Chapter 3: What's wrong with being Confident?

Over-confidence, births failure.

Linus was an average sized man, he had a wife and three beautiful girls at home. So, why would he be standing next to three other men, who was everything that he wasn't? Linus was a Purple Dragon, and proud of it. He joined the criminal circle for the same reasons his fellow thugs did. Money, reputation and the benefits. Sometimes, doing what you wanted seemed more tempting than doing what you needed.

Even though, with all things considered, every night as he donned his dragon tattoo he knew it might just be his last night. The trouble starts when one of their victims died or were murdered, there would be consequences. It was a sad sight, she was some poor innocent party-goer that had been flashing her wallet to them. How could they resist? Problem was, she was feisty and before Jed could threaten her, she made a run for it, tripping and it resulted in Jed's knife driving into her voluptuous chest. Hey, they wouldn't complain, this meant that there was no witnesses. Unfortunately, tensions between law enforcement and PD's were higher than ever.

Hun had given special orders to be more discreet. They just failed.

"Ok, I got an idea. We jus' stash the body-" It was his one of his brilliant colleagues speaking. Steve, the lanky dragon of the bunch. His logic needed to be judged with a pinch of salt.

Linus sneered at him. "Yeah and just delay the inevitable."

Linus liked to think that he was the sane one of his comrades. George, the not-all-there- one, smirked as he nudged Steve, " Like your coming out of the closet party."

Steve glared, " I am not- y'know what? That ain't important. What if we dumped it down the docks?"

Linus shook his head, they have been standing in this alley for nearly fifteen minutes, wasting time. He didn't like the dark, things happened to dragons in the dark. " I say we just get outta ere before the cops show. Jed, what are your thoughts?"

There was no answer.

Steve, Linus and George looked to where Jed had stood and found themselves instinctively inching closer to each other.

"Damn, I have a bad feelin' guys." Steve's voice was slightly shakey.

Blue eyes pierced the darkness from his safe spot in the comforting embrace of the shadows. Leo muffled the nose and mouth of Jed. The man struggled and tried his hardest to free himself from the ninja- it wasn't working. If only his teammates had noticed his disappearance earlier.

The leader in blue watched silently as the man breathlessly squirmed in his arms. He waited patiently as the man's eyes finally rolled back in his head. Jed slumped down in Leo's arms.

That wasn't fast enough. He's still alive- low lives like him make it hard not to murder almost instantly. But who am I to play God and decide whose life is to be taken? Even if they carelessly took this woman's life.

Leo dropped the unconscious Jed in front of his thug-buddies and dropped down, keeping himself hidden.

Steve screamed and fell back. Both Linus and George swore at him so he shut his mouth-

The sound of katanas rang in the air and before Steve or anyone could express surprise, George was gone, his weapon clattering to the ground. Linus pointed his pistol in the direction instantly.

"Who's there!?" His eyes were wide.

Two down, two to go.

If they didn't make a run for it now it would be the end of the line.

"You will pay for your crime-" Leo's voice cut through his obscurity, in his throat there was a slight growl resonating. Linus jumped slightly before grabbing Steve by the back of his collar.

"Move your ass!" They both tried to make a sudden escape, but Leo wouldn't have it. His foot connected with the gut of Steve,sending the man into the nearest brick wall. Steve yelled out out as he collapsed, sliding down. His eyes flickered and soon his vision was swimming- all he could see was the silhouette of a beast, a horrifying beast.

"Don't-" he begged, " I give..." The dragon groaned and his head drooped forward. Steve's world went black.

Linus breathed out, holding his pistol to the back of the figure, he was trembling- he had a wife and kids. They've heard enough stories about these green monsters to know his chances were slim. His gaze moved over at Steve- He couldn't fail his fellow dragons, his finger moved over the trigger and he shot.

Time slowed and Leo stepped out of the way, the bullet hit the wall beside him the brick crumbled and the sword sang in the air. There was clink as the barrel of the gun was sliced in half cluttering to the ground.

Linus blinked, he couldn't believe how fast the thing had moved. In barely a second his only defense was stripped away from him.

"What are you?"

"Your worst nightmare."

Corny one liner, I thought I outgrew this? Guess not.

Leo considered himself a patient and controlled soul- but when he witnessed something as horrifying as men discussing what to do over someone's body, he nearly lost grip over himself. He stepped out the darkness, his hands were clasped around the shirt of a struggling George. The poor sap had come to just as his last buddy, Linus, was knocked out with the hilt of a blade. Leo shoved George down and held his katana by the man's neck.

" I will see to it, that you and your unconscious 'friends' here spend a long time in jail."

George lifted his chin and then spit at Leo's feet. " You freaks think you're all that."

Leo's eyes flashed with anger, he felt tempted to slit this man's throat. Raph was wrong about him, just because he never killed anyone didn't mean he never wanted to disembowel every overconfident criminal he came in contact with. It was only because he chose to take the less traveled road that he had less blood on his hands.

But bloody they still were- it was a constant in his mind- in his soul.

"Scum."

With a well placed pressure point, and his last word said, he watched the man's eyes roll to the back of his head and thud down. Leo sheathed his blade and took a calming breath.

I hate this, dealing - with death and all the ugly that humanity throws into the world. How could the same people who believe in love also be forces of destruction and corruption?

Leonardo turned to the corpse of the woman, he slowly bent down and bowed his head in respect to her death. She probably never expected to die tonight.

The heel shot out, aiming to plunge itself deep into his skull. Leo choked in surprise as his reflexes kicked in, he was grateful for said reflexes otherwise he would have had the woman's shoe ebbed into his eye, The blue banded ninja jerked to the woman on the ground, he gaped as he stared into stormy grey eyes. She breathed heavily then snarled, this time launching her fist towards him. He shifted out of the way and twisted her ankle, flipping her over. She cried out, cursing and spluttering. Leonardo was completely flabbergasted as he gawked at the presumed dead woman. In fact- she looked 100 percent to him.

"Let me go ya freak of nature, I swear I'll kill ya and ya buddies!" Her voice came out in a sudden sharp tone, it was filled with hate and huffs. The woman braced herself against the asphalt, her palms digging into the dirty gravel, she tried to squirm out his tight grip.

" Deformed piece of garbage! My boys shoulda-!"

Leo regained his senses and pressed her knee to the ground, keeping her trapped against the ground on her stomach.

"ACK!"

He needed answers, if she escaped he wouldn't get them.

Raellyn Jackson panted as she gritted her teeth, the plan had failed. Her boys screwed up, they were supposed to be a distraction, not bloody get themselves wiped out by an over-sized freak! Hun will have her head. To make her night even worse the target, the mutant- had her pinned to ground. It was obvious by now that this had been all a set up, through the miracles of fake blood she had created her horrific scene.

"Tell me-" Leo asked darkly, "-why aren't you dead?"

"I ain't no expert in science but isn't it cause m'heart is still beatin?" Rae replied with snark.

He didn't appreciate her tone, they deceived him. Falsifying death is spineless and cowardly, something as precious as life should be cherished, not taken lightly. It was clear to him, that this woman before him was a purple dragon, and since she referred to these thugs as 'hers' he could only assume she wasn't just a petty criminal- this whole set up was too planned out for just any ordinary Dragon. It didn't work, but there was somewhat brains behind it.

Rae stared at the ground, this was just a little embarrassing , her training and preparation just proved that she wasn't ready to rise up to challenge of the thorns in Hun's side. With a growl and a huff she shut her mouth, refusing to answer anymore questions. She'd let him win, this time- jail would only hold her for a small while.

Leo sighed as he climbed up the fire escape, the sirens rang in the background. He had tied up the woman and set her right next to her men. Her pride made it impossible for him to extract any more information from her. He didn't bother to learn her name, or why she tried to " capture" him. It seemed like she had independently set it up. As if she had something to prove- he knew it made her sour and that was why he got the sudden colder shoulder. Leonardo checked his phone and swore silently, a rare occasion, but every second he spent dealing with the criminals had made his little side trip for a Christmas present extend past the planned time. His brothers were going to flip their shells. It was out of character behavior for him.

To be honest- I haven't felt right in awhile...why?

A/N: Oh my shell, this chapter was diffcult, it was so necessary but I rewrote it like three times. Then life was slightly busy. But- all I can say is thank you for the favourites and reviews and follows. It makes me happy that you enjoy this story. In future I will try my best to update more. I have four turtles to get through.

DaLadyofSouls thank you, I try to study my turtle psyche.

Finally, I do not own the turtles or Hun,

But Linus, Steve, George, Jed and Rae is mine- and a friend's.