Ming paced the lair restlessly.
"What worries you, daughter?" Master Splinter asked.
"Something doesn't feel right... I'm getting an omen of bad things to come. Really bad things."
Master Splinter nodded. "Yes. Your omens can be powerful. Should your brothers not be back yet?"
"They should be. That's what worries me." Ming nodded. "I'm going to meditate for a bit." She called, marching up to her room.
Maybe an hour later, Ming's focus was interrupted by loud voices.
"Grrr..." She grumbled, gently telepathically setting the bed back down on the ground, and opening the door.
She gasped when she saw a man she didn't know. Sticking to the shadows, she moved closer, spying.
"We should really have people over more often." Mikey was saying, helping the man rise.
"You guys know that Ming is not going to be happy about this." Master Splinter shook his head.
"Okay, I'd like to meet this mysterious Ming character you guys keep talking about. Like, who is he?" The man asked.
"Don't worry. You'll find out soon." Leo nodded.
And that's my cue. Time for ninja-style Epic Entrance. Ming thought, smiling evilly to herself.
A spell knocked the lights out. Smoke bombs exploded all around the newcomer. He started to freak out.
"Woah! What's going on?!"
Ming laughed menacingly into a microphone that had been hooked up to various speakers around the lair, making it appear to the stranger that the laugh had no origin.
The, she lept through the smoke, tackling the man to the ground and sitting on him, causing the lights to come back on and the smoke to clear with a snap of her fingers.
The man groaned.
"Ming, this is Casey. Casey, you've met Ming." Leo nodded approvingly. Ming smirked.
The stranger, Casey, slowly stood back up. "Thanks for that. A little warning could've been nice about your secret weapon, here."
Ming smiled to herself. "Secret Weapon... I like that. Hamato Ming, Little Sister, Secret Weapon."
Her brothers rolled their eyes, but she ignored them, instead turning on Casey.
"Now, might it be too much to ask about this guy? Like, who is he, why is he here, and why you decided to expose yourselves, me, and our home to some random dude?" She demanded.
"He can help us track down the Shredder." Leo shrugged.
Ming nodded. "Hopefully."
She suddenly noticed April and Casey walking out of the corner of her eye. Ming followed.
"You're leaving?!" April demanded of Casey.
"If I can find my way out of here. Y'know, I was doing just fine, until you showed up. I'm stopping them, or going down swinging."
"Casey..." April shook her head.
"It's like they say, if you want to get work done, don't spend time at the... Zoo..." Casey had seen the truck. Ming smirked.
"Something wrong, Mr. Jones?"
"That's... The truck. Who are these guys?" Casey gasped in awe.
"These five have done more for this city than you will ever know, or they will ever take credit for." April nodded. "So, if you wanna go down swinging, these guys hit harder than anyone."
Ming grinned. "Amen."
Casey gaped like a codfish for a moment. "I... I guess..."
Ming turned back to her brothers. Donnie was working in the lab, so she didn't bother him. Leo was sharpening his swords, and Raph was weight-lifting. The only brother doing anything interesting was Mikey.
"Whatcha doing?" Ming asked.
"Sneaking up on Leo..." Mikey whispered.
"Sweet. I wanna see this." Ming muttered, grinning.
Just when they were about to pounce, Donnie burst in.
"Leo! You're not going to believe this!"
"What?" Leo asked.
Ming and Mikey stared at each other in awe as Donnie told Leo, in his complicated, rapid babble, that the purple ooze, if properly reengineered, could turn the turtles into humans...