Okay, I've gotten mixed signals about the uses of songs, so I'm going to try it. Please, I've seen others do it, and haven't reported them, so if it isn't allowed, please don't report it. I don't think that the chapter is the same with out it, and I tend to think it songs half the time, so it's been hard not to put one in so far. If I need to, I'll remove the song, but I really don't want to. Just a request. PLEASE! (Author breaks down in tears and begs, using every trick in her book, which work a lot better in person, but you get the idea) Oh, and a note about the way I combined the lyrics and action. Two lines of lyrics, two lines of action no music in between. More lines of action music in between. The more lines, the more music. Except at the beginning. I thought it just looked good that way. Anyways, please don't report, and enjoy!

I own only Renee, and Kit. No turtles, no songs, although I do own quite a few cds. Unfortunately, I don't own an ipod either, although my little sister wants one. Hey! How come they might be getting her one, and she's 11, but not me, and I'm almost twenty? Something's not right here.

Chapter 12: Music helps

"This doesn't bode well." Donnie said as Renee looked up at the laser that was charging like she was frozen.

"Shoot!" Kit said. She suddenly swung into motion, pushing her chair off with her cane against the wall. "Comin' through!" she yelled as she flew in her rolling chair down the length of the control panel. Everyone was jumping out of her way as she zoomed.

"What'da'ya think yer doin'!" Raph yelled at her. Kit just kept rolling

When she reached the area with microphone, she reached out with one hand to grab the edge of the panel, and used the other one that was holding her cane, along with her good leg, to stop herself. This sudden stop caused her chair to spin around, and by the time she had reached forward again, she had already pulled an ipod from her purse. She plugged it in, and reached for the microphone "Renee! Move it, girl!"

As if suddenly waking up, Renee moved out of the way of the laser just as it shot.

"What are you doing? You can't interfere." Silver Sentry said

"Hush. I'm not interfering, I'm helping her show her full potential." She poked something on her ipod, and said to the still moving and frightened Renee "Renee, think of 'Anthem'! 'Here's to the ones'!"

Renee looked up and smiled just as music began to play.

Here's to the ones who don't give up

Here's to the ones who don't give up

Here's to the ones who don't give up

This is your anthem

Get your hands up

As the music began to play, Renee seemed to get a whole new demeanor. She suddenly seemed more focused, dodging all the types of beams fairly easily.

"What just happened?" someone asked

Kit smiled "I gave her a focusing tool. Music helps her."

We are fire inside

We are lipstick and cleats

Renee avoided a beam and let it follow her. She led it to one of the other lasers, and used her telekinesis to propel herself to their level and let them take each other out.

We are not going home and

We are playing for keeps

She used a force field to deflect some of the projectiles that were coming her way, then grabbed some of them with her mind and ran with them beside her.

We are girls with skinned knees

We are concrete and grace

She jumped into a trench, and used the projectiles to stop up the various armaments that were pointing her direction.

We are not what you think

Can't keep us in our place

A huge ball was sent rolling towards her down the trench. She saw it, and waited until it was almost on her, then flipped over it.

Here's to the girls on their boards with bruises and scars

Here's to the girl's whose fingers bleed from playing guitar

As she flipped, a round projectile came out of nowhere and creamed her in the side. At that, her eyes glowed a fierce pink.

Here's to anyone who never quit when things got hard

You'll never let them say you'll never get that far

She picked up the projectile, even though it was heavy,

Never get that far

and threw it where it had come from, destroying the launcher in the process

Suddenly, four thick pieces of metal dropped around her, surrounding her. Heavy mallet like things were swinging towards the pieces with the intentions of knocking them together and squishing her. There was no way for her to know, but she still looked in both directions, her eyes widened, as if she could see them coming, and she simply dropped through the floor. She came back up a few feet away, looked at the wreckage, and continued on.

Never get that far

A swirling bladed thing on an extending arm came out and went towards her. She had to jump over it and then duck under it. It turned with her every step, until it had her in a corner. She stood for a moment, and then it came at her. She moved in the nick of time, and it embedded it's self in the wall. She left it trying to pull itself out.

We are a fire inside

We are an army asleep

Several of the lasers and other weaponry locked them selves onto her. She ran, trying to avoid them, and get them to shoot out one another, but it wasn't working

We are a people awaking to follow their dreams

No matter where she ran, they followed her and decimated any refuges she found.

We don't have time for your games

We have our own goals to score

She suddenly stopped running and disappeared. The guns were confused and couldn't find her. They started sending out random bursts that somehow got each other.

We have trophies to win

Instead of being one of yours

One of the guns began to take out the others. The rest started firings at it, just as another turned. It wasn't until they were all destroyed that Renee turned visible again

Here's to the girls on their boards with bruises and scars

Here's to the girls whose fingers bleed from playing guitar

Renee smiled in triumph, as suddenly everything was plunged into darkness. She could still see, but so could the scanners that controlled the room

Here's to anyone who never quit when things got hard

You'll never let them say you'll never get that far

An extremely hot flame was shot out of the wall in a stream form. Renee avoided it, and suddenly her hand glowed pink. She threw the pink glow, and it went towards the source of the fire. When it hit, the wall exploded, and the fire was stopped. The room was once again dark. A high-powered water stream came out of the wall and gave Renee a glancing blow. She hissed, and it locked in on the sound and came right at her. Her eyes widened ever farther, and as the stream of water came at her, she pulled into herself and in a small flash of pink light, disappeared, only to reappear at the source of the water. She looked at it, and used her telekinesis to close of the flow of water.

Never get that far

Something exploded right next to her, and threw her against the wall. As she touched it, she picked up the impressions of the people who had built and programmed it. Something else exploded near her, and forced her to move away, but she kept her hand on the wall, soaking up as many impressions as she could.

Here's to the ones who don't give up

Here's to the ones who don't give up

She suddenly knew what to do. She dove into the wall, head first, and phased right into it. The room turned the lights back on. Where did she go? Was she hiding?

Here's to the ones who don't give up

This is your anthem, anthem, anthem, anthem, anthem

Suddenly the armaments in the room started acting crazy, falling off the walls, disengaging themselves, going crazy until the room had to take them out or be destroyed.

Here's to the girls on their boards with bruises and scars

Here's to the girls whose fingers bleed from playing guitar

Everything in the room was going nuts, then it realized that someone was inside the walls and armaments, messing with the systems. It started attacking it's self

Here's to anyone who never quit when things got hard

You'll never let them say you'll never get that far

Every time something started to go haywire, it would fire something in that direction. Eventually the room came to the conclusion that all it was doing was following the pattern instead of getting to the target. There was no pattern to the sabotage, so it began firing randomly, hoping to get the target, but actually doing more damage to itself then the target was doing

Never get that far

In the room's last attempt, it shot electricity through out the room, and fried itself. It shut down completely just as the music ended.

Renee came up out of the floor, rested her hands on her knees, and looked around. "Wow." She said breathlessly "First time I've seen a room commit suicide."

"Whoooooooo! Yeah! Wow!" she heard cheering coming from the control room, and looked up. Some of the people in the control booth were cheering for her, while others looked on in approval.

"Renee, come on up" Sentry said.

"Okay!" Renee waved and jogged towards the elevator.

"How did she do that?" Professor Honeycutt asked, "Does that music have some sort of subliminal enhancement properties?"

Kit looked at her ipod. "Not that I know of."

"Then how did she do all that?"

At that moment, the elevator opened to reveal a tired, hot, and heavily breathing Renee.

"You did great!" Mikey told her.

She collapsed into a nearby chair. "Thanks." she said, then swallowed to try to wet her mouth.

The daimyo's son jumped out of his father's arms and grabbed a bottle of water from the refrigerator he had discovered earlier. "Here warrior." He said, "Refresh you body."

"Thanks, kiddo." She said as she took the bottle and drank greedily from it.

"I'm still confused." Casey said "She was doin' lousy, then, boom! She was bustin' up the place. It don't make no sense. It's confusin'"

Raph opened his mouth, then closed it "Never mind, it's too easy."

"Huh?" Casey said.

"I believe I understand." Splinter said "When first beginning to learn something new, or when doing a task, one often needs something to help focus on the task and block out everything else. Music does this for Miss Finrir."

Kit nodded "Rae does everything to music. When she practices her moves, it's to music. When she works out, it's to music. When she studies, it's to music. When she cleans the kitchen, it's to music. You get the idea."

"To help her block out thoughts of us, and losing control, Miss Finrir had to bury herself in the music and forget about us. In that way, it helped her to concentrate on the tasks at hand instead of the people watching her."

Renee nodded. "You-you got it. That's pretty much what it does for me in a nutshell." She leaned back in the chair.

Renee rested for a while, then they started her other tests and training.

The Daimyo helped her some with aspects of controlling the abilities and energy with in her. He had experience with controlling the war staff, even though it wasn't exactly the same. Daximus gave her some exercises that would help her with the strength. Professor Honeycutt took some readings and promised that he would analyze them and send back his findings later. Usagi had learned of some new techniques the helped to improve focus, and attempted to teach them to her, although Leo did pick up on them rather fast. Raptar helped Sentry run the tests, and they worked together to decide who might be best to help Renee. Later that night, the testing was over, which was good because Renee was extremely tired. Everyone had to go home, as they had said that they would only be gone for a couple of days, and Renee thanked them and bid then farewell, as did Kit and the guys. The daimyo said that he would try to search the multiverse for someone who might could help her better. At any rate, they all bid each other good-bye, and the guys, Splinter and the girls left Justice Force headquarters, with the guys taking the girls back home. Kit, of course, was carried to the battleshell by Raph, and Renee was extremely tired and ended up leaning on Mikey quite a bit. By the time they reached Kit's building, Renee had fallen fast asleep in the back. Kit told them where to park and where a private elevator was that would take them to the apartment, so Raph, carrying Kit, and Mikey carrying Renee took them up there and got he girls settled in, then they left.

For the next few days, Renee tried some of the new techniques that she had been taught, and her control improved a little more. She still didn't have complete control, but it was better. And she still had reservations about using her powers.

At any rate, right now the girls were in their home sleeping. Renee was curled up on herself on her bed, her ears occasionally twitching, and her tail tip swishing a little. She looked quite comfortable. Kit, on the other hand, was moaning in her sleep, and slightly thrashing.

"No! No! Renee! No!"

Raph thought he heard something coming from Kit's bedroom, and moved to look in her window. He could see her moving, and realized that she was having a nightmare. He quickly went in through the balcony door that she had given him the codes to, just incase.

Kit was moaning a little louder as he approached her bed.

"Kit?" He said "Kit, wake up. Yer having a nightmare. Kit!"

She suddenly gasped, and sat straight up, breathing heavy, and clutching the covers in her hands. She was covered in a light sweat.

"Kit, are you alright?" Raph asked.

She jumped at the sound of his voice. "Oh, Raph, you startled me." she said breathlessly

"Sorry." He said, "I didn't mean to scare ya. Ya looked like you were having one heck of a nightmare."

Kit shook her head as she calmed down. "Not a nightmare, a memory. I never have just nightmares, but I do relieve memories that scared me."

Raph looked at her. She looked shaken up. "Do ya want to talk about it?"

Kit gave a wiry smile "I though tough guys didn't do that kind of thing."

"Meh." He waved his hand dismissively "Mikey has them all the time. Fer some reason he picks me to talk to."

Kit smiled weakly at him, and then frowned, putting a hand to her forehead. "It was about that night in Japan. The one where Karai found out about Renee, and I found out about Karai. I remember the night well.

"See, I loved to come over to Renee's house, even when I was little. They treated me like I was there own kid instead of an ornament. Oh, my parents were okay, but they had no business being parents. Anyways, after they died, I had to take over the company, which wasn't that hard, since I already knew a lot about it. But it kept me a lot busier than I expected, so I didn't get to go to Renee's that often, really at all. So when I found out that she was graduating, I thought to make up for lost time, I could give her the best present ever. I knew that she'd always wanted to travel, but hadn't really, because of her abilities. But now that she was older, she had a little bit better handle on them. So I asked her parents, and they agreed, and I showed up at graduation and told her about her present. At first it was great, just two girls, traveling and having a blast. We visited every continent, just to say that we did. But soon we realized that we never had managed to go to Japan, and wondered how we had missed that. So we decided to go.

"I had a dual reason for this trip. Not only was I giving my cousin what she wanted, but I was escaping my company for a little bit. I knew it couldn't last forever, though, and sure enough it caught up to me in Japan.

"We had had a great time, touring the palace, a monastery and a couple of elite marshal arts training grounds, plus taking a tour of the country. We had finished the last stop that day, and had decided to have a day of fun before we left. We shopped, tried new foods, and that night went to a couple of clubs. We had a blast! Especially when we put those ridiculous wigs on at the club! It was only about twelve at night when we left the second club, intent on having some more fun when a car suddenly pulled up beside us. I saw who was in it and groaned. It was one of the assistants of the board members. Somehow they had tracked me down to Japan and all met there. There was 'important business' to discuss. I sighed. 'Do you want to come along?' I asked Renee 'Or want a ride anywhere?' she just shook her head. 'Nah. It's a nice night out. I think I'll walk.'

"Well, I couldn't argue with that. It was nice, so I rode along, only listening with one ear to what this guy was blathering on about. The board members' emergencies, were never really such, but all the same, I had to sit through them. So there I was, board out of my mind, listening to some old guys blather on about the stockholders, and a situation I already knew all about, and had figured out, playing with my cell phone charm and wondering if that cute guy who was being treated as a gopher was available. He also seemed to be paying close attention to everything, so I was also wondering just how much he knew and understood.

"Well, I suddenly had a chill run down my spine, and had the briefest of feelings that something was wrong. It persisted, and wondered if I should reach out to Renee. About the time I was going to make my decision, I felt her yelling my mind 'KIT!' I visibly flinched and leaned forward with a gasp, putting my hand on my head. I knew at once what was happening. Her mind was chaos, but clearly showed me what was going on, and how she felt. She was in danger 'Rea!' I called out. 'Miss Cistola, are you alright?' I heard asked 'No, my cousin's in danger.' I said out loud. I stood up and began to go towards the door. It was rather difficult to focus on what I was doing because I was also trying to help Renee. 'Rea, hold on, I'm coming!' by this time I had made it to the elevator and was going down. I leaned against the wall, trying to get a hold of this. 'Don't give up! You can gain control!' I could feel her mind trying to go into the chaos of her abilities. I fought harder to keep it in place. I didn't know what would happen, but I had to try. By this time I had made it out onto the street, and was running towards her location. It wasn't hard to find. She was putting on quite a show 'I can't! It's too hard! I'm- I'm losing it!' she yelled. I kept running, she was farther away then she looked. I could feel the raw terror coming off of her. It was hard to maintain my composer, and it wasn't even happening to me. 'NO!' I yelled back 'You can do this! Focus, Renee! Focus!' she was starting to slip 'You can do it. FOCUS!' I could feel her trying, but it was hard. I kept on running, thinking maybe by being there I could help her somehow. I had to help her, I had to! That's when it hit me. I could help her, but mentally. I calmed my mind, and allowed it to think rationally once more. 'I'll help you.' I said. I felt her mind open up, and allowed her to take from my mid what she needed. Unfortunately, the strain was great on both of us, even with me following her lead. The only thing I could think to compare it to was the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode where Sarek comes on board and is loosing control and ends up using Picard to help him get through the negotiations by linking them and taking Picard's calm while giving Picard his emotions. That's kinda how I'd imagine that felt. At any rate, I felt them come back under he control until she broke them off with a snap. I felt her exhaustion, and knew she was staggering. I also knew that her ears and tail were out. 'Renee! Your tail and ears! Pull them in quick!' I wasn't sure if she did it or not, but felt her falling into unconsciousness. 'RENEE!' I screamed into her mind before I too staggered forward. I had to pull my mind out before I passed out too. I shook my head and ran forward.

"There was a giant pile of debris, and a ton of people around it, looking. I pushed them out of my way, rudely I know, but it couldn't be helped, and tried to see Renee. She I finally found her, she was half covered by debris and near, but not at, the center of the destruction. I started to pull the debris off of her, and several men came to help me. The ambulances finally came, and I told them that we both were Americans, and she was my cousin. I needed to go with her. They checked her out, and besides some bumps, bruises, scrapes and cuts, seemed to be fine. I stayed in the room that they put her in overnight. I was exhausted too. My mind had also been put under a great strain.

"When I woke up the next morning, I found out that both the doctor and the police wanted t speak with me. I talked to the doctor, who said that Renee should be fine, it was as if her body was just super tiered, and had collapsed in addition to having a building fall. He thought she would wake up soon. Then I went to talk to the police chief. I asked him what they had found out. He told me not much. He knew that there were members of the Foot ninja clan there, some sort of weird energy that took out several blocks, and had killed eleven people. I reeled at the news. Eleven people. Eleven people! Renee was going to blame herself, and it was going to be tough. I asked the chief that when he did talk to Renee, that he not mention that. I told him that she was a very fragile person about things like that, and if she knew, she would be devastated. He said he understood. But he wanted to know how I knew Renee was in danger and where she was. Using the Japanese leanings towards the superstitious, and supernatural, I explained that she and I had always been connected, and were able to tell when the other was in trouble. It wasn't that far from the truth, and he bought it.

"Later I talked to the doctor again, and came in to find Renee awake and confused. You know the rest of the story. We concocted a story that fit the facts, but didn't reveal everything, which they bought, and we went off to an island that my parents had bought. It was there that she finally found out about he eleven people that had died. You should have seen how she looked at me when she found out I knew. She yelled at me, telling me that she wasn't one to be controlled by my little power struggles and mind games, and that she had a right to know, since she killed them. After she finished yelling at me, she ran away, to somewhere on the island, and I broke down and cried. I think that was worse than when she was in danger to begin with. After she came back, I took her home, and planned on leaving them alone, until she called and told me that she wanted to go to college in New York City. I was actually surprised that she wanted to talk to me. But I guess I shouldn't have underestimated her ability to forgive and forget. It's one of the best things about Renee."

Kit sighed, and looked down, with tears in her eyes. "But my nightmares, they always start with me leaving her behind, the danger and what I felt, and then the look she gave me, and how she yelled. It leaves me feeling inadequate, and up the rest of the night, usually, just like when I have the ones about my parents, and the attempts on my life."

She shuddered a bit, and Raph moved a little closer to her, until she was in his arms. Then she cried, letting loose like she had wanted to for years, but hadn't had anyone she felt safe enough with. After she finished crying, they just sat there, Raph leaning back on the headboard, and Kit leaning back on him, with his arms around her, until she finally fell asleep. He still sat there with her though, until he saw another shadow come on the balcony.

"Yo, Bro, ya in there?" Mikey softly called.

"Yeah." Raph answered back.

Mikey came on in, and looked at Raph holding the sleeping Kit. "What happened here?"

"She had a nightmare," he told Mikey.

"Hey! You always told me to go away!"

"Mike, you may be my bro, but that only means I can be mean to ya, and ya still have to put up with me. But this is my girl. Besides, you're mug ain't exactly as nice as hers."

"Hey!" Mikey protested. "Renee seems to like it."

"Whatdaya expect? I mean she's half cat or sumthin'."

"Ha, ha. Come on, It's almost dawn, and we've gotta get movin' before Master Splinter makes us do flips for staying out past sunrise."

Raph sighed. "I guess you're right. Gimme a sec."

"Sure thing bro. I'm just gonna go check on Renee."

Raph watched as Mikey bounded back out of the room, then slowly slid himself out from under Kit. He laid her down, and covered her up. Then hesitating at first, he ran his hand on the side of her face. "Sweet dreams Kit. No more nightmares."

He turned and left, closeting the balcony doors and jumping down to roof top level.

"Ready bro?" Mikey asked

"Let's just go."

'Beat'cha back to the lair!"

"Yer on!"

As the night started to fade, the two turtles made their way down until they were even with the roof tops, and the preceded to race each other home.

Wow. This chapter went in a different direction then I expected it to. Hmm. Well, another bit of Raph/Kit fluff for ya'll. I hope you like the first part, and if ya'll don't turn me in, then I'll keep including songs. Maybe. As for the last part, I always wanted to do that scene from Kit's perspective, and though that it would make sense for her to relive it in a nightmare. I just didn't expect to put it in here, or for the fluff. Geez, this is starting to mess with my plans. Stupid muses. They give me one idea, then suddenly change it on me. Oh well. You know the drill, Review! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!"

-RealityBreakGirl