The sound of a phone camera went off, shattering the deadly silence of the subway. The Footclan girl immediately turned toward the disturbance with her pistol drawn. I spun to follow her gaze, locking on someone behind me.

"You!" She barked, causing a pretty brunette to look up in surprise, her phone held up horizontally in front of her. "Stand up!" She ordered, walking closer toward the woman with her gun held before her. But the brunette remained laying on the floor in shock, her phone probably still recording the whole thing.

What the hell made her think recording this was a good idea!? I sighed in irritation and opened my mind to the swirling, ancient memories of my past before scrambling to my feet to put myself between the two women. The nearest soldier was impressively quick to respond, but I was faster and he was on his ass on the floor before he could land a hit on me.

The Footclan girl met my gaze with a knowing, evil smile, it was like she was expecting me. Her eyes narrowed ever so slightly as she glanced between me and the fallen soldier. I smirked at some of the astonishment she was unable to keep from showing.

"Remember me, bitch?" Somehow, she remained both eerily calm and infuriated.

"Hai, Kaneko Emmalyn. You are a disgrace to your family's name."

How does this crazy-ass know my name!? My surprise was quickly replaced with white-hot, burning rage at the insult.

"And you're a twisted psychopath," I retorted in a sickly sweet voice. Her face contorted into an infuriated sneer as she raised her pistol and levelled it at my face.

"Since you are of no further use to us, I will enjoy killing you."

Despite the situation I'd just landed myself in, I wanted to burst out in laughter. She literally just proved that my psychopath comment was totally right. Just as I clued into the fact that this girl was literally going to shoot my brains out at any second, a deep voice I knew all too well rang out from down the subway tunnel.

"All aboard!" The Footclan instantly stiffened and the girl before me shouted a command in Japanese before all the lights went out. The subway was plunged into darkness as a train zoomed past our platform. People screamed and started running toward the exit, which consequently masked the sudden appearance of the four vigilantes shrouded in shadows.

I grinned and watched as they made quick work of the Foot soldiers. Something metallic clattered at my feet, and I looked down to find a short tantō blade.

I'll have to thank the guys later, I told myself as I picked it up, relieved to have a weapon in my hand, even though I wasn't sure if I could bring myself to kill anyone. Though, if thoroughly provoked I may be able to find it in me to kill that psychopathic Footclan girl, who was currently fleeing the scene desperately.

Next time, I promised myself, next time I'll make her regret saying that about me.

I looked around and spotted the girl who'd almost been killed earlier, laying on the floor and still recording everything on that damn phone.

That's not good, I realized, my brain blasting warning alarms. Nobody can know about the turtles. As a Foot soldier ran by me, I shoved him toward the girl. They collided and went sprawling across the floor, the phone skidding in another direction. I sent a silent apology to the girl before kicking the device into the fast-moving train, where it fell to the tracks and was probably shattered to pieces by the wheels. Then, I tucked the tantō into an easily accessible pocket on my jacket and hurried over to finish dealing with the girl.

She was actually putting up a pretty decent fight. She was kicking her legs and thrashing her arms, trying to knee or punch the foot soldier while he poorly attempted to subdue her. Grabbing the back of his combat vest, I yanked the man off of her as best I could and lifted my leg to kick him, praising myself for wearing leggings today and not jeans. The soldier rapidly stumbled backward to remain on his feet and keep from tumbling to the ground yet again. I didn't have to worry about him for much longer though, because one moment he was there, and the next there was a shadow passing over him and he was gone.

Thank God for the turtles' perfect timing. By then—save for a few idiotic or curious souls—most everyone was cleared out of the landing area and the turtles had swiftly finished off the Foot soldiers, leaving nobody else for me to test my skills out on. Somewhat disappointed, I watched as the brothers hurried up a ventilation shaft under construction and surrounded by a round, protective exterior of yellow canvas that stretched from the floor and into the concrete above. The occasional flicker lights within the mostly dark subway platform helped to keep them from being recognized.

I bet they're headed to the roof.

"They went up that way!" A woman cried, pointing to the turtles' escape route.

"Did you see that?" Someone murmured.

"Here, here. They climbed up here!" People were beginning to surround the yellow tarp in curiosity, including the girl I'd just saved.

"Right here. Some kind of freak!" A man stated. I clenched my jaw, some of my cooling rage reignited at that word.

"They're not freaks, they're heroes," I corrected before turning to hurry outside and meet up with them. SWAT people were fighting to get through the throngs of people exiting the subway, unaware that their job had already been done for them. All they had to do was grab the Foot soldiers the brothers had tied up and throw them in jail. Too bad that girl had managed to run off and evade prison, though I'm pretty sure one of the guys had knocked her into the wall hard enough to loose some tiles and leave a sizeable mark.

"Hey!" Someone called, "Wait!" I glanced behind me as I walked down a sidewalk, putting distance between me and that disaster.

What's she following me for? I stopped to wait while she caught up to me.

"Thanks for that back there, that was insane. Are you in karate or something?" She asked, gasping slightly to catch her breath.

"I'm…learning ninjutsu." Her eyes narrowed almost imperceptibly in confusion and I rushed to change the topic before she could question me. "Are you okay? That guy basically tackled you back there." I was trying my best to remain polite, but I really had to go find the guys, and this chick was not helping.

"Oh, yeah I'm fine. I lost my phone though," she grimaced and flicked hair from her face. "I'm April." She held her hand out.

"Raiya," I said, shaking her hand and feeling awkward.

"Nice to meet you, and thanks again for what you did. I really shouldn't've had my phone out."

Yeah no kidding. "No problem, those guys really piss me off."

"Yeah, and that chick seemed to know you…" There was a silent query in that statement; a dangerous one. I knew she heard me talking to that Footclan girl earlier, so there was no way I could deny knowing her.

"Uh," I grimaced. "Yeah…I had a run in with those guys not too long ago." April's eyes lit up with this strange excitement.

"You did?"

"Uh, yeah…They didn't really like me," I admitted, trying to sound as convincing as I could whilst saying as little as possible.

"No kidding," she laughed, crossing her arms. "Do you mind if I ask you a few questions? I'm a news reporter."

"Really?" Shit shit shit, how the hell do I get myself out of this now!?

April nodded. "Channel Six News."

"Oh yeah, you do look kinda familiar."Goddamnit Raiya, think! "I would totally stay to answer some of your questions but I actually have somewhere to be. My sister is probably freaking out right now waiting on me. Sorry, but I really have to go," I explained, beginning to take small steps away.

"Oh don't worry about it. Thanks again!"

"No problem!" And with that, I spun and hurried on my way down the sidewalk

AN: What's everyone's opinion on April?

I'm trying to decide wether or not I should add her to my story. Having April would definitely add some drama, but my original plan never included her (because she's kinda irritating in my opinion lol), so I'll have to alter a few things in the future plot line to include her. If I do decide to add her, she'll probably have a larger role in the sequel because we're already too deep into TSS's plot to give her a big role. Soooo yeah. Please let me know what you all think about adding April to the cast!