Author's Note: I tell myself to take a break, to get some actual sleep and make sure I stay healthy as much as I can and what do I do? I end up making another chapter. I really wish I could stay away from this, but I ended up doing it and its all because I heard Isabella's dialogue. Seriously, I was peacefully trying to watch the episode and I end up hearing her talk.

Anyways, before I rant on more, please enjoy the chapter.

'I wonder... should I even associate fire to that group of ninja? It seems that fire always takes someone away from you. For me, I had escaped from a laboratory with a rodent lady, lost any chance to figure out if there was a connection between Stockman and the ant other possible scientists, lost my rodent savior, and an innocent child who technically didn't know he was doing anything wrong. Even if the last one had nothing to do with the group, the poor robot did come from somewhere.. and I have a feeling that I was once in a similar situation.'

"Hey guys! Look what I found!" Mikey called when he got out of the elevator. I got curious and looked to the jokester turtle. He had a bicycle in one hand, a folded up scooter under his left arm, two pairs of rollerblades in the other hand and it looked like he had a skateboard under the other arm. "Sports gear. Undamaged and ready to ride." He said. "Come on. Let's test it out." He grinned. The others and I just looked at each other before looking back. "Fine. If it gets ya to stop your begging, we'll go." Raph said.

The others just nodded and grabbed what they wanted. Mikey got the skateboard, Don got the bicycle, Leo has the scooter, and Raph got the rollerblades. "Come along Isabella. You need to get out more." Leo insisted. "I don't really know." I shook my head a little. "Leo's right. 'Sides, there's another pair of rollerblades for ya." Raph grinned and held the pair out to me. They were going to keep insisting me to come with them. "Bella, you know you wanna go." Mikey whispered like how he was insisting Don on making the Battle Shell. I sighed in defeat, "Fine, I'll go." "Yas!" Mikey yelped in victory. "Race ya through the sewers!" He yelled as he rode his skateboard. Raph growled getting up on his rollerblades. "Oh no you don't!" He chased him followed by Leo, Don and myself. The five of us got divided. Leo and Don went another path while Raph, Mikey and I went through the pipes.

"He is the alpha dog, the thrash-mister, the undisputed god of the half pipe." Mikey gloated and cheered as he flipped after skating a half-pipe. "Who needs half pipe, bro? We got full pipe." Raph taunted right back to him. I rolled my eyes as he went full pipe, outdoing Mikey. "Woohoo!" One sharp turn and we were in the lair. Leo and Don were behind us with their respective sports gear.

Donnie picked up his speed, rushing passed us and going up a ramp. "Going for amplitude!" Donnie said, doing a stunt in mid-air before landing. Leo followed after him, going up the same ramp with his scooter. He flew in the same direction but not without grinding against the edge of Don's table. "Going for grinditude!" He cheered.

Honestly, I would do one of those stunts, but I'm busy trying to keep away from Splinter's area, since he was trying to get himself comfortable in his chair. Suddenly it went pitch black, nothing could be seen in front of my face. I only tripped over a body and fell on top of something soft. "Nice wiring job, Don." I heard Mikey speak sarcastically. "I guarantee it's not my wiring. Maybe it's a blackout." Don suggested. "Maybe. Now you wanna get your foot off my shell?" Mikey asked, still being sarcastic. "I bet you anything he isn't even near you, Mikey."

I felt the softness move and I sat up with it. I then heard a strike of a match, seeing it light up a candle that Splinter was holding. I looked to see that I was Mikey's lap. 'Huh. That's why he sounded closer than normal.' I thought as Leo immediately warned Splinter, "Ah, keep that flame away from Mikey. He scarfed down a whole chili pizza for dinner." I commented, "In that case, I'm leaving." I got off of Mikey who began his fake whining. "No~ Sis come back~" He sniffled at me leaving and I just rolled my eyes at him.

"Clearly there is a power failure." Splinter began, "I suggest you investigate and see if it can be fixed." We all had stood up at this point. Well, they got up and I was clumsily trying to stand with roller blades on. I ended up rolling almost into the water before Raphael caught me. "I gotcha, lil' sis." He said, pulling me close. "We're all over it," Mikey grinned. I looked to see Leo glaring at Raph while folding up his scooter. Looking back, I see the hothead just smirk while he helps me fold in the wheels of my rollerblades. "Thanks Raph." I smiled softly. He just rubbed the back of his head. "No problem, sis."

Don had folded up his bike and we all went to the door. "And hurry up. I do not wish to miss my favorite program." Splinter said. Yeah he got into that Korean soap opera program. Okay so you'd think we would look for any power stations that are underground, right? But nope, the others had gone topside and I decided to go along. Honestly, I don't know how my brothers convince me to do these kinds of things.

We went from building to building before stopping atop a small water tower. "You know and I don't think Splinter meant that we should investigate this far," Leo pointed out. Raph just replied with, "You can never be too through, 'specially when it comes to topside time." I looked around the city. Well it doesn't look like a city without its lights. "This whole side of town is dark," 'Oh nice observation, Don.' "A substation must've gone out."

"This isn't right," Leo shook his head, "Shouldn't there be some emergency lights or something?" Raphael replied with "Yeah, it's totally dark down there." Mikey had a big grin. Oh no. Usually Mikey with a grin like that isn't a good thing. "Which means there's only one thing for us to do." He grew so excited that before any of us knew it he took his skateboard and rode down into the city. It didn't take long for Raph to follow after him. I was actually surprised that Don, the smart one, followed them down. I was hesitant to go. "Did these guys forget why we were up here in the first place?" I asked. Leo sighed and nodded, "Apparently so." He placed a hand on my shoulder. "Come on, let's make sure Raph won't hurt Mikey."

I rolled my eyes and followed the leader of the turtles down to the others, having to ride my skates while he rides his scooter. Mikey and Raph were on the rails with their respective sports gear, causing sparks to ignite before rolling around on the street. Don rode around on the street. Leo and I had stopped in front of them. "Guys, you really think we should be doing this?" Leo asked. "Yeah, what if somebody sees us?" I added on. Raph and Mike stopped right next to us.

A hand was placed on my shoulder. "That's the beauty of it, you two. No one can see us. It's pitch black." Raphael said as we turned to look at him. "Get with the program, you guys. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to session some surface terrain." Mikey was just seriously way too excited about this. Donnie came over, stopping his bike next to us. "Hey check this out," he whispered, pointing behind him. We followed after him towards a building before hiding. Two familiar figures were climbing up the side of the building.

"Didn't we fight these clowns once before?" Mikey inquired. I nodded. "Yeah and we nearly got waxed," Don answered him. Raph stood up and pulled out his sai, "Who's up for some payback?" He grinned. He was ready for a rematch with them. 'Well, whatever they're doing, it's going to be something big... Plus there's no way to stop Raph from wanting something.' I thought before heading into the building with the others. Looking through the skylight window, I saw that they were ignoring the other cases, except one. A case holding a weapon of some sort.

We went down silently while they opened that said case. One of them put a glove on and was about to grab the sword. Leo was quick to throw a shuriken to them, penetrating the wood on the case. It caused the ninja to pull back their hand. "Gift shop's on the first floor, boys, but they don't take kindly to shoplifters and neither do we." The ninja on their left took a katana out while the other just turned away from him, about to take the sword once more before Raph threw another shuriken right in front of their hand. "Now before ya try to make off with the goods. You might want to consider a few things. One, ya outnumbered. Two, don't let the pretty faces fool ya. We're tougher than we look." He growled, going into a fighting stance.

I looked up to see a ninja jump down. Others followed him in and surrounded us. Mikey looked worried a little. "And three, we're about to get our butts seriously hammered!" He cried out. The shinobi came in and we battled. I had decided not to use the kama part of my kusarigama too much due to what happened before. I'm not having a murder case on me. I swung the chain part around, having the iron weight at the end hit a ninja in their chest. They gasped and staggered back, getting stunned.

A shadow was above me and I turned to them to see another ninja jump, holding a blade above their head. He swung it down to me and I dodged immediately before swinging around, attempting to land a kick in their side but he just grabbed my foot, stopping my kick. I struggled in his grip and was about to slap my tail to him but I felt a chain wrapped around it, pulling it to stay still. I hissed at them. Another ninja came by, a Naginata in his grip was raised above him. With little time I used my kama to break the lacing on the rollerblade and convert the other one to have wheels.

The ninja held my rollerblade while I rolled to the one holding my tail and kicking him straight in the abdomen. He ended up loosening his hold on the chain and hold his abdominal area. I managed to untangle my tail from the chain and take my other rollerblade off. I sighed in relief. 'Those were getting uncomfortable.' I thought and looked to the others who were using their sports gear along with their fighting. 'I have a bad feeling about that.'

Leo got surrounded by three and yelled out, "A little help here!" The other three turtles rode on their sports gear. "We're on it!" They yelled back. Right before I could say or do anything, they yelled, "Look out!" and crashed right into each other. "I sense a teamwork training session in our future," Mikey groaned. Leo was the first to recover and exclaimed, "Double time! They're getting away!" The other ninjas left while the one with the gauntlet grabbed the sword and was about to get away if it weren't for Raph jumping in front of him. "Just put the sword back, sparky and we'll call it a draw."

Instead of listening, the ninja raised the sword above him and it began to glow a bright cyan blue. It sent off what looked like sound waves before we were knocked flat on our backs. We groaned and recovered while the ninja with the sword got away. "How about best two out of three?" No one answered Mikey as we all recovered. "What was that sword?" Donnie asked, being pulled up by Raph. "Hold that thought. We've gotta book." Leo ordered and we all left as the sirens grew closer. I managed to grab the rollerblades and leave with them. 'Mikey wouldn't have liked it if I left them. I thought to myself. He was the one who found them after all.' We left the museum and headed back home.

Once we got back to the lair, we've decided to tell Master Splinter what happened and he listened. Mikey handed him a piece of cloth with their red claw symbol on it. The rat hummed as he examined it. "What does the symbol mean, Master Splinter?" Leo asked. "Trouble," Our sensei answered. We got interested and Raph was the first to ask the question I was thinking. "You know somethin' about these ninjas?" He inquired. "Where did they come from? Who do they work for?"

"And what do they want with a magic sword?" Mikey added in. Don shook his head, "Nope. Not magic. Probably more like a self-perpetuating isolation frequency generator." 'Oh yeah, I forgot Donnie is a turtle of facts. He's not interested in anything magical or fictional... yet here we are.' I thought. "Uh, in English, Einstein," Mikey groaned. "It packs a shockwave that'll knock you flat on your shell." Donnie translated for his younger brother.

Raph pulled out his sai and said, "We gotta go after these creeps." Splinter turned to us. "No. A wise ninja does not seek out an enemy he does not fully understand." I sighed and the others just stood. "But sensei, bushido demands that we fight for honor and for justice and-" Leo began before being interrupted by our father. "Bushido also demands that you honor your master's wishes." Splinter lectured before calmly speaking, "I will meditate on this matter further. Good night." He finished speaking, looking to the cloth in his hand and leaving to his space.

"Under grounded again," Mikey groaned. Donnie had his hand on his chin in thought and he hummed before snapping his fingers. "Hey." He simply said and left to his computer. "Where are you going, brainiac?" The hotheaded turtle asked right before the rest of us followed after the yellowish olive-green turtle. He sat down on his chair in front of the computer. "There's more than one way to seek out your enemy." He said as he began typing. I eventually left them and headed up the stairs. I slid the curtains open and slipped into my room, closing it with my tail behind me.

'It's been a full day since we encountered the mysterious ninja and my brothers and I were stuck in the lair. I know it doesn't bother the others very much, but I've been thinking about that symbol. Splinter seems worried about it. I saw his expression when he was staring it down in his room. These ninjas were more than met the eye... This troubles me.' I've finished writing in my journal, having a dreadful feeling. It really has been a full day and it really has been troubling.

All of us were kinda doing our own thing during the time. Mikey was on the couch with his comics, Don was still working on the computers, Leo and Raph were training and I stole a cork board from Don's lab and a small box of pins. I had pieces of paper pinned to the cork board. It was just some notes that I took when I went back to the lab. It was strange when I went back there. Why strange? Well I went further in and I found some abandoned notes scattered on the floor and a lot more things like the door with the biohazard symbol on it. What's even stranger was that the body of the Mutant was gone. I was honestly scared about what happened to him and where he went.

I sighed and left the room. 'I really need to not let that get to me.' I thought as I began walking around on the level above everyone else. "What's up with the big cheese? He's been zoning in there all day." Mikey interrupted the silence. "It's that ninja symbol. It's got Sensei all weirded out." Leo said as he practiced his moves. "Enough of this waiting around!" Raph yelled, as he beat on the dummy. "I say we head topside, kick ninja butt, take ninja names, and find out the whole ninja story for ourselves." At that point, Raph had kicked the head off the dummy, causing it to fly across the room and land next to Mikey. He jumped at that and said, "Whoa. Remind me to never get on your bad side, dude." Raph turned to Mikey and replied with a "Too late" while leaving. He would have left if it weren't for Leo standing in his way.

"Hang on, Raph," Leo stopped him, crossing his arms. "No one's going anywhere." It looked like they would have argued once more but Don had said something. "Guys! Check this out!" He pointed at the screen. "I hacked into the power company's computer system. Looks like there's another blackout by the south street sea port." He said before typing more. "I smell a rat and I don't mean Splinter," Raph grumbled.

The others were beginning to leave and Leo stopped them. "Hang on, guys. Splinter told us-" He began before being interrupted by the dark green turtle. "Not to go after the ninjas. He didn't say anything about not investigating power failures." 'It seems that Raph found a loophole once more.' I thought. Donnie smiled. "Excellent. I want a few new surveillance toys I wanna test," The brainiac turtle said, patting his duffel bag. Leo huffed and ran after them. "Wait up!" He yelled before mumbling, "It's tough being a leader." And he left with them.

By that time, I had climbed down and landed next to Master Splinter. "Do you think they knew they were being eavesdropped?" I asked him. He shook his head. "No, I don't believe so." He hummed and placed his hand on his goatee stroking it. "It seems I'll have to teach more about awareness." He said before adding, "but for now, follow after your brothers, Isabella. I do not want them to get into anymore trouble than they had." I nodded, "Yes, Father." I followed after my brothers, managing to catch up with them just as they were leaving the sewers.

"So what are we doing on top of a bridge?" I asked, looking down to the cars below us. 'Oh dear god. We're so high up.' I thought, scooting closer to the guys. No one answered. "Total blackout." Raph commented, "Just like last night." Don set his bag down and went into it, pulling out a pair of goggles. "But this time I came prepared." He said right before Mikey snatched the goggles out of his hand. "Awesome. Total turtle vision." Mikey smiled, putting the goggles on and waving his hands in front of him. I shook my head at him while Don took them back. "Night vision, actually." He said, putting them on himself.

"How do we survey such a large area?" Leo asked. Donnie smiled. "I came prepared for that too." He pulled on a rope and released a hang glider from his other bag. That explains the harness he has on. I thought. "I've been dying to try this puppy." He said, grabbing hold of the bar. "You mean you haven't tested it yet?" Leo asked worriedly. Mikey decided to answer, "Dude, how's to supposed to test a flying machine in the sewers?" I nodded. "He surprisingly has a point."

"We'll stay in touch via shell cell." Don began, hooking his device up to the shell cell in Leo's hand. "I've worked out all the theoretical aerodynamics," He said beginning to run. "It's practically fool proooooof!" He screamed as he lifted off. "Whoa-ho-ho!" Raph smirked, "But is it Don proof?" He crossed his arms, watching his brother fly. Leo looked worried and he looked to the shell cell. "Don! Don!" He called before Donnie answered. "I-I'm okay. No problem." He stuttered at first before yelling, "Uh-oh! Whoa! Just forgot to confiscate for the wind drag on my bo staff." He explained.

"Guys? I'm picking up on something strange down on the river." We hear Don say. "What is it?" Leo asked. "It looks like," he paused for a moment before finishing, "they're searching for something under the water." Leo inquired him with, "Who's searching?" Donnie answered, "It's our ninja buddies again. They have that sword they stole rigged up to some kind of vibrational cannon." I had to ask, "Where are you?" Don responded immediately, "I'm over pier sixteen." We ran down along the giant wiring of the bridge, getting down from the top. "We're there," Leo said, leading us.

"I'm going in for a closer lo- Aaahhh!" He was interrupted by a scream. We looked down, seeing Donnie struggle to stay in the air. "Don, what is it?" No answer. He just kept yelling, "Mayday, mayday! I'm going down! Whoa!" We were rushing as fast as we can before finally reaching to ground level. I looked up with the others, seeing Don crash into the water. "Don, can you hear me? Say something, bud." Leo spoke through the shell cell. The silence was dreadful. 'Come on Donnie. Say something.' I thought.

"Man, that water stinks! And this is from the turtle who lives in the sewer." Donnie says. I sighed in relief while the others fist pumped and yelled out, "Yes!" It didn't take long for us to run across the piers before reaching pier sixteen. "I have a visual on the cannon." Leo said into the shell cell to Don. "I only see two guys, but that just means the others are hiding." Just as we went ahead, other ninjas jumped down and blocked our path with their katana blades drawn. "I hate it when he's right." Mikey commented. I rolled my eyes at him.

"Let's turtle-ize 'em!" They cried out and we pulled out our weapons. I sighed. 'How many times do I have to say that I'm not a turtle?' I thought. We launched into battle and I came across a ninja who had a kusarigama like I do. 'It seems like I won't have to use my own weapon this time.' I thought, putting mine away as the fundo (iron weight) came flying at me. I dodged and grabbed the kusari (chain) before pulling on it, making the ninja come closer right before I kicked him in the side. He fell to the ground and another came at me.

This ninja had a typical katana like the others and was about to swing at me with it. I dodged in time, keeping a hold of the other kusarigama. I used the kusari to wrap around his blade and pulled. He didn't let go easily. 'Of course, what did I think was going to happen?' I thought, but I wrapped the chain further on my arm and pulled as hard as I can. This time, I disarmed him. He just glared through his mask and came at me. I dodged his first punch and was about to hit him back but I didn't anticipate the grab on my arm. I winced at how hard he squeezed. 'Shuko spikes.' I could feel them getting past the cloth and grazing on my skin. I looked to the kusarigama the other ninja had and thought for a second. 'This isn't my weapon. I may as well use it!' I growled, quickly swinging it up and sending it down to his shoulder, the kama digging in deep. He yelled out and let go, pulling it out of his shoulder. I ran to the ship where the others were, not looking back at him.

I was a fool to not look around. I saw a figure coming at me, turning to it a little too late before being tackled, hitting the railing on the side and falling over into the water. 'Not again with this!' I protested in my head. The ninja kept swimming further and further into the water, keeping a hold on me. I struggled in his grip, my tail withering. I managed an arm free, but right as I was about to hit him, he already let go and kicked me down. I huffed. 'Oh I shouldn't have done that!' Water slipped passed my snout and down my throat. I tried to swim up, but.. I was getting tired. You'd think my endurance would be more than this, but we're always on land. And I'm certain that some geckos weren't meant to swim. The ninja had already got out of the water, but I see another yet larger form dive in. It was too dark to see who it was but I reached up to them, seeing them with arms wide open.

The person had grabbed me and swam up quickly. 'I know this energy anywhere.' I smiled. 'Mikey.' I would chuckle, but well, I'm still underwater and I am definitely not a fish. We reached the surface and I got to see that familiar face. "So what's this hero's reward, Bella?" Mikey smirked. "Sorry, I don't have much. Goodbye," I pushed him and went into the water, gladly swimming away and climbing up and onto the ship. Mikey followed and we both head to the others. "I think this teamwork effort gets a most improved." Leo commented.

I heard the sound of metallic wings slicing the air and I looked to see a helicopter with a claw being lowered into the whirlpool. "School's not out yet." Donnie pointed to the helicopter, "That's one cool shell chopper." He commented. The claw pulled back up, taking a strange suit-looking thing with it. "What's up with Barnacle Bill?" Mikey inquired. "Whatever it is, it can't be good." Raph answered. "It definitely can't be, considering that it's the ninjas who took it." I stated in a matter-of-fact tone. We began running along the pier, heading up to the last two with the stolen sword. Leo went up first.

"Now boys, there's a small matter of some stolen property we need to discuss," Leo stated. The two ran to another corner and Don went up, "Dudes, you really shouldn't be playing with some dangerous toys." Raph went right after Don, literally right next to him. Mikey went next and gave a "grr" at them. They were about to take the stairs but I went up and gave a good hiss. They backed off and one used a laser to Mikey before being kicked by Leo. The ninja got lost his balance and accidentally used his laser on the controls of the cannon, making it overload.

"It's overloading!" One of them yelled, "I can't control it!" The other just replied with, "Who cares! We're leaving." With that, the helicopter came back around and they jumped up, leaving in the said vehicle. "They're getting away!" Raph yelled. "Forget about them! We have a much bigger problem!" I yelled back, pointing to the machine. It overloaded and made itself turn to land. "Like Isabella said, I think we have bigger problems." Don repeated. The vibrations hit the dock and broke apart the wood, before they traveled ahead and cracked the cement. "Talk about bad vibes!" Mikey joked. Raph shook his head, "Not funny, Mike." I added, "This isn't the time for puns!"

"Don, can you shut it down?" Leo asked. Don hopped up and began explaining while pulling the panel off with a crowbar, "Well I might be able to disconnect the sword from the accelerator, but crossing the power terminator could result in a feedback loop that might-" He droned on right before Leo interrupted, "Donnie whatever. Meantime, let's point this thing away from civilization." He instructed and we nodded, attempting to push the cannon away.

Another helicopter came flying and we heard someone yelling through the megaphone. "This is the police! You on the pier, stop where you are!" The guy yelled. Raph turned to Don. "Hurry up, Don before we end up on America's Most Wanted Reptiles." Donnie was quick to answer, "Almost there." He connected two wires and it only caused the machine to spin, making Don fall off. The purple mask wearing turtle went up to it, only to be knocked over. "We gotta steady this thing!" Leo yelled over it and quickly grabbed the crowbar, before setting it in. It gave gigantic sparks and stopped, facing the vibrations to the ocean. Donnie went up and reached for the handle of the sword before being shocked. "Ow!" He held his hand. Leo grabbed the gauntlet and tossed it to him. I'm honestly wondering how that glove fits on his hand.

The gauntlet was put on and Don was able to grab the sword. "Let's get out of here!" He warned and we left with him, leaving behind a malfunctioning machine. It broke apart the pier and fell into the water. Electricity and water weren't a best match. The result? An explosion. "Whoa. Awesome light show," Mikey commented. The helicopter came closer. "And speaking of light shows," Leo said before we left the pier. We ran as far and fast as we can until we reach the sewers and went home.

Splinter was awaiting us and once more we had explained what happened. We had to hand him the gauntlet and he placed it on his hand, holding the sword. He hummed, looking over the blade. "The design is unmistakably eleventh century Japanese, but the metal is unlike any I have ever seen. Clearly there is more to this sword than meets the eye." He said, getting up and placing the handle gently against a stand. "Best that it remain out of the wrong hands." He said. The others had left and I was staring at it. 'I don't like the look of it.' I looked to the gauntlet, seeing the symbol. 'Why do I feel like I've seen you before?'

Author's Note: Well, I finally finish the chapter. I'm happy that I convinced myself to finish it. Now I shouldn't come out with another chapter. I seriously need this break to happen. So don't freak out about the hiatus. I promise I won't try to abandon this fanfic. Not that I want to. I mean, I already put too much work into this to simply give up.

And it looks like there is more to Isabella than meets the eye. I mean, obviously we think that, but there will be another Bella chapter. It just won't be the next one. It'll be the one after that one, if that makes sense.

Well, I hoped you guys enjoyed and please review what you think. Seriously, seeing some reviews just makes me feel better sometimes. It'd be nice to see some. Anyways, I hope to see you next time. Bye.