all except for John here. "This ain't Halloween," remark another thug; holding a metal pipe in his hand.

The leader himself does not like when someone tries to bust into his truck and tries to steal his stolen money. Well, the Turtles and Sally were trying to bust in but they were not trying to steal the money.

He takes his staff out from behind and twirls it around in his hand. "You're going down, freaks!" He swings it around him and behind his back; jabbing his index finger at them. "Nobody messes with the Purple Dragons, especially wearing stupid turtle costumes!

Now, they know whom they are fighting against: Purple Dragons. The teens are well aware of who they are. They heard rumours about them. And how tough and ruthless they can be. Well, they just haven't met the ninjas yet.

Plus, the leader thought wrong. One: again, with the costume, and two: well, they just do their little kata to prove it.

With his staff out, Don does a few twirls of his staff before grabbing it with both his hands, does a few whacks, before leaping in the air with more whacks, and ends his form by sweeping his weapon on the ground in front of him; while giving a yell as well.

Mikey brings out his nunchakus and whacks it around the place, doing a nifty turn, before bringing them his armpits.

Raph has not trouble bringing out one of his Sai. Twirling it his grasp, he then holds it as he does the same to the other Sai. And it ends it with a spinning kick plus a loud battle cry.

Leo was up next as he has already drawn out his Katana. He brings out the other one as he slashes them in different directions. He does a spin before holding his swords in an X-shape position.

At last, Sally draws both of her chosen weapons out – Dual Kodachi – from her gauntlet and prepares to do some damage. She then tears the air in both horizontal and diagonal lines. She finally ends her form by doing a flip and thrust one of her swords towards them while the other one was high above her head.

Now that they showed off their moves, they can proceed. All five ninjas all leap forward in the air, letting out a battle cry, and prepare to fight them.

Despite being the toughest street gang that they are, the so-called Purple Dragons were taken down in five second flat by just five trained ninja teens. And they hardly broke a sweat. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles plus the Teenage Mighty Ninja Gal, stood over them in their victory poses.

Realising how tough and strong that these 'freaks' and how much damage that they can do them, the Purple Dragons decided to do the one thing that is all on their minds right now.

"LET'S GET OUTTA HERE!" the leader cries out as he makes a break for. And he's not the only one.

"I'm with you!" replied another one as he gets up and runs for his life. One by one, they all stand up and do the same thing.

"Go, go, GO!" another called out as they all disappear around the corner. The only ones left in the alleyway are the one who are winners of this bout. They are pretty impressed with their fighting techniques and have easily succeeded. It was proven that all their years of training has finally been put to good use.

Both Mikey and Raph have already put their weapons away; knowing that the fight is over. "Gimme some green!" Mikey cheers, as he and Raph gave each other their own 'high-three'. Sally puts her Kodachis away. Man, they just reminded me of the goons from the other day. Although there was a lot more than what she had to face on her birthday, she was hoping they would be here. So, she can teach them another lesson.

Still with his Bo Staff in his hands, Don walks up next to Raph. "Well, that was easier than expected," he said, tapping his finger on his chin. Normally, they would be able to put up a fight but the teens proved the fight too easy for their experience.

Raph turns to look at his brothers. He was pretty pleased with this encounter. Guess there is a lot more that city has to offer, now, that Raphael had a taste of the action. And now, he is in the mood for more. "I hope there are more of those guys. I'm just getting warmed up." He cracks his knuckles to prove his point.

Yeah. Warmed-up for the main event that was just about to happen.

Once again, Sally's sensing powers kicks in. But this time it felt different. Like whoever is nearby, was there for a bit – watching them. Weird. Usually, she senses people or things within a mile away. Maybe, they are different from the thugs. It would seem that ever since those robots attack their home, Sally's powers have somewhat improved in the last hour. Maybe, coming up to the surface would help her with her abilities or something.

Again, she grabs hold of one of the blades and looks to where the source is coming from. On the same building that she and her brother dropped down before they rescue Raph. From an eye-view, she sees…a few figures…dressed in black. And have…bandana tails flying in the air? Just like theirs.

With one hand, she taps on the closest turtle that she can reach and that would be her little brother, Mikey. She manages to get his attention as he turns around and looks in her direction. He too looks up and see what his sister sees.

"Uh,…well," he points up to their new visitors, "looks like you got your wish, Raphie boy," Mikey replied. They all looked up to see a new mix in the game. Plus, not to mention, they look a lot different from the thugs that they just whoop their butts. And a lot more have just appeared.

Leo was too more surprised to see more of his family's kind. He holds his swords up to his chest. "Are those guys…ninja?" He thought they were the only ninjas in town. And now,…there are more?

These ninjas jump off the rooftop and lands on the ground; circling around the teens. It didn't even break their knees when they touch the ground. They all got a good look on whom their opponents are. Covering from head-to-toe is definitely black clothing with long black bandana tails that hangs from the back of their head and yellow eyepieces. Over the black jumpsuit is a dark grey tunic with a light grey sash; tied around their waist, wears dark grey gloves with metal armguards and dark grey Tabi with metal plates on it too.

"Well, they're certainly ninja-esque," Mikey pointed out. His brothers and sister all kept watch of their new adversaries.

They may have trapped the teens, but are they tough enough? Well, one way to find out.

"Be ready for anything," Leo advised, crossing his katanas in front of him.

Raph, on the other hand, was already for this. "I am so gonna enjoy this," he said as he raised one of his Sai near his face.

The young kunoichi holds her fist in front of her. "You and me both, bro."

And with that, round 2 begins.

Donatello was the first one to deal a number as he pole-vaults over six black ninjas. Once he has lands them and with his Bo-Staff on his shell, he spins around; whacking four ninjas in one go. 4 down, two to go. He readies himself again as the last two with a sword in one's grip, all charged at the brainy turtle. Don hits the first one with his staff but manages to block the turtle attack with his katana. The other one tries to punch, but Donnie swings his staff around him and strikes the second ninja in the gut; taking him down. He then quickly crouches down and blocks the upward sword strike from the ninja at the same time. From the ground, he manages to hook his staff behind the ninja's knee and trips him up. The ninja falls to the ground.

Hmm, that was too easy?

The two ninjas that were down, flips back up again; ready for another shot. Guess these new ninjas proved to be a bit more of a challenge for the teens than they asked for, huh?

Raphael was also dealing with three more of them. At last, he has finally found someone (other than his siblings) to pick a fight with. They were doing several punches and kicks to the turtle's face but Raph has not trouble dodging or blocking them.

"Nice dragon kick," he praised of the moves that these ninjas can pull off, and that was saying a lot since he was having a great time. "Ah, sweet Double Phoenix Punch." He blocks once more before he had to ask one thing. "Hey, you know this one?"

The three ninjas didn't have time to answer, because Raph manages to deliver a spinning kick; knocking them off their feet. He gets into a horse-stance with his weapons by his side; still armed. He was ready for more. Three down, many more to go.

A ninja was charging towards Sally with a katana in his hand; ready to slice the young girl in half. Holding her fist up, Sally was more than ready to pick a fight. Leo was just about to make the first move. "I got this," Sally reassures him. The black himself raised his katana in the air to reveal a red foot symbol on his chest.

A..red…foot…

Everything went into slow-mo as Sally went from focus to daze. Her eyes went wide and her fists begin to drop. Instead of seeing the black ninja, she instead sees a metal giant.

What? Where…d-did..

The giant metal man raised his hand; revealing two long sharp blades sticking out of it. With quick motion he slashes across. He, then, disappears, and was replace, by a young lady... whose has white hair, tan skin, and blue eyes…

W-who…is...Why…does…

And she was crying…

And was now, moving away from her…

Wait! D-don't go!

Just like before, the same painful force had strike in the head. But the pain was so powerful, Sally clamps her head with her hands, shut her eyes and drops to the ground; letting out a small scream. With her hand to her forehead, the other hand on the ground for support and sweat beads forming on her face again; it only took a second to catch her breath.

Was that…a vision…that she just saw? Never in her life, had she had a vision. And never in her entire life that she saw wither a giant metal man, or a young lady? If she never saw them, then why do they seem so…familiar?

As she drops to her knees, Leo manages to see this at the same time. And lucky for her, he was near-by. And so was the ninja that just jumped in the air and was about to strike his best friend!

"SAL!" he raced to her side and manages to kick the ninja away. As the attacker hits the floor, Leo looks to his sister who was in pain. With his sword still in his hand, he carefully hooks his arm under her forearm. He was now worried for her. This has happened before – when those robots attacked their home…and Sally here didn't sense them.

"Are you ok?" he asked. She opens her eyes and looks up to see Leo. She was now breathing deeply from what just happened. She looked around to see everyone else, busy fighting the black ninjas. It only took half a second to get her bearings.

What…what was that…all about?

Although the pain took a lot out of her, she manages to stand up. Seeing a small symbol like that can take a lot out of this girl. So, why? It was a really good question…in which she will have to find out later.

"I-I'm fine," she brushes off. She shakes her head and pulls out her Kodachi from her scabbard. "It was nothing. That's all." She decided to focus on that later, and focus on the ninjas that were coming towards her. Something was definitely up. Whatever just happened to his best friend, Leo knows that it was nothing. Better find out later, cause he was about to be sliced.

He manages to block the attack with his katana against the stranger's sword. But the turtle proved to be the skilled one as he parries to his right, causing the ninja to lose his balance. Once behind him, Leo hits him in the back with the handle of his blade and lets the ninja falls to the floor. Once he was done, Leo does a backflip which sends him up to higher ground and lands on his knee on the small roof behind him.

From his new position, Leo looks over to his right. He sees another ninja, who has also jumps onto the same roof as he was. And he did what will surprise the turtle. He begins to run on the wall like any skilled ninja can do. As the ninja was closing in, he arms his sword; ready to strike the turtle. But Leo was more than ready. As the sword comes closer, Leo counters it by scraping against his sword. The ninja was now on the other side as he loses his balance on the wall and slides on the roof, just a few feet away from Leo.

Ready himself with one ninja, another one appears with his own sword just behind the blue turtle. Two ninjas, four ninjas or ten ninjas, it doesn't matter. Leo (along with his family) is prepared for anything. The two ninjas all charged at the turtle and duke it out with swords. As Leo was trying his best to hold them off by blocking their attacks, the black ninjas all pushed their swords down on him with all their might. With his only weapons blocking their attacks, Leo was struggling to hold on.

Recovering from her bout, Sally was back into fighting mode. Right now, she was having no trouble dealing with the two ninjas of her own. As the two all charge in at her, Sally does a flip over their heads and delivers a kick to one of them in the back; sending him far forward and earning a foot-print bruise in the back.

As for the other, he holds his katana in the air, preparing to slice down. He thinks Sally would be pain like last time? Nope. She quickly pulls out her Kodachi and manages to block the attack. She was trying to hold off the ninja's sword as he pushes his sword down with all of his might. That is when Sal sees an opening. With her free foot, she delivers a side kick into the gut; sending him to the ground.

Once he was down, she got a good look at his chest. She sees the symbol. The same symbol that caused her those strange visions. She kneels down and tears off the insignia of the clothing. Standing up, she continues to look at it; slickening herself from the rest of the world.

"Where have I seen you before?" she quietly said to herself. A lot of things were pouring into her mind now. Never she seen this symbol but now, one look at it and it feels like she just had the worst nightmare experiences times ten thousand! Maybe…just maybe…it had something to do…with her past!

Another ninja quietly comes up to her, but Sally, still have her eyes locked on the piece of garb, manages to elbow the ninja in the gut, followed by a backhand to the face. Without taking her eyes off the symbol. She places the fabric into his tunic and resumes the fight.

For Mikey, he was up against one ninja, wielding a tonfa. He whacks his nunchuka around, but all the black ninja can do was blocks his opponent's strikes. Another black wielding tonfa ninja also came to the scene and joins the fight. This is proving to be a tricky fight for the orange turtle.

Back to Don, he was still holding off two more ninjas after dealing with the other two. But instead of swords, they both throw a metal shuriken each at the purple turtle. But Don manages to block the attack with his Bo-Staff, causing the weapons to be stuck on his wooden item. This caused him to lose his focus on the ninjas as Donatello looks up to one of them to jump up and kicks him, which sends him flying shell first onto the side of the truck. He was later joined by his brother who was also kicked back by the ninjas that he was up against.

Don was rubbing a sore spot on his chest where the ninja kicked him. Mikey looks to his left and right to notices more ninjas closing in of them. What the orange turtle is curious though is the outcome of the battle. He turns to his brother. "Don, are we beating them," he puts his weapons away, "or are they beating us?" he asked.

Unfortunately, Don didn't have time to answer as he looks up and gains a freak-out look. He opens up the door on the driver's seat, climbs in, pulls his little brother in and quickly closes the door. Why? Cause they were about to be skewed by a number of shurikens that they were heading their way. Luckily, they were saved by the armoured door which the artilleries now decorated the spot that they were just standing there just a second ago. They opened the door to see it embedded with them.

"Ask me again when we're winning, Mikey," Don replied to his younger brother while looking at the metal stars through the window.

Mikey has bit of a nervous look on his face while looking at the ninja weapons on the side of the door. "Yeah, that's what I thought."

Just before, they manage to duke it out with the Purple Dragons, and now, they are having a tough time with these new ninjas. They just hope that their Sensei is not having too much trouble…

(The Old Drainage Junction, the Sewers - 8:53pm)

Right now, Splinter wasn't exactly having the time of his life. First, his home gets destroyed thanks to these robots, separated from his children and now, he has to battle against them. Fighting metal robots is not something that a ninja like him and his children should see and fight. But it is said in history, ninjas have to go up against warrior in durable amour. As tricky as they are, the rat will surely find a way.

He has already taken down two. With only three more left, it shouldn't be a problem. The two robots all approach the rat, ready to pounce him. But Splinter, he is just waiting for them to make the move. Cause he has got a little surprise for them.

The two robots jumped in the air, ready to strike the rat. Unfortunately, the rat was too quick for them as he takes them out with the swing of his stick. The robots all fell; in broken pieces and all. With two robots down, where is the other one?

Just when the rat has lowered his guard, the robot shows up. It tries to do a sneak attack on the rat but lets out a screech as well. When the last robot thinks it's got the upper hand, Master Splinter swings his stick and destroys the sneaky attacker. Metal parts and electronic bits went flying in the air when the stick made contact with the robot.

With the last robot down, the only thing left standing is the rat. All the robots have been reducing to nothing but smoking twisted metal. The mechanic menaces have finally been destroyed. But for how long until more show up? Knowing it will be a while for the backup to come, Splinter decided to wait until the dust has settle. So, he can go and find his children.

But the danger has not yet finished. And this time, it's not the robots. It's more of what they done. The area around Splinter began to rumble.

"Hmm?" he looks down to see the ground below…begins to crumble. Thanks to the holes that the robots have made, they begin to break up and start to fall apart. Just before the rat even had a chance to get away, it was too late.

The floor beneath him gave out and he too begins to fall with the debris while screaming for his life. This is not how he wants to go down. If he is gone, then, he'll never get to see his children. He'll never get to see them grow-up, find a home, train with him, care for him. But even if this was his final moment, he will get to see…him.

For some reason, he was still falling. Falling down a large stone tube. With the debris at his side, he then tumbles on the ground and begins to slide all the way down. As the tube becomes less steeply, the rat eventually slows down and comes to a stop.

The rat is alive and even luckier, is that he did not receive any major or minor injuries. Just a dirty robe from the ride. He stands up with no help from the stick and dust himself off. After that, he looks around to get his surrounds. He may have grown up in the sewers for fifteen years, but he has never seen this part of the sewer system. Ever.

He looks to the hole where he just pops out from the slide. Judging by the tube, it would take him a long time for him to climb back with his bare hands. But with his ninja skills, he might have a little luck.

Right now, he decided to find another way back to the old drainage junction. Just in case if his children have just arrived and are waiting for him. He looks to his left to see a dark tunnel. But to his right…

He walks towards the bright light which caused him to gasp. No, he wasn't dead. He just saw something…wondrous.

"Ahhh…" he signs, in more of a majestic way. The rat could not believe what his eyes are witnessing. It looks like one part of their problems has been solved…

(On the surface – 8:54pm)

The Battle of Ninja vs. Ninja is still going and still brutal as heck. Leo was having the most trouble out of all his siblings. He was trying to hold off his own as the two ninjas from before manage to get a hold on the turtle. Three more arrived to help their comrades, so who's coming to the Fearless Leader's help?

He may be hold down, but he still has some strength left in his system. With his katanas still in his grip, he manages to punch one ninja out of his grip on his right and kicked another one on his left. That only leads three more ninjas left.

Seeing that his brother is in trouble, Sally decided to help him out. She jumps on the same rooftop as he is and heads straight towards them.

"INCOMING!" she cried out. Leo manages to push them off him just before she jumps in the air and kicks the ninjas away. With her best friend free, there was plenty of more on the ground level. "Let's go!" She and Leo hops off the top and joins Mikey who was near the truck and Don, who was laying down on the driver's seat, fiddling with something underneath the wheel. Hopefully something that will get the teens out of here because the worst keeps on coming.

Raph finally joins them as he jumps down and kneels in with his siblings' right behind him. He was getting pretty wiped out from beating up so many ninjas that only a lot more show up after he took them down. And so was his brothers and sister. There is just no end to this.

"How many of these goons do we have to bap before they get the hint?" Raphael wonders as he stands up and for every second, he was getting more frustrated.

"Really. They just keep coming," Mikey complains. And he wasn't kidding. More of those black ninjas are coming from all ends with the heroes all backed to the corner. All worn-out from their battles, there was no-way for them to escape.

Sally turns to Leo. "And it will be only a matter of time before we hit the floors. Permanently." He can tell that not just he and his brothers, but she too, are pretty exhausted. Not to mention some was from that pain attack from her head. It was time to leave.

"Time to switch to Plan B." Leo looks over to his younger brother, whom as the mechanic of the family, was still lying down on the driver's floor. "Donatello?" If his brother can get the truck started, it would be their ticket out of here.

The purple turtle was one-step ahead of his brother. The reason that he was in the driver's seat is because he was busy hot-wiring the truck, hoping to get the engine fired up. After fiddling with a few wires, he manages to get a hold on two green wires. "Almost there, Leo," he muttered. Once he got hold of the green wires, he puts them together; emitting sparks. But was it working?

Come on, come o—

The engine has roared to life, thanks to the brainy turtle himself. With the truck now operating, it was time to bust a shell. Donnie sits on the driver's seat and takes the wheel. "This bus now leaving for anywhere," he calls out while closing the driver's door, "but here!" Before they could take off, more black ninjas show up, still wanted to fight. Still tired, Mikey, Raph and Sally take a fight stance. Leo, on the other hand, is ready to leave. They kept their father delayed long enough. They should not keep him waiting any longer.

Leo sheathed his Katanas and grabs Raph and Sally by the shoulders. "Come on! We're going!" he orders, pointed behind him. For once, Raph actually listens to him. Normally, he doesn't. As the truck pulls away, the four teens all quickly hop into the open back. With one of the turtles behind the wheel, he drives towards the ninjas near the exit but they managed to get out of the way by an incoming vehicle.

Sally was the last to hop but got to sneak a look from the same rooftops that the mysterious ninjas came from. There stood a lone figure. But taking a quick good look of him. Wearing the same outfit as those ninjas, only his mouth was covered and shows his dark skin and dreadlocks which are tied back in a ponytail.

Wait. Who's that guy? Is he…their leader?

The doors closed on her before she can see more of him. Before coming onto the streets, the truck begins to ram the sides of the building and the trashcans. As the truck disappear into the streets, so does the black ninjas.

"Whoa!" Mikey cried out; still trying to hang on while sitting down on the seats with Leo beside him. Raph and Sally were on the other side. "Nice driving, Don, - for a turtle with no license!" he sarcastically said, before jumping off his seat and lands on the ground.

Anyone can be a reckless driver in New York. Even for a Turtle. Then again, this has to Donatello's first-time driving, right? The teens were struggling to hang on because of their brother's first attempt.

Sally was digging her nails into the car-seat. Her nails might rip off when the ride comes to a stop. "Take it easy with the driving, Donnie. I think my dinner is about to come up!" Trust her. She does not want to see the stew that her little brother made earlier.

While still driving, Don looks over his shoulders. "Hey, you want pretty, or you want effective?" he amusingly asked, while crashing into more trashcans all along the streets. Isn't there like a 50/50 option?

While they all have to endure the rocky ride, the rest of the teens are now reminiscing about tonight's events. So much has happened in the last hour. "I gotta tell you, this has been one mondo bizarre day," Mikey begins. Although the truck keeps on shaking, the teens managed to still hang on tight. "First, all those metal robot things underground. And what's with all those ninjas? Ninjas in New York City? Besides us? It's just not right."

Mikey does bring out a good point though. No-one in the city would be expecting ninjas. But for them, for so many years, they thought they were the only ninjas in town. In ancient history, ninjas were very popular back in Federal Japan – the home of Bushido and ninjitsu. They all heard stories from their father that he was raised in Japan many years ago, before coming here. But why did he leave Japan in the first place? Well, he knows some parts and some parts he doesn't know.

As Mikey was talking, Sally looks over to one of the bags beside her. Earlier, she did see the thugs that they beat up later on, robbed a convenient shop not too far from their underground home. Knowing that it's filled with cash, she was also curious of how much exactly. She grabs hold of the bag, places it on her lap and zips the zipper. Inside the bag had turned Sally's eyes wider than dinner plates.

Lots and lots of money. So much money that you can a living or two. Imagine all the foods – both takeaway and home-cooked, the entertainment deals, the video games, movies & TV, books and so much more that they can buy! Then again, this somebody else money. They didn't earn it.

If they took it, they would be stealing from stealers, which doesn't seem to be a problem but it is. They would still be taking the money that doesn't belong to them. Guess they'll have to give it back. But how? She nudges her elbow into Raph to show him the contents in the bags. He knew the goons that they mess with did steal the money from the shop earlier.

Don manages to make a sharp left turn on the corner, causes the orange turtle to throw out of his own seat and ends up on his knees and hands.

"Talk about not right," Raph grabs hold of the same bag that Sally was holding. "Check this out." He tips the bag upside-down to reveal something that will put a goofy grin the turtle's face just by seeing it. Tons and tons of cash are pouring out of the bag as Mikey was now smiling from ear-to-ear.

Seeing all that green makes one turtle very happy. For Mikey, he can imagine all the comic books that he can buy with all this money. It feels like Christmas Day has just come really early this year. He grabs two wads of money.

"Show me the money, baby! WHOO-HOO!" Mikey cheered. This was truly the Best Day Ever. Besides going out into the surface world.

Knowing that it's not their property, Leo stands up and walks over to his greedy brother. "This isn't Finders Keepers, Mikey," he sternly said, snatching the wad in one hand which makes the youngest turtle pout.

As Leo lectures his brother, Sally manages to sneak a grab on a wad of cash and looks at it. "I'm sure they won't be missing this much dough." She was about to place the small amount inside her tunic, where the garb is…

Leo cleared his throat. With the biggest busted look on her face, Sally looks up to see the stern look on her best friend. "What? It's for the bare essentials," Sally urges him to take a few pocket money. Even Leo knows she wouldn't stoop this low to steal money. Because no good will come out of stealing anything, especially money.

She then signs in defeat. "Fine. But next time I'm out in the city," she grumpily passes the wad of money to Leo, "I'm getting a job." That would be a smart way to earn money.

Not too far on the street was a parked police car. Inside sipping on cups of take-away coffee are Officer Frank and Officer Sarge. Frank here has shoulder-length brown perm with a moustache and Sarge here is much older and slightly over weight than his partner, wears glasses and has grey hair. Officer Sarge was in the driver's seat, sipping on his coffee with the radio turned on in the background, to be sure that if there was anything that's crime-related to listen to. But what happens next is what him and his partner will not be expecting.

After Sarge sipped on his drink a few more times, he and Frank both heard a loud noise approaching them. Looking both to their left, through the side car window, they both see a large armoured truck with its headlights on, comes racing down the street. Some kind of car chase, huh? Well, not exactly.

The driver of the truck, suddenly, hits the breaks and stops right beside them. Sarge and Frank look out the window to see the identity of the driver. What they weren't expecting was a giant turtle in the passage seat.

"Take care of this money," the large turtle's arm pops out of the wind-down window with an un-zipped bag, with cash, in his grasp, "will you, guys?" He threw the first bag which it is followed by two more. Now with the money in good hands, the truck with the mysterious green stranger drives off. Once they are gone, Frank was the only who seems freaked out about this while his partner wasn't fazed by this.

Frank turns to face his partner. "Did you see that? Some little green men in an armoured car just threw a bunch of money at us!" Since his partner is new on the force, Frank was not used to these kinds of bizarre occasions while on the force.

But all Sarge did was scoffs and rolled his eyes. "Rookie."

Back inside the truck, as she watches the police car get smaller and smaller, Sally, annoyed, turns back to her best friend. "So, I can't keep some of the money, but you couldn't just let me throw the money to them? Whatever happened to keeping to the shadows?"

Leo just shrugs his shoulders and sat down in the passage seat. With his back turned and a slightly upset Sally sat down on the seat, Raph decided to give her something.

"Psst!" the kunoichi looks to the tough turtle to see what he wants. More like what he's got. In his hand, is a stack of cash! This made Sally perked up a little. Raph must have hidden some of the cash from Leo when they picked up the cash that he dropped on the floor.

She looks back to where Leo and Don are. With one quick motion, she snatches the money out of the turtle's hand and stashes it inside her tunic, while giving a smile. "Thanks. Owe you - big time."

Raph simply shakes his head. "Don't be. Consider as a late birthday gift."

Don keeps on driving; finally making some progress despite crashing into more bins and trash. He manages to get into the alleyways where he makes once last turn; making the tyres screech, before they head to their destination. From what they know, the Old Drainage Junction has another entrance to the surface world. But unfortunately, no human can to the place on the outside. Because it's been sealed off by metal bars.

To open it, they need a key. But for the teens, all they need is the truck.

And that's what Donatello did as he rammed the bars down. With the doors broken down, they continue to drive through the tunnels that will lead them to the Junction, whilst hitting the walls of the tight tunnel.

After his little fall, Master Splinter has made his way back up to the rendezvous. He was now sitting near the mass of destroyed robots; waiting for his children to arrive. Normally, he would be expecting the sound of footsteps. What he was not expecting was a light to shine on him and the sound of a motorized vehicle slowing down and the head lights turned along with the engine.

The weird thing was that he did not escape into the shadows when the truck approached him. Because he has a distinct feeling that he knows who is inside the truck. Those kids better have a very good explanation of what kept them.

With the truck switched off, the teens all at the same time saw the rat father – alright! And just where they planned. They all quickly hopped out as the rat stands up and rushed over to their father; ignoring the metal trash around them.

"Hey!"

"Sensei, you're all right!"

"Splinter!"

"Yeah!"

"You're ok!"

One-by-one, everyone gives their father a big hug. Splinter was not angry with them at moment. He was, at least, relieved to see that his children are ok. And they did manage to find their way to the meeting place as they promised. The only difference was how long it took them to get here, which also almost explains the truck. That will be another story. After he show them his surprise…

"Yes, well, I'm glad to see you too, my children," Splinter happily said.

Sally places her hand behind her head. "Sorry to kept you waiting, Sensei. It's just that..."

The eldest smiles at his teacher. "Master Splinter, so much has happened today."

Although the rat is willing to hear this, there was something else in mind. "Yes, yes. There will be time to tell me all about it later, Leonardo, but first, I wish to take you all home." He walks over to the cracked hole in the floor. The same hole that he fell in.

No longer thrilled to see their father but now confused of his telling. Didn't they lose their home just a while ago? By those robots? Because of them that got them separated causing them to go the surface for a little adventure. Why do Splinter wanted to take them home that is now in a dreadful state?

"Home?" Mikey questions. He was just as confused as his brothers and sister. What does their father mean take them all home? Does he have something that might cheer them up? Like their home has been fully re-built in a blink of an eye?

"We got no home," Raphael replied. He kneels down and knocks the head on the nearest broken robot. "Those robots trashed our pad. Remember, Sensei?"

Master Splinter does remember the incident. They may be home-less for a while but everything must have a back-up plan. Well, it turns out, Splinter does indeed have a back-up plan. And it is much better than the first one.

He was now standing in front the hole as he looks to his worried children. "Do not worry. I think I have found a solution to our…current housing problem," the rat assures them. He points to the hole with his stick. "Follow me, my children." And with that, he jumps into the hole.

Once the rat gone down into the hole, the young kunoichi raced to where her father was and looks down the long dark tube. Only a daredevil would risk his or her life to go through it and hopefully, live to tell the tale. Other than that, it looks like a pretty sick ride.

Mikey scratched his head. "Man, who would actually be crazy enough to jump down th—"

Sally quickly to face the guys. "Well, see you guys at the bottom!" And without a second thought, she jumps with a "YAAAA-HOOOOO!" as she slides down.

It only took a second for the guys (mostly the Fearless Leader) to be full of fear after seeing what their sister just did. Leo raced to the hole to see how deep it is. Why in the world would see do this? Was she crazy enough to risk her life? Guess he couldn't help but worry. It just his nature to worry about one of the closest people you have in your life.

"SALLY! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?" he shouted; hoping his best friend was okay and didn't hurt herself. A few seconds has already passed and still no sign of—

"YOU GUYS HAVE GOT TO TRY THIS!" shouted a very familiar voice. Guess she's ok!

The four turtles all looked at each other. Since their sister is alive at the bottom, guess the way down is safe enough for four large turtles. And what does their father mean found a solution to their current housing problem? Has he already found something that will fix their old home? Well, only one way to find out! They all decided to follow their father and sister…if they can survive the fall.

Leo decided to go first. He wants to make sure that Sally was alright from the fall. He does a single handstand and jumps into the hole. Donnie was next as he comes up to the hole and dives in after his big brother.

Mikey was the third one to go. But before he decided to take the first step into the biggest ride he has ever since, there was the one thing that he would love to do. As he stands at the edge, he takes a deep breath before he lets out a…

"Cowabun—" Raph managed to push him in before he could even finish his usual catchphrase. "AAH! NOT FUNNY, RAPH!" the poor turtle echoes as he slides down the chute. His big brother comes to the hole and laughs it off. This was for getting back at Mikey for teasing him when the red turtle was trapped in the truck.

"Oh, yes, it is," he said, as he jumps in. It might have been a little bit mean but it was totally worth it.

Sally was standing at the hole as she senses four more approaching. What she and Splinter had experience was definitely like a giant slide with no major injuries. A second later, she hears screams getting louder and louder as Leo was the first to arrive with a somersault. Followed by Don, who lands on him. Next was Mikey who crashes into them by his shell. And last but not least, Raph ends up rolling into them. The four turtles were all groaning in pain. It was mostly just from the crash.

"Well, what did you guys think?" she asked as the boys collected themselves

"Wicked slide!" Mikey happily exclaims. They all begin to stand up and brush the dirt off them thanks to the ride. Guess the ride was totally worth it to earn a few bruises.

Leo also stands up, dusting himself off. "Hey, Sal? The next time you want to scare us, don't, ok?" He, along with the others, were terrified that Sally decided to scare the shell out of them. Although the teen has a habit of doing this to her brothers, they all know that she didn't mean to do it.

Great, now I made him worried. "Sorry about that. I couldn't resist it!" she apologizes to her best friend. They all started to follow their father who way ahead of his children as he continues to press on. Mikey manages to catch up to him. From the looks of this tunnel, Mikey doesn't feel the vibe that their father was talking about.

"No offense, Master Splinter, but this place doesn't seem so great," the orange turtle said to his father. But the rat did not stop. There is something he really wants to show his children that he thinks that they would really love.

Splinter's eyes look to Mikey's direction. He still doesn't understand what he meant. "Look with your heart, Michelangelo, and not your eyes." The confused turtle then stops to scratch his confused head. The other has all catches up the turtle as the rat continues to walk.

"Um, okay." Mikey has absolutely no idea what his father is talking about. Maybe this is not the place that he was talking about? Maybe there is something else down the tunnel.

"And walk this way," Splinter said, pointing in the same direction as he is.

Ok, if you say so. The youngest turtle decided to follow his saying. And by that he means he started to walk like Splinter. No wonder he likes to play jokes. His siblings all watched, annoyed that he is making fun of their father behind his back. Don crossed his arms over and did the one thing that will stop his brother from messing around and something amusing for them. Before Mikey could even take another step, Don pulls out his Bo-Staff and whacks it, on top of Mikey's head.

"OW!" he yelps in pain.

As they continue to walk, Leo looks over to his best friend beside him. She has a mix of uncertainly calm written all over her face. Something is definitely up. And it has been about those headaches that she had lately. From their old home and again, on the surface. What is with her? This has never happened to her before. He now walks right beside her.

"Are you…alright?" his sudden voice snaps the teen out. Looks like she was distracted for a minute. Wonder why? She looks to him.

"I guess so…maybe," she looks away again, "after what happen…"

They both stopped walking. "You know, it's never like you have those kinds of pains before. Does it have to do anything with your powers?"

He was right. Before today's events happened, this has never happened to the young girl's life. The only weird thing to happen to herself was living with mutant creatures and her powers. And he's also right again. Maybe these pains do have something to do with them. And that vision…

That could be it!

But thanks to two major headaches that she had experience, it was better to not worry about it later.

Another thing was the garb that she swiped. Should she tell him that? And let him worried about that too? Perhaps, it's better not to. They all had a crazy day. It's better to ask again later.

She looks down, not seeing him at eye-level; she grabs hold one part of her tunic – where the garb is located. Maybe if she just shows it to Leo, then maybe he would know and won't have to tell their father yet.

"May—"

"Hey! Are you guys coming or what?"

Leo and Sally turned to see Raph, Don and Mikey standing at the large doorway. They are all waiting for their other siblings.

"Sorry, Raph. We're coming," Sally said as she and Leo walks up to them. They are all going to see what their father wants to show them.

As they went through the huge doorway, they witness one of the greatest places that they have ever seen in their entire lives.

Where they are standing is a huge little brown cavern with six large stone pillars with the same colour that holds a second platform above it. On the blue platform is what appears to be like a second floor of a house with five rooms. Their doorways are somewhat a bit smaller than the one down below. Down on ground level, there were also three other large rooms with the doorways at the same size as the front door and a small room with a three-step stairway. There were a number of large broken pipes and broken pieces of stone lying around. Compare to their old home, the mess in here is nothing. It may be in ruins at the moment, but with a little work and cleaning up, it could turn out to be something nice for the family of ninjas. They'll turn it into…a home.

Mikey has only one thing to say that it on everyone's mind. "This is beyond awesome!" he awed in the moment. Seeing this place has put the smile on the turtles and the human's face.

Leo and Raph all moved forward to check the place out; leaving their other siblings behind. "I could tune really tune this space up," Don said, looking from side to side. He has imagined all the possibilities that he can do with the new place thanks to his knowledge of technological expertise.

Sally couldn't believe her eyes. This place was ten times larger than her last home. And it has rooms. It had nothing like her old home. She jumps up to the platform and takes one good look inside. Other than the huge stones and more broken pipes lying around, this could really turn out to be a great room.

More specific, a bedroom. For herself!

It has always been a dream for her. No more sleeping in a room with four giant talking turtles and a rat where she has to hear those snores, the bed squeaking and…various other noises that Sally would not like to share.

With the biggest grin on her face, she walks out of the room and looks down at most of the family. Mikey has climbed up and was on the same platform as she was. "Ok, something tells me that we are going to stay here for a very long time!" she was now beyond her words about having a room all to herself for the first time in fifteen years. When he first saw this place, Master Splinter knew his daughter would be very happy. She wanted a room. Well, now she's got one.

Mikey was still on the platform when he and the others are all running around; exploring all the room and open spaces. He checked out one of the rooms, not too far from Sally. He pointed and shouted, "This room here: mine."

He then jumps down and goes over to where his brother, Don, is. "And where you're standing," he points to it as well, "also mine."

After they finished exploring, the teens all joined their father who is in the middle of the place. "You see, my children, change is good," the rat quoted.

Leo smiles at his father. "We couldn't agree more, Master Splinter."

Now, that he has shown them the good news, it was time to bring on the bad news…

"Good," the rats nod, before raising a devious eyebrow. "So let's see you kids clean up for a change. This chamber is filthy." The teens all groans at this. They just had a busy day and now, they have to work through the night with no break.

This was his little punishment for his children to go up to the surface with his permission. Well, not for the young kunoichi. Splinter will tell her later that she won't have to do much.

As they were all split off to clean a section, Sally makes her way behind the pillar. She places her hand on the stone as she admires the place. She can't wait to see what it looks like once the place is all cleaned up.

She began to think of the day that she just had. First, it was the robots that trashed their home, causing her and the guys to be separated from their father. Then, they went up to the surface world where they tangle with the Purple Dragons and the mysterious black ninjas, whom proved to be as skilled as they are. Not to mention that stranger in the same ninja gear as they are. Then, they took the truck to the sewers, reunited with their father whom leads them to their new home.

Taking the bag off her back, kneels down and place it on the ground, she unbuckles the straps and opens up the bag. Reaching inside of her tunic, she brings out the money that Raph gave to her as a birthday gift. She knows that he managed to get his hand on it from the thugs that stolen it from the shops. It may be stolen but at least she deserves some reward to it.

Once the money is secure, she reaches inside her tunic to bring out another thing. It was teared off black cloth with a red foot symbol. When she had a look of that insignia, she witnesses a vision. The one with a metal man with the sharp gauntlet-looking thing on his arm. And a lady. A lady with white hair and tan skin…who looks exactly like her…

It sounds crazy, but,…I think…that lady is my…my…mom…

It could be. For the first time, she finally knows what her mother looks like. Tears were welling up in her eyes. She has always wondered what kind of mother she would look like. But does she act like every mother, just like Kimmy, Erica's mother? A warm, kind, thoughtful mother who loves her daughter with no ends to her affection and always be there and protect for her own flesh and blood? Oh, Sally would dream of it.

Or…was she a mistake?

Did she leave her in the sewers for a reason? Was she a huge disgrace to her own daughter? Because she has powers? Or she reminds her of someone very horrible? Plus, she was crying. Why was she crying?

Did she even love me? At all? A little bit maybe?

So much has happen tonight. But for now, she needs to help get her mind off of these questions that were rattling inside her mind, help clean up the place, and rest.

Because maybe tomorrow and once their home is all cleansed and fixed up, that is when she will start to find her answers.

And it will all happen – very soon…

(Unknown building – 9:00pm)

…and very soon indeed.

Sitting in his chamber all painted in bloody red, a Japanese man whom appears in his late thirties or forties was pouring his own hot tea from a ladle into his own cup. Steam was evaporating from the cup. He has long shoulder-length dark blue hair and piercing eyes. The kind of eyes that could actually kill anyone with just one look, but mostly, scare anyone. He wears a dark white long-sleeve shirt with a short-sleeve short dark grey tunic over the top, a dark tan Obi across his waist, and his long pants and Tabi are in the same colour as his top.

The expression on his face was anything but friendly. He is just like a blade – cold and sharp.

On the sides of the room are clear blue Shoji that act like windows. Resting behind him on top of a table is a stand which holds two katanas. Where his tea is resting is on his table with a dark yellow cloth that goes over the top. He, along with the table is sitting on a platform which brings a foot higher from the floor. Near-by, there were lit-up torches near him, and on the main floor is a large light red rug.

Located on the banners all over the room, the banner behind him – and both sides of the front tunic - is the same red foot symbol. Judging by the symbol, it would seem that the ninjas that a group of teens were fighting against earlier are his ninjas.

Originated from Japan, he came to New York for business. But what kind of business if anyone asked? It will only be a matter of time.

Right now, the leader of the Purple Dragon was sitting, in respect, in front of a man that he and his men all feared for. After what has happened with tonight's operation, he was called in by him, by his top ninja whom was standing by his master's side. The young ninja himself still has face mask on, has brown eyes and his hands are at his side. The older scary-looking man wants to know the process of the operation.

You see, the money that John and his boys stole from the shop (and lost) were for him. And right now, he was not happy. Not happy at all. For years now, this has never happened before.

After he puts the ladle down, he picks the cup with his two hands. He slurps it with ease as his eyes and his aid's, are now focusing on the leader, John, who was shaking like a leaf. He then puts his glass down as he listens on his subject's report. And this is one report that he finds…disturbing.

"S-s-sir? I-I-uh…my men,…we, uh,…we lost the armoured car with the money," John explains, trying to find his words carefully, hoping his boss would understand. Unfortunately, what he says next would be hard to believe. "But we were attacked by some sort of karate frog creatures or something. And a g-girl was with them too."

He was hoping on his life not to face the consequences but it wasn't looking too good. The man frowns at this as John continues on. "They took us by surprise. It-it wasn't my fault."

The young ninja knows he is telling the truth. He and his men did witness the strange green fellows that the Purple Dragons came across earlier tonight. They failed – badly. Then, his ninja battled against them, giving them a good fight. Especially the girl that John mentioned. The only strange part was is when she was brought to her knees for a split second but was then saved by one of those green men and resume the match. The young girl don in blue and pink sparks the ninja's interest very much. He would love to learn more about her. Next time.

The black ninja wants to back up the punk's story but he too doesn't want to face the wrath of his sensei. Plus, he was hoping these new fighters would peak the ninja master's interest.

But the master himself…was not very pleased. Not at all.

"Enough." As the man spoke, he holds out his hand; causing the steam from his tea to move within the time of the motion. John jumps a little in fear.

"I promise, sir. I won't fail you again." And he means it. And the man will make sure of it.

"I know," he whispers. He then stands up and rise over the horror-stricken John; casting his shadow over him. "You won't fail me again. Ever!"

John quickly bows down, still begging for mercy. "No, sir! Please!"

The insignia was also shown on the main doors to the room as it closes up tight; muffling out the noise from the inside.

A blood-curling scream made by John was echoing throughout the building and was replaced with his boss' malevolent laugh. John first steps inside as a breathing human, but now, he is…dragging against the floor by the help of a couple of ninjas. Lifeless.

Oroku Saki has finished off taking down a failed operator.

He knew what would happen to those who failed in their mission. He does not work with failures in his life, and how he deals with them? He eliminates them.

Another reason why he is the Top Dog of the criminal underworld. Everybody fears him. And when things don't go exactly as planned, he always finds a way. Even from outside help.

He does not like it when someone or someone new interferes with any of his plans. And whoever interfered tonight's plans, are going to be in a lot more trouble when they come to meet Oroku Saki.

Face-to-face.

Looks like Sally might have some kind of connection to Saki. And just who are those people in her vision? Well, only one way to find next time on:

The Saint's Hope: A Better Mousetrap

Author's notes: HEY GUYS! I finally manage to get this chapter fixed, dusted and done!

I do hope my writing is ok. Just brushing off the 2k3 series. I usually watch this series once a year and I know these episodes off by heart.

I have also added Carter into the show. Unlike his previous version, he now works for the Foot. I also got his backstory but we won't know until later on in the series. When will that be? Guess we will see. And in this version, he starts off as a 16-year-old, not a collage kid. Just to be clear.

So, I am planning to upload each chapter every week or when I get a chance to. I'm not leaving this story behind. Not ever. It will be a long process but I am staying until the very end.

And…I hate to end this chapter on a sad note but…early this morning, we have heard the news that Batman himself, Kevin Conroy, has passed away after his battle with cancer (not another one). Not something you want to wake up to. It is indeed a sad day, not only in the Voice Acting world, but also in the Batman World. To honour him, I am wearing my Batman top that I've brought many years ago and it still fits. Thank you, Kevin, for bringing many years as the Caped Crusader. We will never forget you.

"I am Vengeance. I am the Night. I am Batman."

Until we meet again,

TheDragonLord2912

(From the old version - Author's notes:

Sorry again for the late upload….again…

First off, it was the holiday weekend, you know, Good Friday, Easter weekend. So yeah, I was busy all weekend. And I did promise I upload them every Monday from now on, but things get in the way and I have to find another way around it. So, thank you for your patience. I will get into the weekly uploads for now on Monday's nights.

Next part on the news, I'm sure you guys have heard of Garry Shandling, whom you guys would know is a famous comedian, has passed away last week. In my life, I have only seen this guy from the movie Over the Hedge and it has been always my favourite movie of all time. And I'm still waiting for its sequel. But even if they do make a sequel, I'm sure they could find someone to replace him like with Slinky's voice actor from Toy Story. The original actor who played him died after the second one came out and by the time the third movie came along, they manage to find another actor, who turns out to be a good friend to the late actor. So if they do find someone, it needs to catch the actor's tone and essences or something like that. Other than that, rest in peace, Garry. You surely will be missed. I hope both Robin Williams and Jodie Foster will be keeping you laughing up there as well!

Also to Patty Duke, the mother of Sean Astin, who is the current voice of Raphael in TMNT 2012, has also passed away. She was suffering, I think, from mental health problems over the years. Our thoughts with her, Sean and the rest of the family.

So, I'm guessing you guys also notice the few changes from the old story. Well, it took a while but I think this is a much improvement since last time. I hope it is ok and it's a lot smoother. I like to hear what you guys think! Plus, if there is anything you would like to see, please feel free to PM me or put it in the review section. I might add your suggestion for the fun of it!

Oh! Almost forgot to mention this in my last chapter that I put some Japanese greetings in it. If you guys are curious to know what they mean, here they are:

Ohayou-gozaimasu – Good Morning (polite)

Tanjyoubi omedetou gozaimasu – Happy Birthday

Arigatou-gozaimasu, Otosan – Thank you, Father (polite)

If I'm wrong, please let me know!

Plus, Sally's given name: Salvadora, is Spanish for Saviour just to let you know because it actually fits her and the reason of this story. Why? Well, you'll have to wait and see, my friend.

So, if you guys have already seen the new episodes of TMNT, all I can say is this:

*takes a deep breath*

…

HOLY SHELL!

SO MUCH nostalgia in one FREAKIN episode!

Man! Talk about one heck of an episode. I don't really want to spoil it too much but….

…

What the heck!

With Rob Paulsen playing two Turtles at the same time! I just can't handle it!

Seeing the Mirage Turtles! Love the classics!

Plus Krange as well! No words! And Kraange Sub-Prime mention Megan Fox, who now plays April in the reboot movies, cracks me up as well!

And Splinter….*nearly tears up, voice breaking up* they brought back Splinter. Another reason why I'm putting my heart through the meat grinder again and again and again and again…

Plus, having the original voice actors from the 80's cartoon, and not like what they did in Turtles Forever. To be honest, when making the movie, the people doing the 2003 series is in New York City and they didn't have the license to get the original voice actors because it was too expensive from what I heard. So, they go with other actors from NY to do it. Still, it would have been a lot better if they did bring back the original VA.

And saw the next episode where the Triceratons manage to get the two Black Hole Generator pieces. And plus, for Donatello to shine once more! Can't wait to see the next episode – The Evil of Dregg – it's a Raph-centric episode. I don't know when the last episode we had about Raph as the main character was. Please, remind me…

Other than that, they were great episodes that I will watch over again and again and again and again…

So that's enough about me! See guys next time!

Until we meet again,

TheDragonLord2912)