The Saint's Hope - Season 1 Chapter 5: Attack of the Mousers, a ninja turtles fanfic

The Saint's Hope

Chapter 5 – Attack of the Mousers

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 our writer: Hey guys! I'm BACK! I do hope you guys are enjoying this story. Cause I am not stopping until we get to the very end which will be Turtles Forever! I am still working on my other stories which I will be able to finish one of them and get started on the next ones.

(From the old version – Announcement from our writer: Hey guys! Sorry about what happened the last two weeks! It's like I said in my last chapter: I was at Supernova so I won't be able to finish or upload the next chapter. Plus, I was busy for the other week and I didn't have time to finish this chapter. So, apologises. Well, with that event (and the extra week for no reason) out of the way, I can resume the story.

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

To erica phoenix 16

I like how you're developing Sally's powers and I was invested in April's introduction.

Also, I was wondering will Sally have an encounter with Hun, recognize the foot tattoo on his arm and ask what happened to her mother just like Po did in Kung Fu Panda 2?

Keep it up. :)

Yeah. I wanna take it nice and slow when it comes to her powers.

Hmm…now you mention it…I did NOT think of that! Man! I forgot he had the tattoo and I forgot he was connected with Sally in the previous story. Thanks for saying that! That is why I'm fixing the story up and changing it. So, if she sees the tat, she will have a headache or pain to the head like with the robots and the ninjas, or who knows what will happen when that chapter comes.

And yes! Yes, I will! :)

To Alina (Guest)

Love your story. Keep it up.

Are we gonna find out who Sally's love interest is?

Also are we gonna find out who her father is?

Thanks! No worries.

To answer your questions, yes &….yes, you will…in due time. I don't want to spoil anything yet! You'll have to wait and see!

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

Here comes the third episode! Enjoy!

(Manhattan, NY – Flashback moment)

So much has happened in the past few days for our five heroes.

If you guys are up-to-date with the story, well done. If you haven't, shame on you. Just kidding!

But seriously, if you are intrigue of this story, the teens think it would be a good idea to get the readers up to speed. Like what it said before, so much has happened in the past few days than it has in years for them. First it was a young girl's birthday—

Hang on, maybe it would be better if the orange turtle decided to take charge of things and gives the readers an update of what has to him and his family.

A very wise frog once said, "It's not easy being green," but believe me, he didn't know the half of it.

Yes, it wasn't easy being green for the four of them. Everyone knows who this certain wise frog is and he would not be expected to be in situations like this one.

And the orange turtle wasn't kidding.

Being surrounded by these strange ninjas on the first night that most of them came up to the surface for the first time as a group. The human already had her fun on her first day, but this was nothing compare to this. At least only a little fighting only happened on her birthday.

Well, this happened after her birthday. The youngest turtle continues onwards to the earlier events, to when they were attacked by these strange robots…

In the past 48 hours, my brothers, my sister and I have been attacked by killer robots…,

Later, found out named Mousers – small yet tough robots that can chew through any material that stands in its tiny way. They gave the family of ninjas a bit of trouble which cause another problem.

…had our home caved in on us…,

Which caused them to be separated from Master Splinter – their rat father – from the cave-in. This caused them to head for the surface where they meet up with some…unusual company, by the names of Purple Dragons and these strange black ninjas. Once the teens come face-to-face with both of them, the youngest fighters of the battle had put their skills to good uses.

…and had a serious butt-kicking ninja battle with some deadly ninja assassins.

And thugs as well. The teenage ninjas did manage to put up with a good fight, but once they have got into the second round, they were almost wiped out. Realising that they were outnumbered, they did the one thing to do in a situation like this before they all got hammered.

We made a shell-raising escape in an armoured car…,

While damaging the sides of the truck, trashcans and building along the way back home and almost giving the teens' major car sicknesses. And by the skin of their noses (and shells) thanks to Mikey's older brother first attempts of driving a car.

…found a new place to live…

"This is beyond awesome!" Mikey awed as he and his siblings all stepped into their new home. But the all excitements and action doesn't stop there. This all down for them on the next night…

…and were attacked by even more killer robots.

The five ninjas were in another part of the sewers; battling off the same robots that trashed their home. The reason for them to be there was they were following one back to its owner – Baxter Stockman.

The famous scientist had his reason to clean up the rat problem in the Big Apple. But the teens think otherwise. But they were not the only ones who have a problem with the munching robots.

In another part of the sewers, not too far from them, was a young woman. A human. She was being hunted down by these Mousers. Why? That's what the teens will find out. She was now screaming for her life.

Oh! And we also managed to perform our very first ninja rescue.

The teens all managed to take down the robots with ease and saved the petrified damsel in distress.

This is the closest any of us have ever been to another human being…,

All excepts for the human of the ninja family. She had encountered the first humans in her life on her birthday. And it looks like she had her wish come true of meeting more humans in the future.

The orange turtle leans forward into the light. "How ya doin'?" he harmlessly asked the young lady. But an innocent question asked by a green humanoid turtle with an orange bandana and ninja weapons, caused the second human in the room to faint. The turtle himself walks over to her and picks her up in a bridal style. He turns to face his siblings.

…and it raises one very big question.

"Can we keep her?"

And everyone knows what the answer is going to be…

(In the Lair, Manhattan NY – 9: 30am)

"Has she moved at all?"

The blue turtle was the first to say something to his best friend whom is sitting on the arm-chair in the living room of their home. In his grasp is a nice cup of steaming tea. The young girl takes it out of his grip and takes the first sip of the peppermint tea. As of last night, they brought home one of the most amazing discoveries that the mutants have only ever experience just once.

A human.

The thing is the mutants themselves are used to having a human around them for years now. The same human who is their sister, is sitting in that arm-chair. The turtle had just appeared from his room just a few minutes ago to see if their guest hasn't moved since she was brought here. And the young kunoichi has not gone from her post since the others went to bed for a while. Now, the sun have risen; bringing a new day.

"Nothing yet," she responded; unwrapping herself from her blanket. She stands up from her seat, gives the cup back to her brother and begins to fold-up the cotton sheet. Salvadora offered to take up the watch throughout the whole night to make sure that their…guest is not spooked or anything at all. Which would also explain the bags under her eyes since she did not get any sleep at all. Then again, this is the city that never sleeps. Plus, she didn't want the women to freak-out when she gets a good view of the Turtles or the rat. And it was a good idea for her to talk to the new human, rather than let the others do the talking.

Speaking of the rat…

Sally turns to Leo. "So, I'm guessing Master Splinter wasn't too happy about our surprise that we brought home last night?"

Leo passes the cup back to her before crossing his arms over. "At first, but he seems okay with the situation once I managed to explain to him carefully."

Raph also appeared on the scene. "So, I'm guessing the newly-formed bruise on your head was not caused from Sensei, right?"

From her view, Sally could actually see the small patch of a purple bump forming above the turtle's eye. Leo embarrassedly covers his sore head as she lets out a little snigger. The red turtle had just witnessed the little moment when Leo explains their little adventure outside the Lair to their father which Sally didn't have the chance to see it. She was busy fixing up the make-shift bed for the lady during that time.

By then, Don and Mikey have also woken up from their sleep and joined their siblings in the living room. "So,…how is our guest doing?"

"Just to be clear, Mikey. We ain't keeping her," Raph sternly said.

The baby of the ninja family takes that a little offended. "What? C'mon, we saved her life. And we could more humans around since Sal is desperate for more."

"Uh,…didn't she said she met a few humans just a couple of days ago? I think she can handle it without our help.

Her best friend's got a good point. It's true that she would love to meet more humans since her birthday. Kidnapping them from their own lives does not count.

Moving from the seat to the other side of the couch, Sally sits down on the furniture and takes a good look at the women. She was sleeping peacefully at the moment rather than frighten like she was when she was attacked by the metal monsters that the teens had no trouble dealing with them. Sally cannot help to know that this she has seen this woman before.

Red hair. Light skin. Purple top and brown pants. Just like…

Sally's eyes lit up. "I've seen her before."

Raphael raised an eyebrow. "Let me guess? From your birthday trip?"

Sally shakes her head. "No. On the news. April…O'Neil, I think."

The boys all looked at the women on the couch. Mikey was the first one to speak up. "Wait, she's a news reporter?"

"NO!" she snaps at him before calming down. "From that news report on those Mousers. Stockman said she was his lab assistant."

And she was right. The guys do remember watching the news yesterday. It was the same lady with the same red hair with the same clothing minus the lab coat who is with Baxter Stockman and the Mousers. She too was helping him testing him out the robots in the demo. But there was something missing from all this.

Mikey rub his chin. "So, if she works for him, why was she just about to be robo-chow?"

Don looks to his brother. "Well, once she wakes up, maybe she can—"

Sally whips her head around to face the boys. "Guys!" she whispers to them. Her voice caused the guys to stop talk and all looked at their sister. "She's waking up!"

They all gathered around the women who moved her head. She lets out a morning sign as she opens her eyes; rising up from her sleepy state. Once she has got a good look at her surrounds and her saviours, she was in for a shock. At least, they will be a human with them and that is why Sally is here.

"Oh, man, what a dream. Turtles…and a girl fighting robots?" she said the first thing when she woke up from what seems to be a nice sleep. Sally raised an eyebrow. She thinks what happen last night was a dream? Oh man! She is in for a surprise!

The woman sits herself from the comfort of the pillow by pushing her left arm while looking down. "Did I fall asleep watching TV again?" she mutters to herself. The next thing she is going to see is what she is not going to believe. "That was the..." No longer sleepy, it only took a split second to see four actual turtles all staring and standing in front of her. "…weirdest…thing…I've…ever…SINCE?!"

From her right to the left, she sees one turtle with a blue bandana, a purple one, the red one was in the background with his arm crossed over, and an orange one standing close to her; smirking at her, which it is followed by a wink, clicking his tongue. Not only his sister, he too was excited to meet their human guest. Although right now, she doesn't seems really excited at all.

After seeing who or what was in front of her, her memories were now starting to flood back. It really happened – all last night! She was attacked by Mousers, thanks to her boss, after she found out what happened (still doesn't know why). They were about to rip her to pieces in the smelling sewers. And then, she was saved at the last minute by…

That is when she now realized. It wasn't a dream. She was now starting to panic. Maybe this is a dream! Or…I'm dead… She then looks around, taking her eyes off her so-captures, to see herself in a different place. Instead of a blocked-off tunnel, she finds herself what appears to be a huge cavern; filled with modern-day furniture, fire escapes and ropes hanging from the ceiling. Or maybe…I'm on a game show…or I'm…capture…or…

Knowing that her mind is overloading with questions and she wasn't calm at the moment, Sally decided to step in and help the stranger. After all, she was in the same situation like this one before.

She moves a bit closer. "Hello?"

April whips her head around to the source and sees on the end of the couch appears to be a peach-skinned teenage girl with brunette hair and blue eyes with a smile on her face. The young woman lets out a comforted sign. There was another human – in her presence. Oh, thank goodness! An actual human. Guess there is no reason to panic just yet.

"Oh! Hello there!" she said. Good, she calmed down a bit.

Sally then presses on. "Um…, its-s okay, miss, you got nothing to b—"

But the jolly turtle himself comes forward; thought he can give it a go. "Hi!"

She faces the orange turtle that made her faint from before. Her expression quickly changes from cool to alarmed. Ok. Now, she can panic!

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"

"AAAAAHHHHH!" Mikey lets out his trademark girly scream that he is known for. Sally covered her ears. She wasn't very lucky to be near the turtle who can scream like little girl. The young kunochi glares at her younger brother for butting in. She was about to strangle him for that.

The young turtle then jumps back a bit to take a second to get his breath back. He too was scared but not as scared as their guest. "Please don't do that," he begged; shaking his hands out in front in defence. He then places his right hand on his chest where his heart is with the left one still out in front. "I almost jumped out of my shell."

With him saying "hi", "shell" and looks like a turtle does not help calm the lady in this situation like this. Then again, they NEVER had any guest come over to both of their homes in their entire lives. So, this was a first.

She was definitely having a panic attack. Never in her life that she has encountered an animal that is known to walk on four legs rather than two like a human that she is. Or the girl beside her. She was now capture (or dead), and held against her will. Now, she has her attention on the turtle's hand – the one who scared her.

"It…has…three…FINGERS!" she squeaked. She tries to moves away from the green creatures as she can but she didn't move much when her backside meets the corner of the couch. She grabs the pillow that she has been resting on and pulls it over her head. "I'm asleep. I'm asleep. I'm asleep. I'm asleep. I'm asleep…" So much for first impression.

"This isn't going very well," Don speak up to his siblings. The lady was still mumbling the same words over and over again.

Disappointed that his approach didn't work, Mikey turns to his brothers. "Hey, come on. I thought we got this whole 'Talking to Human' thing figured out with Sal here," he said. And they thought talking to human would be simple at first but no, it didn't. Guess it was time for the other human to jump in and fix up the mistake.

Although she would be mad at her little brother for scaring the wits out of the poor human lady, Sally will deal with the turtle later. Right now, they have a matter at hand.

"I'm asleep. I'm asleep…" April feels a tap on her shoulders. She removes the pillow from her head and looks again to her right. It was the same human that she talked to before she was freaked out by Mikey. The same girl is smiling with a calm aura with it. It feels like she can trust this young teenager.

April carefully places the pillow on her side. "Y-you're n-not a t-turtle…, are you?" she shakily asked. All it took was a simply shake from Sally before April grabs the kunoichi by the shoulders. The teen was taken surprised by this action.

"Oh! Thank goodness! Please, you got to help me!" April frantically looks around the area and points to the four turtles in the room. "Who are they? Where are we? And are we both dreaming?" April is now grabbing the only human in her presence, tightly. "Please, tell me this is a dream!"

Sally takes a deep breath. What she is going to say, will not help the women at the moment. "Ok, uh…, one: these guys," she points to them, "– these turtles – are my family." April faces them and back to Sally. Tell me she's crazy? Or am I going crazy?

"Two: this is…our home. And three: this ain't a dream, sister." Sally finished, hoping this little piece of information will be cleared to her.

April's eyes were wide as the biggest plate she has ever seen. If this girl says to her that she is not dreaming, then she is not dreaming. Maybe…maybe she is lying. And maybe…she is being capture or something. Or she is dead too?

She quickly grabs the pillow and use it cover her face; blacking her visual out. "I'm SO asleep." and then, she resumes her usual mumbling from before.

Disappointed, Sally could only bow her head. "Oh, brother…" She was doing so well with her. But now, she just made it worse. Just a few days ago, she has met the first humans in her life and they were just fine. The only difference is that they have not met her family; face-to-face. Not April. And she is still freaking out.

As she mumbles on, Mikey's eyes began to droop. But he shakes his head and lets out a big yawn. He was starting to get a bit drowsy. "Man, she's making me sleepy."

Ever since they saved her from the Mousers and when Sally mention that this woman was the same women who works for Stockman, Raphael was pretty curious of her. Maybe she knows something about the robots. He decided to take a crack at it. When his brother was about the take the dirt nap, Raph goes over to the frighten human with the pillow covering her face. Sally carefully watches him; just to make sure he doesn't do anything rough or violent. But if he does, he will be getting a major something up his shell.

Raph leans on the couch with his hands on the arm-chair. "Hey, you?" he asked, tapping her on her bare shoulder. As carefully as she can be since she is in a room full of humanoid animals who could be aliens and a human, April removed the pillow from her eyes but not from her head just yet. She sees the other turtle with the red bandana that was standing in the background. He was one of the few who hasn't said anything until now.

"What?" she cautiously asked.

The turtle quickly looks over her shoulder to see his human sister, giving him the 'don't scare her or you'll regret it' look. Guess he doesn't want to get into trouble. At the moment, he just wants some answers. "What do you know about those Mouser robot things?" he asked the lady in a calm tone.

April prudently removes the pillow from her head to her lap. They are also aware of the Mousers? Guess it doesn't hurt to explain. "Well…, first I thought they were for cleaning up the city's rat problem…"

Just like Sally thought. Well, more like she wrote something in her diary; saying that Stockman might have created them to fix the rat population instead. The others think it was for something else. April then pressed on as she faces the others. Raph stands up straight and cross his arms over. "…but then I got suspicious when Dr. Stockman said—" April then stops talking. She then realized something which causes her to place her hand on her chin. "Oh, no. I'm talking to it."

Leo decided to say something. "What?" he asked.

"I'm talking to it—" She looks at the turtle now with the blue bandana. "To you!" She then goes to talk to herself. "Okay, April, you are talking to a giant three-fingered turtle who this girl said she is her family. The only logical explanation is that you're dreaming," she gives a smile and her eyelids sink a bit, "so everything's okay." She becomes a bit relaxed; knowing that it is not real and she has nothing to worry about. She faces the blue turtle again and gives a wave to him. "Hello."

The kunoichi raised an eyebrow. Didn't Sally tell her that she is not dreaming? Guess she is too freaked out of what has happened in her life so far, she wants it all to be a hallucination. Plus, the humans right now don't usually talk like that.

Leo looks at his sister, before he presses on. Sally caught his attention. He has always talked to the only human in the family, so it shouldn't be too hard to talk to another one. And if Mikey and Raph can talk to her, maybe Leo can give it a shot.

Sally shrugs her shoulder and gestures her hand to the woman. He looks over to her. "Hello,…April. How are you…doing?" He can do better. But it was a stranger to start off with.

April continues to play along with the dream of hers that she is in with four imagining turtles. "Oh! I'm…FINE! Everything absolutely great!" She gives out a chuckle before looking to see the other turtles. Everyone was just looking at the woman like she is the weird one and they're not.

Sally is now exasperated. She is not buying it. Maybe there is someone else in the room who can help. That is when she turns to her right. She then sees behind her brothers who has just arrived. "Good morning, Father."

Father? Who is he? A giant liza— Still thinks she is dreaming; April turns her attention to whom the girl is addressing to. "Oh!" she grips the pillow in her grip a little too hard.

Right now, all she sees is a giant rat with a stick in his grasp coming towards her. Guess everything is not absolutely great.

"Then perhaps you are ready to answer some questions," the giant rat spoke up before halting in front of her. After his children told them of the situation that they were involved last night, he indeed has some inquiries that he would like to know.

Ok! First, the Mousers, then those Turtles, and now, a…a...

"You're…you're a—"

And for the second time of her life, she fainted. This caused the only conscious human to slap herself on the head. This is not going so well. Guess they forgot to tell her or show her that there was another mutant in the house.

Don looks down at his father in front of him and Leo. The eldest could only slap himself in the head with both of his hands. He and Sal got the same thought going through his head.

"You sure have a way with the ladies, Master Splinter," the Brainiac Turtle joked. Although, he is a bit aggravated now, now that their guest is complete knocked out, all thanks to his father. Just when she was getting the hang of four turtles and another human in the room, their rat father just happens to show up.

They all looked at collapsed being. "Now what do we do?" Don wonders. Maybe there is something in the first aid that he can find.

Leo comes up with one. "Let's nudge her." Maybe not, Leo.

Raph has got a suggestion. "I'll snap her out of it." That's not a good idea

"Raphael, no!" the rat snaps at his son.

Sally was getting a bit tired of this. "Guys, why don't you let me do the talking from now on? It was going really well!"

Raph scoffs and crosses his arms over again. "Yeah, it was until you freak her out with the whole "turtles are my family" bit."

As they were suggesting ways to wake her up or arguing with one and another, Mikey decided to leave the scene. He goes over to his brother's computer station where he has left his MP3 player. He sits on the banana lounge near him. The turtle lets out a groan as he lies down.

"Somebody get me when she wakes up," Mikey commanded. He slides the headphones. He has already dealt enough damage to their guest; does not need to do anymore. He turns on his device as hip-hop music is blasting out through his phones. He closes his eyes and nods his head to the beat.

Something tells him and the family that this is going to be one long day…

(The streets of Manhattan, NY – 9:35am)

…and a long day it was going to be. Because in a few minutes, things on the surface will start to get chaotic.

The sun is already high in the sky to begin this normal day at the national bank. On the outside, a number of honking was made while on the inside, only the keyboards are clicking and people chatting. At this particular place, everyone in the city all store their money here for safe-keeping. Not just money but some of their belongings like gold bars, priceless gems and expensive jewellery that most of them are family heritage or are worth stealing by crooks.

And they are all stored in a large vault with a shut-tight metal door that the only way to get inside is to crack the secure electronic lock. And the manager of the bank is the only one who can gain entry.

A customer walks up to an available window and makes a deposit with one of the servers. She was counting the amount in her grasp—

CLANK! CLANK!

Everyone stops what they doing. They all whip their heads around before looking towards the source of the strange noise.

It sounded like…giant footsteps…and it was coming from the vault! What could it be?

Inside the vault was pitch-black, so nobody could see anything. A crack that is forming in the centre of the dark and it was coming…from the floor.

As the crack begins to grow, the place starts shake like a small tremor. And everyone in the building is starting to be terrified by this event as they are right in the middle of it.

"W-what is that?" cried out one of the customers. But rather than find out what the cause of it, they all run and try to escape the building, while screaming for their lives.

"Earthquake!" cried out another one; while running to safety. That could be the simple explanation. But it wasn't.

Back inside the vault, the portion of the floor with the growing crack began to crumble. Pieces of the floor begin to raise a mountain and—

BOOM!

Debris and dust were everywhere as it filled up the room. Besides being pitch-black, no-one can still see through the dust cloud. Only a number of lights in the shape of a square were moving around in the smoke. Each light is sitting on top of metal head that are walking on two legs.

It is the Mousers!

And they have strike in the heart of the Bank!

One-by-one, they have crawled out of the hole. Anyone would have trouble seeing through the smog but the robots here have no trouble where they are going. Phase One is complete, it was time for Phase Two.

Back in the main room of the bank, through the security cameras, you can only see are the lights through the smoke and nothing more. That's what the manager is seeing at the moment. He could not believe his eyes.

Since the tremor started, he has risen out of his seat to get a better look at the screen. A few locals were screaming and rushing past the desk as they head for the exit. But the manager did not look up as his eyes are glued to the monitors.

"What in the world…" he asked to himself, scratches his head in confusion. He continues to ignore the screams as he looks at the three monitors on his desk. The first screen showed the same light-filled smoke, the second screen has a slight view on the invaders but the smoke was covering it. And the third one…

Well, the third one has a good view of the robber in the thick fog. But the robber itself chops down on the camera before he could hit the record button. Luckily, he has contacted the police right away. And they should be in a matter of minutes.

After digging to the destination, the Mousers are now helping themselves tearing out the boxes from the walls that are filled with cash, gold, gems, or anything that they can get their jaws on it. One particular use its mouth to rip the closed container and gobbles up the stash…

(Underneath Stocktronics, Incorporated, Manhattan, NY – 9:36am)

…and the one who is behind the attack is watching the entire scene through his monitors. Before the attack, he managed to hack into the bank's security systems and gave him the all clear to enter the building – undetected.

Pressing a button on his control desk, he gives bit of a snicker as he continues to watch his success. "These security measures are pitiful – an insult," he mocked at the bank's poor level of technology before clasping his hands together. "Nothing can stand in the way of my consummate genius."

He continues to watch his creations as they continue with their stealing spree.

(The National Bank, Manhattan, NY – 9:36am)

The alarm bells were ringing all over the place. Chaos was still befalling at the bank, but the police have managed to arrive on the scene. Two police cars have pulled up in front of the building. Only two policeman steps out of their cars and approach the place. They were no other than Officer Sarge and Officer Frank. They approached the revolving doors but didn't go through just yet as a number of panicking civilians, screaming at the top of their lungs, all escape through the doors.

"Help! Help!"

"Out of my way!"

After they have left in terror and was given the all clear, Frank pushes the door the other way so he and his partner can get through. Once they have set foot into the bank, they both looked around to see the danger. So far, there was nothing out of the ordinary.

No sign of anyone wearing black masks over their heads, one with a bag and the other with a gun in his hand. So, where was the fire in the miss?

The petrified manager approaches them. "This way, please!" he said, pointing in the direction of the main location. "Something's happening in the vault!"

The only people in the bank all quickly raced to the large metal door where they all came to a halt. The manager did his magic as he types in the code on the lock. He just hopes that they were not too late.

As soon he enters the code in, the alarms were turned off. And once the vault door was swinged open, the two police officers and the manager learn to find the robbers…were gone.

The manager gasps as he takes a step forward into the room. The two police officers stepped in as well and examine the hole in the ground. Most of the money has been taken, all jewellery cleared out, along with the gold bars, and the tin boxes were all piled in a number of heaps.

But there was no trace of them. The thieves, who cleverly pulled the heist of the century, have all disappeared. The only thing left of the place beside the boxes and some money left over, is a giant hole and some footprints…

(In the Lair, Manhattan NY – 10:20am)

It has been almost an hour since the woman – name April – has fainted. But not by the sight of the four turtles (the same four turtles, along with a human, who rescue her last night from the attack on the Mousers), or the same human that is with them (although she was relieved to see another human in her presence because the last human she saw, almost tried to kill her).

No. It was the giant rat that appeared before her once she admits to herself that it was all a dream, only to faint once more.

Finally, April opens her eyes. But instead of seeing four giant turtles and a giant rat, right in front of her was the human girl. She was sitting on the couch with her left leg under her right one with one hand on April's shoulder and the other in the girl's lap.

"Well, we can tell you are not dreaming this time," Sally quipped. Removing the pillow from her lap, the older women rubbed her eyes with her hands. She shakes her head a bit and looks up. Instead of the girl, she sees each of the family of interesting creatures all sitting or standing in a different spot. Just before she was shock and scared but now, she was a bit nervous. In her case, maybe some answers on her current situation would be nice. And she thought a nice cup of tea would help calm her down.

Sally turns to her best friend. "Leo, can you get another cup of tea for April?" The blue turtle gives a nod as he heads for the kitchen. April watches the turtle and then, looks back at the others. So, that's Leo…

"Look," Sally spoke up as April turns to face her, "you got nothing to worry about. These guys are my family. And they won't hurt you. But if they do, they better run for the hills!"

That comment made April smile a little. Saying that makes it feels like she is not unfazed from this. Maybe, she knew these...turtles…and a rat…for some time now? Maybe.

"I'm sure you have loads of questions," Sally press on. "And we will be happy to answer them."

April looks at the human. She was right. She does have loads of questions to ask her and the…creatures…or whatever they are.

Sally looks to her left to see Leo coming back with a nice cup of tea for their guest. There was only one more member that is now occupied at the moment.

The human looks over to the turtle who is on the lounge chair, not sitting far from here. And he is blasting music so loud that anyone can hear from the other side of the Lair. Sally looks at her hothead brother and points her thumb. She was telling him to get him. Gladly to do so, Raph gives a nod and heads over to his little brother.

With his eyes shut and now tapping on his chest to his tunes, Mikey was in the zone with the funk music that he is listening to. He wasn't aware of his big brother coming towards him. Bozo better not be snoozin or else.

"Hey."

But Mikey didn't hear his brother calling to him. Too busy blasting music to his deaf ear. Raph was starting to get a bit irritated. He gets closer to his brother's ears.

"Hey, Earth to Mikey!" he speaks a bit louder while tapping on his head to get attention. Although it was a slight pat, it did hurt Mikey on the head which caused him to stop drumming on his stomach.

"OW!" Mikey open his eyes to see his brother. At least he wasn't snoozing or else he would have got more than a bump on the head. "What?" The orange turtle was now peeved at Raph for interrupting his spare time. He would do the same thing, but he would end up getting pummelled and taken to the hospital instead. He takes off his headphones with the loud music still playing.

"She woke up. Leo made her some tea, and she's ready to consider we might be real," Raph updating his little brother. "At least, she considers Sal is real right away."

No longer annoyed and now thrilled, Mikey was psych to make a new friend. Especially if it is another human. The joyful ninja gives a smile and a thumbs up. "AWESOMELY RADICAL, DUDE!" Mikey exclaims.

"Huh," Raph said, pointing at him before walking back to his family. "You keep talking like that, she's gonna pass out again."

Mikey was irritated once more. "Hey." Turning his device off, he puts his headphones and MP3 down on the furniture and makes his way to the others.

Still on the couch, April was now sipping on a nice cup of tea made by the eldest turtle around as each member of the family are in their designated spot. Master Splinter was kneeling on the armchair just across from April. Donatello was sitting on the armrest of the blue couch; just near April. Raph was now standing beside his father on the left. Leo was kneeling on the ground next to his father on the right. And Sally was still on the couch as she has not moved the human's side since she has awakened.

April has finish taking a gulp of her tea when she looks up to see Mikey coming over. Instead of going up to her face, he decided to play it safe and keep a nice distance between him and her so she would not faint again.

"Sooo, you okay now?" he calmly asked her. So far, she has not fainted. Yet.

And so far, April does not think that he and the others are not scary. After all, the five of them have saved her life. "Yes, thanks. I decided this is either a very long dream that I keep not waking up from," she drops her hand to the side and her head tilts to the floor, "or it's the weirdest thing that ever happened to me." It would be more the latter rather than the former for her.

A dream or not, the rat has something to tell her. "Young woman," April perks up to face the elder in the room, "we have something most important to discuss."

The way of his tone, it must be very important. April now has her full attention. "What?" she asked.

"We have never revealed ourselves to the upper world," the rat explains. All except for his daughter. He gestures his hand to his family around him. "You have placed us all in great danger."

Leo turns to his father. "But Master Splinter, she was in trouble, and we helped her," he objected.

Raph has his arm crossed over. "Yeah, aren't you always teaching us to try to do the right thing?" he wonders. Fighting the art of ninjitsu is one thing, but doing the right thing…

Master Splinter can't blame them or himself for having a noble heart. "As you grow older, you will learn there are many ways to…do the right thing." Even if it comes with a price. He can tell. He has seen things. Even before his children came into this world. He then drops his head in fear and lets out a sign. "But there is no going back." Now, that they have revealed themselves to another human – the one that they have just met and not the one who they known for years – there is definitely no going back.

He looks back up to April. "I'm afraid we find ourselves at…" he bows his head in regret, "…your mercy."

My mercy? April was then taken back by this. If she tells a pip to anyone about a certain group of sewer dwelling humanoid mutants just walking around the city, it would be sayonara for the secret ninja family's life. They would be expose to the known public. And be eliminated on the spot. Or worse…

And if it does happen, April would be directly responsible for it. Something that she would regret in her life. After interacting with them for a while now, she has come to a point where she might trust them.

"Oh, I would never tell anybody," she said, shaking her head and shaking her free hand while the other holding the mug. "I mean – heh – who would believe me?" She holds both her hands out to prove her point.

Don holds his hand out. "She's got a point." That is what everyone is thinking. Five giant mutants living underground would be a fantasy novel and those who would tell are consider a laughing stock.

"Yeah, we're un-believable!" Mikey gloats; flexing his muscle out. He likes to show-off, as always. Raph has finds himself standing next to his younger brother with his hands on his hips. He may be annoyed by his immaturity, but he resisted the urge to slap him like always.

"Jeez, where's your off switch?" he snaps at him.

"Yeah, I don't think he has one," Sally replies at her hothead turtle brother. This gives Raph a smile. Back to April…

"Seriously," she then places her hand over her heart, "I promise." After meeting them, she knew that she will take her secret to her grave rather than spill the biggest story of all time in the Big Apple. What is she – a news reporter?

And to make sure of that, Splinter will have to make the final decision. If she passes, she has gained the trust of him and his ninja family. But if she doesn't,…he knew his human daughter will not like it. He picks up stick from his lap, stood up from his seat and walks over to the human. He kneels down to her head level and looks directly into her eyes; squinting them. During the duration, April do not flinch or blink or anything that will lose her focus. Not to mention, her head didn't turn or cover her mouth. Sally too was watching with great interest. She was mentally wishing for her father to trust her. If he does, she has got a new friend.

After a long stare into the young women's eyes, Splinter has come to a conclusion.

"I believe you."

After hearing those words, all Salvadora did a triumph right fist pump with her right arm and says, "Yes!"

April looks over to her; eyebrow raise.

"Sorry about that. It's just that…you have no idea how long I have waited for a human friend." At least, I did make some friends few days ago!

April then gives a laugh. "Well, if you did live down here for a long time, I could possibly understand why." And something tells Sally that she and April are going to be really good friends.

As they talk, Leo comes to his father's side and kneels down to his level. "Is this another lesson, Master Splinter," the eldest son asked, turning to face him. "How to sense the truth?" The Fearless Leader was hoping to it was an advance ninjitsu trick that his father will teach him later on.

"No. This is called trusting your gut." Or maybe not. And does everything have to be a lesson, Teacher's Pet? Sally did hate to call him that. But if she did, she would do it in a playful manner.

Now that Splinter has gained April's trust, that leaves another thing on her mind. "So if I'm keeping your secret, what exactly is it? Who are you people—uh—turtles—uh – whatever?"

Their secret? Well, that is why Master Splinter is here. What he is about to tell Miss April O'Neil is the beginning of their story.

Their origins.

"I have memories," Splinter began. "Memories of when I used to be what you might called…normal…"

(Manhattan, NY – 15 years ago)

…and normal is what he used to be.

For many years now, Master Splinter has lived his life as a mutant rat. But before this faithful event, he was an ordinary rat. And instead of living in a cavern or a burrow in the sewers, he lived in a discarded cardboard box; just lying the alleyways.

The rat himself has woken up from his goodnight sleep and takes its first steps of the day outside of its home. He was sniffing the air around him. Then to a near-by garage pile.

I remember a day that started like any other,…

He was hungry. Of course, he was a hungry little rat. That's how they survive. Unless you are a pet for a human, then you don't have to worry about hunting for your own food.

…but ended changing the course of many lives.

Many lives indeed. Since they were nothing edible in the alleyway, he decided to hit the streets. He comes to an open path and finds himself at the edge of the pavement. He sniffs the air to find himself near a crossing in a friendly neighbour.

I witnessed an accident.

Was someone hurt? Well, no. More like a destiny. He looks up to see a group of people, waiting for the green man to light up so they can safely cross the streets. There old people, young people, people with different colour, people who are leaving for work, and people who have a disability.

A few have just crossed the road to the same path as the rat, to join those group of people. Including a young kid who was holding a glass jar. A glass jar that is filled with four particular objects. Objects that are moving with four legs, are green and each has a shell.

A young boy carried a glass jar…with four pet infant turtles.

Mikey was about to pop out and say "That's us!", but his brothers and sister managed to stop him and let their master continue onwards. Because the rat was coming up to the good part. Themoment that would change a normal rat and these four baby turtles' lives – forever.

On the same street just across from the young boy, there was a man. He was wearing a nice hat with a bowtie, his sunglasses, sports a moustache and a beard and was walking around with a stick. He appears to be blind. He taps on the ground to indicate where he is going as he comes to the edge of the pavement. His stick touches the concrete road and proceeds to cross the busy street.

An old blind man was crossing the street…

Just when he got to halfway, the red-light changes to green.

…when he was almost run down by a large truck.

It was true. A large armoured truck, with the words on the side printed T.C.R.I in bold, was heading towards the man. At the sight of the pedestrian in the middle of the street, the driver of the vehicle beeped down on the horn. But the blind man kept on walking; unaware of the oncoming truck. He was about to be roadkill!

No-one seems to notice the old man. Except for one black kid who was quick to notice the danger. And he was standing right behind the young kid with his pet turtles. "Hey!" he yelps; rushing to save the poor man.

Once he took off running, he accidently pushes the young kid in front of them; causing him to drop his jar of turtles – onto the flowing water on the streets. Once it made contact with the ground, it smashes into hundreds of pieces and release the small animals into the flowing water.

The truck was about to smash into the old man—

"Look out!" the black kid cried out. Risking for his own safety, the kid slams into the elder and out of the truck's path; saving both their lives.

But this action causes the truck to make a hard right. The driver tries his best to gain control of his vehicle. While it was still out of control, the back metal doors of the truck flings open, letting a small but study cylinder object with a green glow to fly out of the car, before it came to a stop.

As the truck swerved, a metal canister bounced out of the back.

The young boy was on his knees as he tries to reach for his fleeing pets. But just before he can even get one of them, the canister was thrown in front of him; taken by surprise and begins to flow in the steam. The turtles were the first ones to enter the grate with the canister in pursuit. That was the last time that the little kid saw his pets.

The little reptiles all fell into the sewers and landed in the shallow ends of the steam. Once the turtles have landed safely on the ground, so did the container.

When the glass made contact with the ground, it breaks; releasing the substance within – all over the animals.

It smashed open, releasing a glowing ooze which covered their bodies.

The young rat, whom had witnessed the entire scene, has raced down into the sewer via the same grate. Once he was on the ground, he scamps over to the container, looks at it and goes over to the little turtles, now covered in the green ooze. One-by-one, the tainted turtles all looked up to the young rat. They all have bothered expression on their faces.

I took pity,…

The rat looks on with a remorse look. Since they have lost their owner, it would seem that the rat is now full responsible for them. He looks to his left. He sees an open rusty container. Just what he needed.

…gathered them up in a coffee can.

He goes to the can and rolls it with his little might towards the helpless turtles. He then places the tin upright. Once he has secured the new container, he then proceeds to pick up the turtles, one-by-one, by the tail and will place them in the can. Just when he picks up the first one and before he places inside the can, the cute turtle shook the ooze off him and was sputtered all over the rat.

Annoyed by this, the rat wipes off the substance and glares at the little one. But nonetheless, he puts him inside the tin, followed by the other three. Once the turtles are inside, the rat turns the can on its side and rolls it with the reptiles to safety; just in case if anyone has seen the earlier event from the streets.

It took some time, but the rat has finally located a place for him and his new family. It was a long big tunnel hole that is filled with hay, to which the rat has constructed ever since he came down into the sewers.

I took them to my burrow.

He carefully brought the tin into his burrow and made a make-shift bed for the new additions. Placing some hay in the tin and gently set the turtles on their new comfort. With them secure, it was time for the rat to hit the hay. He then curls up into a ball and his eyelids were close shut. Today was a bit different from what he had expected.

But what will happened tomorrow… is nothing that he has ever experience before.

The next morning,…

A tap on his nose was made. This causes the little rat to open his eyes. Once he gets a good view of what's in front of him, he gasps in surprise.

...I awoke to find the four had doubled in size.

Right in front of him were the same four turtles that he rescues from yesterday. But there is just one difference. Normally, baby turtles would be the size of your hand. Not the size your head!

They have also gained human-like pupils, their front feet have become three-fingered hands and the rear foot are now two-toed feet. They almost look like…human. They all looked at the rat with a cute smile on their faces. Guess they must have labelled the rat as their new parent now. Like a baby duck first sees whoever after hatched from its egg.

The ooze had affected their growth.

That's what must be what responsible for this change. But they are not the only ones who have changed.

The rat did come in contact with it. It must have happened when one of the turtles shook the ooze off of him. And now…

Taking a good look at his paw in front of him, it was at the size of what he used to be. Not to mention he had also gain eyebrows, a small batch of fur that acts like a beard under his chin and his rat eyes have also become human-like as well.

It changed me also, making me larger and more intelligent.

Plus, he was now too big for his little home.

It hasn't only been 1 hour since the discovery as the now-changed rat, along with the four big turtles, are now scavenging for food. Rather than walk on his four legs, the rat has now gained the ability to walk on his hind legs. Just like a human.

With every step that he takes, he becomes more and more like a human, rather than the rodent that he is. As for the turtles, they were still on the four legs and were following the rat around. They have indeed imprinted on him.

They followed me everywhere…except above ground.

The rat stops for a second, causing the turtles to stop as well, and looks behind. So far, no-one has come down ever since the incident that has happened on the streets. With no sign of anything or anyone, the rat keeps on moving. And so did the turtles.

I knew the people of the surface would not understand. We are so…different.

Indeed, they are. They were no longer normal. They are now, as they would call them…freaks. But, what kinds of more surprises are in store for the animals?

As they continued to follow the rat, the turtles began to copy what he does. One of them began to walk on its hind legs before falling back onto its front foot. They all trying to mimic the bigger creature's movement; hoping to become like him. The rat looks behind once more and was impressed of how fast they are progressing. They continue onwards.

I was amazed by their dexterity, but even so, I was not prepared for what happened one day…

One of the turtles stopped to look up at the rat and…

"Splin-ter?"

The rat halts and turns to face the lone turtle.

They actually spoke…my name.

This actually stunned the rat. Not because he has said his name a few times before. But what he never expected was any of the turtles to speak his name. Truly, he was amazed.

Soon they all were speaking.

Time has speed forward towards later in the day where they have all returned to the temporary tunnel home. With a large number like this, the rat – Splinter – will have to find a new place to home. But right now, it was time to eat.

And what Splinter has provided something easy to get and something enjoyable not just for him, but his new…children as well: Pizza.

As the rat watches the turtles with patience, the four green-skinned creatures all gathered around their dinner.

"Awesome!" spoke the first one; licking his lips. He was actually the first one to speak before any of his brothers did. Too bad he was sitting next to the second eldest.

He pushes the hungry turtle over. "Mine! Heh heh."

He was just about to chow down, not before the third one jump on his shoulders, giving a laugh.

"Hey!" barked the second one.

The third turtle holds onto his brother's head for support. "Pizza, dude!" he playfully exclaims.

The second turtle tries to shake him off. "Get off of me!"

There was only one more turtle left and he was ready to chow down on his newfound favourite food before it gets too cool. And he decided to say something before he does.

"COWABUNGA!" Pumping his fists in the air, he leaps up and dives into the pizza with his brothers who have already dig in. They all playfully wrestle in their food, like any toddler would, and try to gobble up as much pizza as they can get. They have all stopped fighting and grabbed a small portion of their own last slice of pizza and taking a bite out of it. They were now all covered in the grease and the pizza sauce.

After finishing the bite, they all turned to see the rat. Only he looked at them with a strange, disgusted expression with the mixture of awestruck.

Intelligence followed soon after.

It's because of their growing minds; which will be developed later on in life. And how right he was.

Realizing that the world above is sometimes a dangerous place,…

Time has passed sometime in the distinct future. He was no longer in a tunnel. He has found a new home for him and for his children. And he was no longer bear naked. He is now wearing a brown robe. And no longer that the turtles are young and just recently learned how to walk and talk and love to eat pizza. They are now…all grown up.

I began teaching them ninjitsu,…

One of them apparently is kneeling beside him. He was the oldest of the family and is wielding two Katanas that are strapped behind his shell. On the other side of the rat is another figure, someone who is a lot different from the entire family of mutants. Well, she is not a mutant at all. She was a human in fact and she wields two Kodachi that are resting in gauntlets that hang from her belt.

…the secret arts of stealth and power, and all that I knew of this world…

The three of them were watching three more figures in the room. Two of them are two more turtles whom are sparring. Delivering a few kicks before getting into a stance with a Bo Staff in one turtle's hand and a pair of Nunchakus in the other turtle's grip. The fourth and final turtle was way in the back of the room. Resting his Dual Sais in his belt, he was duking it out on a punching bag that hangs from the ceiling of their home.

…from a battered book on Renaissance art that I fished out of the storm drain. I chose names for each of them—

The first one – was the eldest. He jumps in the air, his two swords out, lands on one foot while twirling his weapons around. He finishes his kata in a Bow Stance while holding one sword high in the air and the other to the side.

Leonardo,…

The second one – wielding his chosen stick – comes in front of his brother and lands in a Bow Stance too. He spins his weapon out in front of him before holding it in a blocking position.

Donatello,…

The third one – who is known to be the harshest one of all – jumps in front of his youngest brother, pulls out his Sais and whirls them around. Once he gets into a kneeling position, he stops moving his weapons and points the tips of the Sais to the ground.

Raphael,…

The last but not least, the youngest one of all – who likes to party – jumps in front of his big bro, whilst swinging his Nunchakus around. But it wasn't a second later until he got hit by one of them. As quick as he is, he quickly recovered himself and holds his weapon in hand. He too, like his brothers, stands in a Bow Stance.

…Michelangelo.

With the introductions out of the way, the three other turtles all then jumped forward and do another set of positions while the fourth stay the same.

Together, they are…

(In the Lair, Manhattan NY – Present Time)

The four teenage turtles give themselves their very own "high-three" as Splinter, Salvadora and April watches on.

"TURTLES FOREVER!" the four mutants all cried out.

Mikey removes himself from the group and goes over to girls. "…or something like that we all yell at once," he said to April, resting his arm on the couch. April moves his hands away from the orange turtle. She is still getting to know them before she gets comfortable with them.

Raph comes over and sit on the couch next to his sister. "First rule: Ignore Mikey. Your life will be much easier," he advises the older human. Sally simply shakes her head. As for Mikey, he just ignores his brother, walks around the couch and heads over to the television set.

Splinter was still kneeling on the ground and both Leo and Don are near where their hothead brother is. "So we have remained in secret, and that is our story," he concluded before rising up with his stick. He walks over to April and his human daughter.

Telling her their origin story pretty much clears things up, but there were a few pieces still left in the puzzle. "But how did you know martial arts?" April wonders. She did learn from his story that he taught his children the Art of Ninjitsu. But it was never explained how he knew the skills and the experience. It's either he taught it himself or he learned it from someone else. She then turns to Sally. "And where did you fit in all this?"

Splinter will answer the first question. "That is a story for another time."

And Salvadora will be happy to question the next one. "And as for me,…well…long story short…Splinter found me just months after he was mutated in the sewers. Don't know how I ended up in there in the first place." She was hoping to find all of her answers on her very first day into the real world. She did have a great day though. Didn't quite get what she was looking for.

"Hey, guys!"

Everyone looks over to see the youngest member of the group who has his eyes glued to the lone television that is playing in the background. "Look at this!" he called out. It was the same news channel that the family of ninjas were watching yesterday about the Mousers report. That's where they knew about April before they saved and met her in person. Right now, it was a live report on the National Bank.

Another robbery, I guess? But this robbery is a special kind of robbery which draws the heroes' attention. Everyone except for Raph who remains on the couch comes up to join Mikey.

…and the police are completely baffled by this daring bank robbery boldly executed in broad daylight.

It was showing the front of the building with a number of people, fleeing from the scene before going inside to show the open bank vault access.

Wow. What kind of nutso would rob the bank in the morning light and manages to get away without leaving a trace?

Light torches were turned on at the moment to show the crime scene. A number of empty containers were scattered across the room and in a number of piles, with a large gaping hole in the middle. That has recently been constructed.

The teens and April have a good feeling of where this is going.

If anyone has any information, the police urge you to call the Crime Stoppers hotline.

Mikey shakes his head in displeasure as they got a close-up on the hole that excavation from the ground up. Normally, the size of the hole would have been made by a large bulldozer. Or a few robots.

"So, anybody want to take a wild guess what did this?" he wonders.

No-one needs to guess as a very familiar footprint appears on the screen.

Stockman's robbed the bank in broad daylight? Ok, the guy's got guts!

With her hands behind her back, April walks closer to the TV set and looks at the news. It was all coming clear to her. She finally understands what her old boss meant by becoming a very rich and powerful man. The Mousers that he created, it wasn't just for the city's rat problem, it was for stealing bank money. Guess this must be his true motive of building the robots in the first place. Maybe for the man that he was talking to?

"This must be what I heard Dr. Stockman talking about," April said. She then turns to face the ninjas when the news changes it back to the front of the bank. "He's got the Mousers robbing banks."

Raph hasn't risen from his seat since he was resting his arms on the back of the couch. He can watch the news from where he was sitting. "What do you know about this Stockman guy?" he asked as he leans forward. Anything to know to take him, I guess?

"He's a genius," she admits. She then grips her right hand on her left arm. "He's also nuts." She can still remember him trying to eliminate her by sicing his Mousers on her, just for getting too close on his secret plans. Fairly, it was one of the reasons that she wanted to work for him, not the other reason that she just found out. "I used to work for him, but when I got suspicious, he turned the Mousers on me! Luckily, I ran into you guys."

Leo has come to a conclusion on one of the mysteries. He turns to face his family. "He destroyed our old lair." But why, exactly? Maybe to hunt Splinter as he was a bigger target?

"Must have been one of his Mouser test runs," April theories, placing her hands on her hips. That's right. To make sure that they are capable enough to move on to the next phase of the plan.

"But that was our home…" Mikey whined. He can still remember the torture of what he went through with his family – of losing their first home. And almost losing their father to those mechanical monsters.

And now, they have moved on to bigger targets. Don steps forward. "Now he's graduated to banks."

Although, the reason to make Stockman pay for destroying their former home. Now, they have another reason to stop him. This makes Raph angrier than ever. He can't wait to go over there and make the doctor pay for what he has done. He just hopes that his father would approve.

"Then what are we waiting for?" He stood up from the couch, pulls out his Sais and twirls them around. "I say we shut down Mouser Central," he stops spinning and cross his weapons in front of his face, "permanently!"

Mikey and Sally have their arms crossed over as the orange turtle chuckles lightly. April was a bit surprise of this. Seems like he wants to hurt her old boss. Maybe kill him. Although she wouldn't mind punching him in the face.

"I just love those action-movie lines," Mikey said to the ladies on his right. He turns to face his big brother. "You write those yourself?"

He walks over to him as Sally looks up to April. "Don't worry, April." She points her thumb to the red turtle. "Raphie here is not going to hurt anybody," the young kunoichi reassures her. "So, let's go knock down the front door of Stocktronics', shall we?" Looks like Sally is ready for some action.

April places her left hand, with her index finger tapping on her cheek, on her chin with her right hand support the arm. She turns to face Sally. "It won't be easy. Stocktronics is rigged with the latest up-to-the-minute security tech." She folds her arms over.

Sally still has her arms crossed over, with a smug look on her face. "And you make it sound like its bad news?" Once again, April raised her eyebrow at her. Why would she say that?

Mikey return this time, but this time, right beside Don. As ninjas, they are always prepared for anything. Including in technology-based situation. "I think what our sister was meant to say: Bring it on!" He then places his hands on his big brother's right shoulder and left arm. "Allow me to introduce our very own secret weapon," he releases his grip on his brother, "the techno turtle himself: Dona-tello!" He raised his arm in the air, just to announce him, before putting his hands on his brothers again. "Take a bow, Don."

Donatello – as his brother would say as the tech turtle in the house – was now embarrassed by this. Not in front of a women who has the brains of a genius as well. He gives a light-headed laugh as he looks at his brother. "Aw, cut it out," he sheepishly replied. Guess April is not the only one who has experience in the field and looks like she is going to need all the help that she can get! They got the muscle and the brains for this operation!

Raph was still in the same position since he talked and now, he was getting a little bit edgy. Plus, he was shaking his arms. "Can…we…go,…PLEASE?" Yep. Looks like he was ready to snap something or snap on the inside.

Sally looks over to her big brother and her father. "I think we should go now before Raphael becomes the very first being to explode from rage." This causes the teens to giggle.

She almost regrets saying that quote. Because Raphael, with his Sais in his hands, manages to throw one of them at this at his sister! Luckily, Sally sees this coming and manages to duck in time causing the Sai to hit the TV; destroying it. Sparks, glass and wires went everywhere.

April was now absolutely surprised by that, excerpts for the turtle's family, which causes her to step back. They kind of expected it. Sally stands up and looks to the broken television. Well, there goes another one. She remembers the one that he has broken the first one from before. And it was caused by watching the press conference on Stocktronics.

She points to the broken TV and looks at Raph. "Ok, don't explode just yet, bro. Save it for the Mousers and Stockman, will ya?"

(Underneath Stocktronics, Incorporated, Manhattan, NY – 8:36pm)

Things were pretty sound since the incident which allows the owner of the factory to proceed with his mission. The mission that was given to him by his…employer. If he fails, he would pay for the consequences. And he will make sure that he doesn't.

Right now, he is on the verge of finishing his latest assignment. He has ordered the Mousers – his creation – to swiftly entered the bank and secure as much money as the metal robots can get its jaws on. And by the looks on today's mission, it looks like they have no loose ends.

And they have just arrived back to their station. Another emergency doors that lead somewhere, maybe another part of the sewers, are opened up and lets one Mouser to enter. After a hard day robbing a number of banks all over the city, it along with a few dozen or so have all returned to their original location. When they left, they were empty-handed. Now that they have returned, they are loaded.

When the leader of its pack comes to a halt, so did the others. It then opens up its…behind and dumps its loot from its container. If anyone saw that, they would get the wrong idea. All the other Mousers did the same thing as they all march in pursuit of the first one. Right now, the one who create them all is watching them down in his Main Computer room, rather than in his own officer. He would rather see the progress in person. And boy was he pleased.

"Excellent. EXCELLENT!" he exclaims; clasping his hands together. "The world, as they say, is my oyster." He then released his hands once more. "And aren't the pearls lovely?"

He was very satisfied indeed with his creation. And they had to do it with no trouble whatsoever. Only a certain behemoth would never appreciate the genius work that he had to work through; day and night.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Speaking of the behemoth…

A red light was going off with the sound. Stockman was snatched out of his daydream and lets out a snarling growl. It was pretty rude for someone to call that particular person who is too busy gloating in his achievement. Especially if that certain someone is your boss. Nonetheless, he cannot let a call go unanswered.

He presses the communication button on his system. "What?" he harshly answered.

"Dr. Stockman."

There was no screen to see his face. Instead, he only can hear his voice like any telephone. The user can only see the wavelength that it makes when you speak. Although he was peeved at his interruption, Stockman decided to listen. He sits down in his seat and crosses his arms over. "Make it quick. I'm very busy." Busy smirking in his success.

"I am contacting you to verify that you are fulfilling your end of our bargain…and that you are on schedule."

If it was someone else, they would be very pleased if they heard that from their own boss. Not Dr. Stockman. Rather than a simply thank you, he had this to say.

He leans forward in anger. "I will NOT stand for any more of this IDIOTIC interrogation!" Stockman furiously replies before inclined back into his chair while fixing up his glasses. "I've advanced the Mousers to the next stage, and they are securing the funds from the banks as you requested." He also leaned forward again when he said "you". He then stands up again. "Can you grasp that…simple concept?" Right now, he was just had it with his employer. Why couldn't he do the work for himself? He wants the money, not Stockman. He is already earning money for himself!

"Do not presume too much, Dr. Stockman. The price for failure will be quite…extreme."

As he was talking, Stockman slammed his fist in frustration with the same expression on his face that he had during the entire conversation. He then hangs up and sits back down on his seat.

"Imbecile!" he growls to himself while shaking his fist. He then crosses his arms over and closes his eyes shut. I will take my chances!

It was a risk that he is willing to take. Besides, there is nothing that will go wrong. Stockman had many set-backs in his life. But with confident, he can assure his boss that everything will go according to plan. Just as along as anything or anyone will not get in his way or else…he'll pay the price…

(In the Sewers near Stocktronics, Incorporated, Manhattan, NY – 8:37pm)

…and by anyone, only the viewers at home means four large talking humanoid turtles and two regular humans which he won't be expecting.

A manhole cover was located just across the streets from the scientist's headquarters. Smoke was seaming through the tiny gaps of the entrance. And not too far from the cover is the team of six; whom are heading towards the company.

After consulting with their master, Splinter has allowed them to go and put a stop to Stockman's plan and to make sure that it was shut down for good.

Since she knows where her old workplace is, April was in front of the pack with Donatello right behind her. This was also one of the tunnels that April took to get away from the Mousers that her crazy boss has sent out after she saw too much. And that he had trust issues.

Walking on the sidewalk of the tunnel, they were all coming around the corner. As they got closer, April halts in front of her new friends which caused them to stop walking. No-one needs to ask why she has stopped. It's because they all heard a faint beeping sound.

April holds out her hand. Don looks to his siblings and puts his finger to his lips. "Shh." The oldest one looks behind to the teens and points to the source of the beeping.

It was a round shaped globe that is implanted into the concrete wall. It was some-sort of a motion detector. Very similar to the one that April accidently set off in the secret lab yesterday. It will go off if it detects something or someone in the area.

It will only set off if they are far from it. Not close to it.

Cautiously, April crouches down low enough to walk under it. She rises up from the other side and pulls down the glass lid. Don comes to the other side and carefully as a ninja that he is, pulls out the wire from the little gadget. Once they have completely shut it off, they will be able to slip in without getting caught.

"Alarms in the sewers? It this guy paranoid or what?" Mikey quietly quipped as he was right behind his smart brother. In any mission or situation, he always finds a way to crack a joke. Unfortunately, this was one of those times that no-one giggles or snickers. And for alarms in the sewers, it's not paranoid for the ninjas. They need this kind of technology for their own protection. Plus, they have their sister to sense things out.

Raph was right behind his little brother as he was not fond of him messing around on the mission. "Will you shut it?" he angrily whispered to him. He does not like to get caught if Mikey keeps this up.

The orange turtle shrugs. "I'm just saying…"

Annoyed by the noise that a few of his brothers are making and not from the beeping sound, Don looks back to them while still holding onto the fragile wire. "Could April and I have some quiet?" Don hissed as he is trying to stay focus. He goes back to the alarm and begins to pull the wire a slow pace. "This is delicate work." April simply smiles at this. She was very pleased at someone who shares the same interest as she does.

Mikey decided to take the opportunity to tease his brother. "OOOHH, 'April and I. This is delicate work'," he mocks before folding his arms over. "Give me a break."

Annoyed as always when it comes to her little brother, Sally glares at him with her hands on her hips who is at the back of the pack. "Don't make me come over there, Mikey." But the turtle doesn't listen to her.

(Inside Stocktronics, Incorporated, Manhattan, NY – 8:43pm)

With the security alarms shut off, the heroes all made their way through the vents.

Sally decided to take the lead this time with April right behind her. It's either she or the turtles that they haven't told April about his little secret of her own. The young kunoichi has the ability to sense things within a mile away or anything in the next room while April pretty much knows the place – inside and out – since she has started working here.

Making their way through the metal tunnel, they finally make it the nearest air vent. Just as Sally got to the vent, she stops moving, closes her eyes and holds her hand up. The entire team all stopped moving and remain quiet. There was someone coming. Make that somebodies.

Right now, only two guards are doing their usual routine. They are dressed up in a light brown jumpsuit with the back covered in black with the company's logo on the left side of the suit, a light brown cap with the same orange company logo, a black belt whilst holding a security club in the strap, and a pair of black steel-cap boots. They are also wearing glasses with built-in communication headset.

Sally continues to sense them as they walked past the certain air vent and have made their way around the corner. A few seconds later, they were gone.

"All clear," she quietly announced, opening the grated door; slowly. "So, is this the place?"

April crawls a bit closer to the entry. Inside the blue hallways of the company, across from the air vent, there was a large dark blue door with the word "LAB" in cyan is on the front. She points across to that door. "Yeah. There's a computer terminal in that lab." She drops her hand down. "Get me in, and I create blank spots in the security system to get you through to Dr. Stockman's main lab," she whispers the plan to her new female friend. Sally gives a nod.

Raph was right behind the two ladies. "Well, don't look now. We already got a blank spot right here," he jokes while pointing his thumb to the one very irritated blank spot right behind him.

And the blank spot with the orange bandana glares at him. "Hey!"

Sally holds the top part of the vent with one hand and the other on the bottom. She was getting ready to jump out. "Don't worry about them, O'Neil. It's one of those love-hate relationships you would have heard about siblings. You're gonna have to get used to it."

With one push from her feet, she flies out of the vent, does a somersault on the ground and lands her feet as quietly as a mouse. She closes her eyes for a second. Other than her, April and her brothers, there was no-one near-by. The guards have already left the scene. And lucky for them, there doesn't seem to be any security camera in this section.

Opening her eyes, Sally quickly runs to the door to the Lab just in front of her. She puts her hand on the handle and jiggles it. It's lock. Too bad she doesn't have her pick-locking kit. Gonna have to use something else.

Without looking behind, Sally holds out her hand. She then makes a quick motion with her fingers. She curls her ring and index finger which leaves the pinkie, middle and thumb out. To Raph, it was another sign, meaning: I need your Sai.

The hothead gives the nod. He pulls out the weapon and flicks it to her. The weapon goes flying…straight for her head. Again.

Sensing the on-coming attack, Salvadora whirls her head around to see the Sai. Rather than catch with her own hands, she is going to do something that will stun the other human on the team. Using her other hand, she whips it out in front of her as the Sai comes to a complete stop…in mid-air!

April's mouth felt like it just crashed through the floor and hit the sewers, because, never, in her life she has ever seen something like that. She has expected she was a ninja, just like the Turtles, she wasn't expecting a human like her, would do something like that!

Sally was getting a bit irritated with her brother. "Seriously, Raph. That is the second time you have almost done that to me." Raph just shrugs his shoulders.

Still stunned, April tries to act like it was nothing. "And I'm guessing…a female ninja who does a magic trick is something I have never seen or heard before." Maybe I should have told her before. But meet the guys was actually enough for one day!

The young kunoichi gives an embarrassing smile. "It's telekinetic," she corrected. "And like I said before," she grabs the floating weapon in her hand, "You're gonna have to get used to it."

With that surprise out of the way, it was time to get back to the mission. She turns to face the locked door. Sally carefully pushes the Sai into the keyhole and starts to fiddle with it. Hopefully she won't break it off. That will be her main concern for her brother because it's his weapon. While she was doing that, Raph jumps out of the vent and goes to help April out with the others right behind her.

A few twists and turns…CLICK! Bingo!

Sally opens to the door. The lab is now pitch-black with the doorway the only light source. Her first steps into the room were a handstand, turned into a flip and another flip again before landing with one knee on the ground. Leo and Raph were the next ones to enter the room. Don and Mikey were the only ones to stand at the doorway with April.

Doing one quick scan, Sally turns to Leo. She gives the nod. All clear.

She tosses the Sai back to Raph as April rushed over to the computer and gets to work. She clicks on a few keys before it brings up the files and schematics of the building. Along with the security systems.

"Ok, I'm in." April looks back at the teens. "I'm blanking the cameras along the corridor at 10-second intervals," Leo and Raph both looked at the door. April turns back to the screens and continues to hack in. "So you've got to keep moving."

"We'll be right back," Leo assures her.

April looks behind her. "Good luck—" The teens have already vanished. But they were only just there a second ago! April was now speechless. First, it was Sally doing telekinetic, and now, they have pulled a disappearing act. Plus, the door was shut.

She swirls her seat around. "Hey, these guys are good."

Right now, the five ninjas are all racing down the corridor, making their way to Stockman's main lab. And thanks to April's work on the security system, the alarms have not been set off yet. So far so good.

After running for a good minute, they have come to a rather large door. This must be it. The Main Lab. And hopefully, the head honcho is in there, waiting for them or not.

Only Raph, Mikey and Don all pulled out their weapons. They have to be prepared for anything. The doors slide open; relieving another pitch-dark room. Guess Stockman must have forgotten to pay his electricity bill? No, something was not right. They need to be very careful.

"This is too quiet," Leo informed the team. The main reason why they should be very careful.

They all cautiously walk into the lab. Still, there is no sign of the scientist. He has to be here. If so, then where? Good think that they have their sister who can sense things out.

After taking a few steps in, the young kunoichi comes to a halt, followed by her siblings. "Just let me get a bearing on this room," Sally said. Closing her eyes, she begins to focus. Ever since she went up to the surface for the first time, her powers have improved - a lot. Her ability to sense is also enhancing as well.

While the psychic of the family is hard at work, Mikey doesn't need to have powers to feel something…uneasy about this. Something doesn't feel right for the Ninja Turtle and for his siblings too. "Uh…, guys,…my turtle sense is tingling."

And so is Sally's! Well, not the turtle part.

She whips her head back. "Guys! The doors!" But by the time she yelled, the doors that they came through were closed shut! They all looked back to see that it was true. And that they didn't have any time to escape.

The main lights came on; illuminating the entire factory and so does the machines as well. Sally turns her head back to the front and set her eyes on the control booth right above them. From her view, she sees a shadowy figure in there. And it's not April. The female ninja points up. "Up there!" The boys all turned to see the upside room.

"Intruders?" It was Stockman. His voice is booming via the loud speakers. Guess he was not expecting company tonight? "Here to steal my secrets?"

Up in the booth, Baxter is looking at his so-called intruders up close through a heat sensor despite wearing a shade of green suit that he can see through the windows. His voice was no longer amplified. "You'll leave here with nothing." He clenches his fist tight. "Not even your lives."

What stunned him the most is that his guests …are not human. Well, one of them apparently. The heat sensor on the lone human was a lot different from the four other figures. Which he has never seen before in his life.

He holds his glasses before they fall out of his nose. "What on Earth are you?" To his view, they look like…turtles. Or maybe…frogs. Turtles/Frogs…walking on…two legs! It was something that he doesn't see every day. He may be a scientist of technology, but he has experience in…other fields of science as well. He maliciously rubs his hands together. "Hmm, I suppose I'll have to dissect you to find out."

Before he pressed one button to power everything, the next button is something to give them some little…hospitality. A number of large machines come out from the ceiling and aims the nozzle right at the ninjas. They were large lasers. This was something that the teens were not familiar with. In their entire life, they have never gone up against lasers before.

The machines begin to charge up as the teens all starting to get a bit worried now. The first couple of lasers takes the first shot. It was time for the ninjas to put their skills to the test. The five ninjas vs. The Rise against the Machines. When the first few lasers fired at them, the Turtles and Sally all dodge the bullet and went different ways.

Leo was in one section of the factory. He does a forward flip, joining a forward roll and finishing a one handstand flip before his shell meets the nearest steel pillar. Unfortunately, one of the activate laser was in his station and aims at him. It fires and the blue turtle manages to dodge it by the skin on his shell. He rushed off to another area to help his siblings.

After dodging the laser attack, Mikey was pretty far from his siblings. He was now doing his fair share of the battle when the laser on his right nearly zapped his foot, causing the poor turtle jump forward and does a side roll. Unfortunately, he didn't have enough time to catch a breath or stand up. Because another comes around the corner and starts firing crazy at the ninja. Thanks to his training, Mikey did his best to dodge every single one of them while moving his arms and legs around and still be on the ground. It looks like he was break-dancing a few moves!

Raph was now unlucky at the moment as he was being chased by two oncoming lasers that are right up his tail. But his luck is about to be turned around. As he passed one pillar, his older brother happens to behind it. He steps out of the shadows and into the light. And he's got his katanas out. It was time to fight back.

"Raph, heads up!" Leo runs to his little brother's aid, as he too has his weapons out. The blue leader halts in front of him and stands in the laser's line of fire. Just before the machine can shoot, he lifts his katanas and holds them out above his head, in a criss-cross shape.

Instead of hitting the turtle, it hits the swords. And as it hits the swords, it needs to hit a new target. Leo then used his opponent's attack against him or it as he deflects the laser back to the machine; destroying it completely.

Awesome! Now that they have found a way to take down the machines, it was time for the ninjas to attack.

With her weapons out, Sally does a number of back flips which causes on laser to miss every single time. She finishes off one more flip before she was in a kneeling position. She was going to do the same thing that his best friend did before. Until another one comes up behind to her luck. Sally quickly looks behind to see it, and then looks back at the first laser. They were getting ready to attack once more. And so was she.

Just before the fire, she twirls her two short swords around before holding the blades in front of her face, to make it look like the opponent is looking him/her/itself in the mirror. The cannons have fired. The kunoichi braced for impact. The laser did hit their target. But it was not the teen. Just like what Leonardo did with his blades, she redirect the attack back the machines; destroying them both.

She then stands up from her position and sheaths her swords away. "Ha! Two for the price of one," exclaims a cocky female ninja.

Don decided to get up close and personal. Using his staff, he pole vaults in the air and sends him flying to one of the lasers that are all lined up. Once he grabbed hold on the one, he turns the nozzle to face the others. Once it was in line, the machine fired at them – one by one.

His three siblings below all cheered for him; pumping their weapons in the air. With the machine moving around on its belt, the ninja himself decided to hack into the system. And by hack, he means opening up the hatch and pull a bunch of wires out of its circuit. Knowing that with a few parts missing, he knows that this thing is about to explode. The machine come sot a halt which caused the turtle to release his grip and does a backflip; gracefully landing on his two olive green feet. Once he is on the ground, Don looks up to the machine. Still in one spot but now, but it goes a bit twitchy, rapidly spins around before blowing up. With most of them done, it was time for the teens to move on to another bigger target. Hench, Baxter Stockman.

Debris from the destroyed machine fall to the ground before it could hit the turtle. He picks up his Bo Staff and joins his siblings. They all head towards the control booth where the scientist is.

Right now, he thought his machines would be able to easily take them down. But it didn't. They all managed to destroy a number of them. These…green beings and this girl are no ordinary intruders. Whoever they are, they mean business. But for what? Why did they come here? At least there were still a few more left in his control.

"Impossible." Holding his control stick, a few more laser cannons near his station all fired at them. But they either dodge the attack or ducked for cover. He fires once again but at Raphael this time. The red ninja did his best by doing a number of backflips until he finds himself under the booth. Perfect! Now, all he needs to do is to get up there. But from where he is standing, it seems a little bit difficult. He looks up at the booth and then turns to see his baby brother. Maybe it's someone else who should get up there instead of him.

"Mikey," he calls out, causing Mikey to poke his head, "slingshot!"

Way ahead of you, bro! The orange turtle comes out of his hiding place and race over to his brother; all the while dodging the approaching lasers. As he gets closer to his bro, the cannon keeps on missing him. Raph has ready himself by putting his hands together and waits for Mikey to come. By the time the turtle puts his foot in his brother's hands, using all his might, Raphael flings Michelangelo up in the air.

"Whoa!" cries out the flying turtle before he lands on the window still; surprising the scientist out of his pants! Stockman was now petrified to see he is now up close with one of the strange intruders. Mikey grabs his weapon out of his belt and holds it in his grasp. The doctor then covers himself with his arms before Mikey smashes his fist through the window; shattering a hole big enough for him to go through. Bits of glass went flying into the room and falls onto the control panel, the ground and a few on the scared scientist. Luckily, he did not receive any cuts from the punch and his knuckles are not bleeding. As for him, Stockman was so stunned by all this, he tumbles backward from the impact and falls onto his back. That is when the other turtles arrived as well as the human.

Leo comes through the broken glass hole, jumps off the control desk and lands next to his brother. He then points his katana at Stockman who is on the ground. "Your reign of terror is over, Stockman!"

Mikey places a hand on the leader's shoulder. "You been practising that?" he admirably asked.

Leo smiles to his brother. "You like it?" Sally was next to him, who nods in agreement. He sure has been practising that for a while now. Just waiting for the right moment to say it.

The middle age man looks from his left to his right to see not just a human but four large turtles – standing right in front of him! He couldn't believe his eyes. Normally as a scientist, he would have witnessed this kind of strange phenomenal. But never, he would actually interact with them.

He was officially wetting his pants.

"What are you?" he shakily asked. Before they wipe the floor of him, he is curious to know. After all, he is a scientist. Although, he didn't hear the doors to the elevator, opening up.

"They're with me!"

Stockman's face becomes even more shudder. That voice! It can't be…

He turns around to see the one person that tried to get rid of: April O'Neil! This can't be right. He thought she was done for after he has sent his robots after her. But now, she is here - in the flesh, with her hands on her hips; looking down on him, at her former boss.

"April? You're alive!" he baffled.

April sneers at old man on the ground. "And kicking!" She steps out of the lift and walks up to the scientist. Baxter has already crawled to his desk and tries to lift himself by his chair. The teens with April are keeping a close eye on the doc. They all have him surround and there isn't anywhere that he can run to. April points to her ex-employer. "I've got enough evidence to put you away for years, Dr. Stockman."

Stockman always has a back-up plan if anything like this ever happens. While she was talking, Baxter quickly turns around and presses a button on his computer desk. That was before he was grabbed by the shirt by a red bandana turtle. The angry ninja himself pushes him up against his desk and goes up to his face.

"That's enough!" the turtle snarls in his face. He was hoping to scare the wits out of him. True, he was perplexed by their appearance but no, he wasn't.

The alarms have gone off. Did Stockman alert the authorities or something? No, it was something else. Something that puts a wicked grin on his face. A malevolent genius like him has one more trick up his sleeve.

"Ha! Too late!"

Sally comes up behind her brother. "What did you do?" demanded the kunoichi as Raph holds Baxter a little higher.

"I've recalled the Mouser horde from their latest mission," he explains the reason why pressed the button on his system board. "They'll be here any second! They'll tear you to pieces."

It's officially. Baxter Stockman is a nutcase.

Thanks to him, pretty much every single Mousers from within the factory and close will arrive very soon. April approaches the main computer.

The leader looks at the young scientist – the human women – as their only hope to stop the robots. "April?"

The young scientist was on it. "I'll have to shut the whole system down," she said, sitting in the chair and begins to hack away. Hopefully for her and the other's sake, it will be just like the computer in the other lab. If she can crack it in time.

Don approaches the computer on the other side of the human. "I'll help." Anything to help another scientist out.

Stockman watches the younglings. He knows that there is no way that they'll be able to stop the robots. "You're doomed." April stops for a second and looks to the crazy genius. "Listen."

Without moving his head, he darts his eyes behind him on his right. The blaring alarm was now replaced with sound of the same robotics stomping. Everyone looks to the source of it. It was getting louder and louder.

The same emergency door that April went through before she met the ninjas have opened up. The Mousers have arrived. They have all just come back from their mission, just like Stockman predicted. Marching into the factory, they are all heading the heroes' way. To deal with the pests.

Raph released the doctor by his grip to see more trouble heading their way. April resumes her work with Donatello at her side. As for the others…

"April…" Leo was at the entrance to a same ladder that takes them down to the lower floor. Good thing that they didn't take this ladder to get out of here. Because a group of Mousers are waiting for them at the bottom. Mikey and Sally have joined thier brother to see for themselves. Right now, it's about to get worse as the Mousers begin to climb the ladder. "Now's the time."

They are getting closer by the second. So, why hasn't April shut down the system? The woman lets out a frustrated groan. "The system isn't responding." She looks to the turtle besides her who is working as hard as he can. She hopes that he can figure it out.

Sally looks over the shoulder of the two smartest people that she now knows while Raph looks to his other brothers who are watching the oncoming carnage. Unbeknownst to them, Stockman decided to use this distraction to make his escape.

The Mousers were climbing the ladder. Some of them didn't want to waste time so they scale the pillar and the wall like what the ninjas saw when they tried to find Stocktronics the first time. And that was before they met April.

Just before the elevator opens up for the doc, Sally was quick to sense him leaving. She whips her head around to see him entering the secret elevator.

"STOCKMAN!" she bellows. Everyone, excluding April and Don, all look to see the doctor with his hand on the lift's button, ready to make his escape.

He looks to his foe with the most spiteful look on his face and giving them a wave goodbye. "You should never have matched wits with me." With the press of the button and pointing his thumbs to himself, the doctor was gone as the door slides to a close; cutting off the connection between the factory and the lift.

Mikey tries to chase after him. "He's getting away!" But the doors close by the time he gets to it. But Stockman, right now, is not their only concern.

Leo, Raph and Sally joined their little brother. "Let him go," the red turtle said before he and the others face something else. "We got bigger problems." The teens ready themselves as more Mousers, who have finally climb to the same level as they are and all approached them. They were coming from different angles, & every direction of the floor. Some even smash through the glass windows, while a few more came from the same elevator. They all let out roars as they charge to their targets.

Leo, Raph, Mikey and Sally are now in the computer room with the nerds of the group. The four fighters carry mostly the brutes of the team, but when it comes to computers, they have to protect the ones who can hack into anything. They are the only ones keeping their guard up while Don and April are doing all they can to shut the Mousers down. They try so hard not to take a step back.

They are ready for another fight of their lives. Probably their very last. "At least we'll go out fighting."

The Mousers comes a little closer which Mikey starts to panic a little. "Actually, I don't want to go out at all!" Gee, what a whiner.

April was still trying to override the system. Unfortunately, she was not making a dent into it. She was definitely in panic mode now. "It's not working!"

Don looks over to her. She was doing the best she can. He was frantic as she was but he shows a confident expression. "Keep trying!" he urges her.

He's right. There has to be another way. She continues to hack into the program. But the Mousers are getting closer.

Raph decided to say something that he would never say in a time like this. Then again, it would be a good time to say something like this. "This is it. It's been fun, guys."

Mikey turns to his toughest brother that he ever known. "Even me, Raph?"

Raphael looks to see his baby brother. "Even you, Mikey. Especially you." He can think of all the times that they played a number of jokes on each other all over the years. Despite all that, they still care and love for each other.

The Mousers were still getting closer as the ninjas prepared for their doom. Sally, on the other hand, was not giving up so easily. "C'mon you guys!" She puts her dukes up, ready for another round. "It's not over until I say it is!"

April was clicking away as much as she can. There has to be one code that will do the job. And she has got one.

This should work! Taking one look behind at the robots once more, April quickly hits a key. The Mousers then stops moving, their jaws stop chomping, and their light starts blinking. The teens were no astonished by what just happened. All the Mousers have come to a complete stop. But have they? They could be faking.

If not, did April juts manage to shut them down?

To make sure, Leo pulls out his katana. He uses his lone weapon to taps a few times on the head of a near-by robot. He waited a second for it attack, but to his and his family's relief, they didn't!

The four teenagers on the defence all cheered. Leo puts his sword away and gives Mikey a "high-three", Sally jumps in the air as she pumps her fists in the air, and Raph too pumps his fists but remains on the ground. Leo also gives a "high-three" to Sally; despite being a human with five fingers. But Don was the most impressed of them all. He was very impressed with April's achievement on shutting the bots down in a record time and under a lot of pressure. He needs to know her secret.

He looks back to the Mousers. "Good job, April." He looks back at the human. "I've never seen anything like that." And that was a lot coming from a 5-foot talking turtle that has a mind like Einstein. So, how did April manage to shut them down? And why is she looking scared all of a sudden? What did she do?

"Hah! Loser!" Mikey mocks as he picks up an inactive Mouser. Guess there's nothing to be afraid of these robots now, right?

"Uh, guys? Guys!" April quickly turns around and faces the ninjas. They all look to see she was now looking petrified. Why is that? Well, she is about to tell them. "I wasn't able to shut them down." This confuses them.

Wait a minute? If they're not shut down, then what did she really do to the Mousers?

Mikey wasn't at all scared like his siblings while still holding onto the Mouser. He points to the robot. "They look pretty shut-down to me." He proved his point by taping on its head with his knuckles.

Sally takes a good look at the motionless robot. It may be turned off but the only difference is the blinking red light. Wait. Didn't it used to be yellow?

That is when Sally went from ecstatic to horror in a half a second. "A-april," she turns to the older woman, "w-w-what do you do?" Please tell me she did not do what I think she just did?

April was about to deliver the biggest bombshell of the night. "The only way I can stop them was by initiating an overload sequence."

And more proof is when there's smoke coming out of the Mousers' jaws. Including the one in Mikey's hand. A different kind of alarm was set off but this time, it was more of a ticking bomb. A bomb that was going to be set off in less than a minute!

Now knowing the Mouser is about to explode, the now-frightened Mikey quickly drops the robot like it was hot potato and looks to everyone. "In other words…LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!"

Mikey was the first one to jump out of the broken window, followed by Raph, Leo and Sally with Don and April the last ones. Since April was not skilled enough to jump off high places, Don picks her up, carries her in a bridal style and jumps down onto the ground near where the others are waiting at the emergency door. The turtle takes the human by hand and races to the rest of the team.

It was a good timing too. Because as soon as they escape through the doors, the Mousers all stopped beeping and then went quiet. And then a huge light was made in the booth as it grows larger. The entire went up with a big bang. But not big enough to destroy the factory.

Glass and wreckage from the computer booth went everywhere thanks to the explosion. More explosions travelled throughout the workshop by exploding Mousers. Now, thanks to the self-destruct courtesy of April O'Neil, they are all now melted and scrap metal. The place continued to shake…

…especially on the ground level.

Stockman has just made it out of the elevator and was now racing in the hallways; towards the exit. His own factory – his own building and all the work – was all going up in smokes. But he didn't care. As long as those freaks, the strange human and his former employee were all left down there, burnt up in the fire.

He manically laughs as he looks back. So far, there is no-one chasing him. He is in the clear. "I've got them. I've got them all."

He didn't have time to see where he was going when he bumped into something. The force of the impact was big enough for him to fall onto his back. His eyes are closed as he rubs his sore head from the impact. It can't be the Turtles, the human with them or Miss O'Neil, right? How did they manage to escape the lab, knowing that they are trapped by his creation?

Footsteps were made as they got closer to him. Sounds like it's only one person. He opens his eyes and looks up to see it wasn't any of those reptiles, or the girl or April. It was the last person he wanted to see.

"You."

He wasn't scared or anything. Mostly annoyed to see this guy. In front of the scientist appears to be a man in the size of giant. His long blond hair is tied up in a ponytail, which sometimes hangs in front of him. He shows off his bulging muscles with a short-sleeve black top, along with his black jeans, a bloody red belt with a silver belt buckle and black shoes. On his face, he spots three permeant red claw scars on his left cheek. He also appears to have tattoos on his arms. On his left is a big purple dragon that wraps around his arm. And on his right near the shoulder blade is a red foot symbol. He also has a small gold earring on his left ear.

Since Stockman here represents the Brains, the giant here represents the Brawns.

"What do you want, Hun?" Baxter harshly asked him.

The giant, known as Hun, continues to look down on him with bloodshot eyes. The kind of eyes that he shows can seriously hurt or kill anyone with. Not to mention his voice is very deep and booming that can make any weak or strong person to coward in fear.

Some rubble was falling through the cracks of the building. Even though, the place was still shaking from the rumble downstairs without the help of his tone, he did not move an inch.

"Trouble, Dr. Stockman?" was the first thing he said to him.

Oh great. He sent him over to see what the fuss was all about? Out of all the men at his boss' disposal, he sent him. He would prefer the teen instead of this behemoth.

The doctor decided to play it cool. He then kneels up with no help whatsoever. "Trouble?" he then shakes his head without making eye-contact at him. "No! No! Everything is proceeding exactly as I planned," Stockman explains as he stands up, brushed off the dirt and dust that his lab coat has come in contact.

But he thought wrong.

A few more aftermath shocks were made. More debris were still falling from the ceiling thanks to the trembles. Guess those explosions proved his statement to be false. Something that a certain being would not like to hear.

He takes his eyes off Hun, looking around the hallway in fear. Was the place about to collapse? If so, he needs to get out of here.

Before he can take another step, the colossal himself grabs the doc by the collar, lifts him off his feet and brings him up to his face. His expression did not change at all ever since he enters the building. More like this is the only expression on his face.

"Perhaps you'd like to explain this…plan to the master?"

The master? Oh no… Anyone but him!

Stockman now has fear pierced through his heart. It was written all over his face too. Right now, Stockman is now struggling to free himself from Hun's tight grip. No avail.

He does let out a few grunts before Hun carries him away with ease. "Let me go, you brainless, muscle-bound idiot!" Stockman demanded but Hun does not corporate with him. Those two did not see eye-to-eye. "Let me go! LET ME GO!"

Hun does not seem to be scared of the place that is shaking up a storm. He does not run. He simply walks towards the exit with the struggling man in his grasp. He has a mission to fulfil. By his master's orders, he was sent to this place to retrieve and bring Stockman to him.

And boy, does Stockman have a lot to explain what has happened during his operation…

(In the Lair, Manhattan, NY - 9:37pm)

After a close encounter with a James Bond-like mission, the team finally return home. Safe and sound. And it has only been, what, nearly an hour since they left and came back home. By the time they got back, they find Master Splinter already in the living room with a tray of cookies and nice, hot tea – all waiting for the heroes to return.

Plus, the TV set were on. Which means…the news is also on. Which also means…there might be something about what has happened at a certain plant. And you know what? It is.

The Turtles, April and Sally were holding a cup of tea each while Master Splinter was sitting in his seat with a cup of his own. Right now, they are watching the latest news update about Stocktronics.

And the authorities are completely perplexed by the destruction of the Stocktronics building and the sudden disappearance of Dr. Baxter Stockman.

And it's a good thing too. No-one has suspected that it was invaded by four mutant turtles and two human – one of them is a skilled ninja with supernatural powers and the other is a former employee. Only the actual turtles, humans, and the rat knows what really went down there. They know how the destruction part came in but Stockman's disappearance is news to them. Weird or not, it also means something – he will be back.

April was standing right next to Splinter as the rat looks up to the human. "What will you do now, Ms. O'Neil? You are most definitely out of a job," Splinter wonders about the young lady's current occupation.

He has got a point. April may have been fired yesterday by the scientist, and the place is torn down and hopefully, shut down, she was completely unemployed.

"I'm…not exactly sure," she replies. Guess it's back to the Job List again. She might be able to find another one in the field of science or technology that doesn't involved getting yourself killed by your employer before getting your first pay check.

Feeling sorry for his new geeky friend, Don walks up to her. "We'll help you get back on your feet." With this statement, April couldn't help but feel…grateful. She was touched by their devotion. Something tells her that she will be friends with them for a very long time. Plus, her life will never be the same.

It was enough to turn her smile – and her heart –upside-down.

"You guys, you've all been,…well…, great," she acknowledges them. "And by guys, I guess I mean four big, green, talking turtles," she turns to Splinter and places a gntle hand on his shoulder, "a giant talking rat," she gestures to the kunoichi in the room, "and a teenage girl."

Sally shrugs her shoulders. "I'll take that as a compliment, girl," she said. Sally does have a feeling that she is going to spend a lot of time with April O'Neil – another human friend and possibly, a sister figure.

It was time to continue the celebration. Leo raised his glass in the middle. "Here's to the new team!" he quotes. His three brothers, human sister and April all joined in, clinking their glasses together and raised them in the air as they cheered.

With another addition to the team, the family of ninjas are going to need all the help that they can get. Especially, when they are ready to come face-to-face with old enemies…

(Unknown building, Manhattan, NY - 9:38pm)

…and new enemies.

And right now, the new and the old ones are sitting in his office. Sitting on the table, he has been listening to his certain employee on his part of the deal.

And that certain employee is Baxter Stockman. Hun has taken him to Oroku Saki. The Japanese man was the one who hired the scientist for a project that requires a suitable way to retrieve some loan from a number of banks across New York.

The scientist was walking around on the large rug, trying to explain today's events. The ruckus that was happening in his lab, the delayed of the Mousers' mission, and the sudden appearance of these bizarre green creatures with a human child and his employee.

Hun, with his arms crossed over, was near Stockman while Saki was sitting on his table, with his hands together, in the darkness. Standing by his master's right side on the platform is the young ninja himself with the dreadlocks. Also to his right was a useful item that he uses. Just in case things don't exactly go his way.

"So, as any fool can see, the whole thing was simply a, uh…. minor setback," Stockman explains. He approaches to Hun and then he faces Saki and his aid. "With your continued funding, the research can continue immediately." As the doctor continues to clarify his events, Saki rests his left hand onto his knee and glides his right hand to the item. His item was a handheld gauntlet with two blades. Very sharp and very cold. Just like him. He picks it up just before Stockman finishes up.

The scientist fixes up his glasses while checking his nails out. "I'll be back at work, oh, Monday morning."

He hopes his boss would understand. A mess like that in his building would have been created by more than one person. Anybody can make a mistake like that.

But Saki isn't anybody.

He and Hun were both not convinced by this…fantasy tale that Stockman was speaking through the mouth of his.

He did warn Stockman his warning. And now, he was going to get it.

Hun looks up to his boss. The young ninja too looks at his master. With his gauntlet now placed on his left hand, Saki place his feet on the floor and rises from his seat. He then points his blades at Baxter.

"You must pay the price for failure, Dr. Stockman." The light flashes across his blades.

No longer confident and now full of terror, Stockman didn't have time to escape Hun who is right behind him. The doctor looks up to see the giant who then grabs him by the shoulder. Saki's other right-hand man then drags him away on the floor. Saki raises his gauntlet down to his side.

Once again, Stockman tries to free from his grasp again. But like before, no luck. He was not going anywhere. "N-no! Where are you taking me? You'll regret this!" he lets out a few grunts just as they got to the main door. "N-NO!" The large doors then closed up behind them.

Saki steps out of the shadows as he watches another failure leave the room. Normally, he would punish his men or victims. But something deep down, that he needs the minds of genius like Stockman. So, whether Hun will do to him, he will return.

But more importantly, there was something in the doctor's story that finds…intriguing. He needs to know.

Looking over to his right, another man approaches. "Hmmm."

It wasn't Hun. It was a different kind of worker. The worker himself approaches his boss and the semi-masked ninja. There are many Foot Technicians who work for the Japanese man. Dressed in a dark grey jumpsuit with the same red foot symbol on his left side of his chest, he wears with it a pair of black gloves, a black belt that carries most of his tools and a pair of black boots. As a special kind of technician, he is equipped with cybernetic enhancements. This special grey headgear that covers his eyes with electronic lenses that moves each lenses around like what you see on a microscope. There are also wires that connected to thin grey strip that is lodged in his bald head; connecting to the brain and it goes all the way to a small container that is located on the back part of his belt.

He was also brought in with another Foot Technician as they have brought in something that Saki instructed them to do. He comes to a halt and respectfully bows to Saki.

"We have the image you requested, Master," he said. The lenses moved a bit as he looks up. Once he has stand up, he presses a button from his utility belt. This brings down a projection screen that was installed just near them.

In comes another Foot Technician. He is pushing a projector on a trolley towards the other three people in the room. Just hanging above the small machine was seems to be a dented but still working Mouser head. His head ninja must have retrieved one of the robots that was not destroyed in the explosion. It was connected to projector so Saki will see what the Mouser saw before it was…damaged.

"So, the last remaining image the Mouser optics recorded," Saki spoke. As he spoke, the light of the demolished robot lights up with the help of the projected as it starts to power up. The light in the projector shines on the screen to Saki's left as he gets a good view of the picture. This is something that he doesn't see every day.

It was a picture of what appears to be five figures – each wielding a weapon of their own. Two of them wield sword-like weapons. One has a staff and the other two are carrying a pair of Sais and Nunchakus.

Only one appears to be a human. This…he doesn't find interesting at all. It's the four other creatures that Stockman has described to him. The human…does not matter.

Why the others are difference from that human? It's because the picture was taken via heat sensor and it doesn't show their actual appearances. Plus, it shows different heat between them.

By seeing the four other appearances, Saki feels somewhat disturbed by all this. Even if they do know him or not, they have delayed with his plans on a number of occasions.

He remembers the news that John said that he and his men were attacked by karate frog creatures. And a girl was with them. His student also delivered the same message to him when they fought against his ninjas. Could they be the same ones that destroyed Stockman's lab? If so, it would seem that Saki has threat; looming in the shadows.

Saki looks at the photo with a snarling look. His hands clench in rage. "These are the ones…responsible."

As a master, he does what he does when he will come face-to-face with them. Leaping in the air with his gauntlet at ready, the ninja himself slashes the screen into a million strips. He then stands up straight up and raised his gauntlet up to his side.

It was official. He has a new target now.

Them.

April has finally joined the team and Saki gets a good view of who his interferers are. There will definitely be more surprises heading both his and the heroes' way in the future. Catch us next time on:

The Saint's Hope: Meet Casey Jones

Author's Notes: Hey guys! Sorry for the lateness. Its late at night and I got my driving lesson tomorrow morning. Plus, I managed to fix this chapter up in a day! YAY! But again, pardon me if this chapter didn't make any sense. I did write this many years ago when I started out writing back in high school.

I got my driving test next week, so,…very exciting! Wetting my pants too! Hopefully when I pass, I will be able to drive around! Well, probably at short distance so I can build up my confidence in the future. But I think I will do ok.

I also got my dancing concert in a few more weeks, and then a Keith Urban concert (it was supposed to be last year but didn't because of COVID), then my brother and his family are coming down for an early Christmas with his side of the family, then we're leaving for Sydney to have not only Christmas, but also my birthday! And then we will start the New Year in another state. I haven't had one in ages.

Guess there is nothing much to say but leave a comment, fave this story and enjoy the rest of the week!

Until we meet again,

The DragonLord2912

(From the old version: Hey guys! Sorry for the late update.

If you guys know, I went to Supanova with a friend and we had a blast! I managed to meet with the two guys that I grew up with – Jade & Ryan from a show called Cheez TV! If you guys are from the 90's and grew up in Australia, you would know who these guys are! Plus, I did get to see Alison Mack from Smallville and Bonnie Wright from the Harry Potter series. Other than that, it was a fun weekend.

I did say I didn't have time finish my chapter last week or the week before. Well, Supanova was one and not having enough time was the other.

But now that school is out of the way, I can get back into it. And hopefully, along with the others as well.

Also, I thought about the Season 4 mid-finale of the TMNT 2012 series. Tell me what you guys think? I would love to hear any feedback. Also, I would love to hear any suggestions that you want me to put in the story. I don't mind any little or big ones.

Guess that's it for me now. Don't forget to review and add me or the story to favourites or follow. I would love to hear more from more fans!

Until we meet again,

The DragonLord2912)