hi guys! :) i'm soooo soooo soooo sorry i haven't published anything in such a long time. i just got back from camp a week a go and i've been taking some time to be with my friends and family after not seeing them for seven weeks. so that has to be understandable right? anywhoo, i hope you like this chapter, it's kinda long, but hopefully that makes it better. also i would like to say i don't own TMNT and i don't own anything that the Shredder says. i only own the plot, Bianca, and, everything else not from the series. other than that, i hope you enjoy chapter 3! and PLEASE REVIEW!

Chapter 3

After fleeing for her life, Bianca didn't really care where she went now; she just wanted to get out of there. She was now on the school's soccer field and with every step she took, the more tears came streaming down her face. Next to the field was where the outdoor lunch areas were located. She looked over quickly and saw her friends sitting at their usual table closest to the school gates and they were just talking and laughing; having a good time. Bianca wished she went with them instead of looking for her backpack. She then mouthed the words 'Sorry' to them. Then she turned forward and continued running. One of her friends though, Ariel, without her realizing saw her running across the field but didn't say anything; because she already knew why she was running away and thought it would be best to just leave her be and let her overcome her fears on her own.

The Foot Ninjas who were at top waiting for Bianca to make a move saw her as she was running across the field.

"Let's move out." The head of the trio said. The two other group members nodded and they started to follow her while still on top of the roofs. The headman looked at his communicator and pressed the silver button yet again.

"What is it?" The cruel, raspy voice said on the video watch.

"Master, the girl is on the move. We are following her as we speak. Shall we attack now?"

"Not yet, we must wait a bit more, until the sun has set. I cannot take any risk of us getting spotted. But in the meantime, just keep a close watch on her. Got it?"

"Yes, Master, we shall wait until the sun has set and when it has, we will await for you and the rest of the men." The screen turned off and the Foot Ninja trio continued to race across the rooftops.

Bianca. She was running out of terror and humiliation. She was now clear from the school grounds and was headed down town. She didn't care where she was going; she just had to get out of there. While looking for a place to stop and take a breather, she realizes that she's been here before. It was vague; but she remembers her parents taking her there when she and James were still pretty young. She crossed the street cautiously and stood in front of one of her favorite places, Central Park.

It was one of her favorite places. Once she stepped in the park, hundreds of memories started to flood back to her. She remembered her brother and her used to play soccer here all the time. While wondering around, she came up to yet another familiar place, the Alice in Wonderland statue. She remembered James and her would have tons of races to see who could climb the statue the fastest. James would usually always win, but that didn't bother Bianca because she would always love the view from up there. Without realizing it, she was starting the climb up the statue, just as she used to all those years back.

When she finally reached the top, she looked out on the rest of the park. It was almost breathtaking. She then felt a tear trickle down her face. She touched her cheek where the tear used to be. She then wiped her face and tried to get a hold of herself. She doesn't know how long she stood up there before, but before she realized, the sun was setting. She looked at her watch and saw that it was already 7:20. It was getting late and Bianca was thinking about how worried her mom was going to be when she's not home. She started to climb down the statue carefully since it was kind of slippery and then jumped down towards the bottom. She stuck her landing and then started to jog her way back home, with the Foot Ninjas not far from her tail.

Bianca went jogging down some pretty quiet streets for about ten minutes. She thought she knew where she was going, until she turned a corner. What she saw in front of her was a place that she hasn't been to in New York before. But by the looks of it, it was one of the more abandoned and probably more dangerous parts of town. She started to walk the sidewalk cautiously until she stopped at a nearby alley. She paused because she started to remember something, a far-off memory.

It was when she was really young and her brother James was around before he went off to college. Bianca was around six, while James was around sixteen. They were just coming back from the movie theatres and they were now headed back home. Since it was getting late and almost to curfew, James wanted to get home nice and quick.

"Where are we going?" little Bianca asked her older brother.

"Don't worry," James said trying to assure his sister. "We're just taking a shortcut back home; just stay close to me and walk fast." He said picking up his pace and lightly shoving Bianca closer to his side.

The memory ended there because she then realized that she was taking the exact same path as she did all those years ago. Now getting a bit nervous, she quickened her pace a bit and kept her eyes forward. While she was walking, she felt someone watching her. She halted and scanned the area. She didn't see anybody.

Okay, no need to get paranoid now, Bi. Bianca thought to herself. It's probably just the wind; yea, that's got to be it. The sooner I get home, the better. She took a deep breath, and continued to walk, but with more of a purpose this time. But she felt it again; and this time it was followed by a noise. She then realized that she the same sort of presence from when she was entering school. She spun around quickly a bit more freaked out this time. But again, she saw nothing. There was no one on the streets; all there was were some left over newspapers being caught in the wind. Her heart was now racing, fueled by her fear. She started to back up a bit, and then turned around and ran as fast as she could. While running, she noticed something from the shadows on the ground. It was coming from the roofs. That's when she saw it. She saw a man running across the rooftops following her. While watching him, she saw more shadow figures catching up to him and now racing along side him.

Oh great, he brought friends. Bianca thought. She knew she had to find a way to get them off her trail. I don't know what they want from me, but all I know is that they're not going to get it. With that in her head, she kept running. She then tried to remember that moment from all those years ago with her brother when they were here. She needed some sort of edge. The flashback from before continued from where she left off. They were running now, little Bianca having a hard time keeping up with her brother. They were being chased by a gang called the Purple Dragons; they were nothing but a no good gang that terrorized the city. They chased them for what seemed like forever. While running, her brother James saw an opening on their left and took it, dragging along his baby sister. After turning another corner in the alleyway, they were unfortunately met with a dead end for their efforts. Before they had any time to make a getaway, the Purple Dragons stood at their only exit. Instead of scared, James was angry and annoyed with always having to put up with these punks. He got into a fighting stance.

"What are you thinking?" A worried Bianca said to her brother pulling at his arm. "You can't go up against those guys, you'll get hurt. I won't let you!"

"I have to." James said to her. "I'm tired of always having to run away. Sometimes, no matter how the odds look, you should stand up for what you believe in. And I believe that it's time to put an end to these punks."

Bianca snapped out of her flashback to realize that she was about to run into a pole. She quickly sidestepped, just missing it by an inch and continued to run, no sprint. She then light up and smirked. She had a plan. She kept running down the road now off the sidewalk. On her left came an alleyway, the same alleyway from years ago. She smirked even more and ran towards it. She ran into the alleyway. She looked up just in time to see her three stalkers jumping from the rooftop across the street to the one onto her side of the road. She gasped at how amazing they were but still kept on running. She then made another turn and finally made it to the dead end.

It was just as she remembered it. It wasn't anything special. It was just a regular old alley with dumpsters on each side of the wall, a couple of trashcans here and there, there was a there was a metal lid on the ground that led to the sewers, and the occasional rat ran by. She stopped at the wall and leaned against it with her hand. She was taking a short breather before her new 'friends' caught up to her. Again she got that strange, spine-tingling feeling again when she knew someone was close. She spun around and was now staring at three, fully armed ninjas. At first, she thought she was just hallucinating because she was still so tired from running all that way to get here; but to her surprise, they were still there after rubbing her eyes in disbelief.

There's something you don't see everyday. Bianca commented in her head.

"Who, or what are you guys supposed to be? It's not Halloween." Bianca spat at the weirdly dressed men.

"Quiet." The man in front who was supposedly the leader ordered. "Come with us quietly, or we'll have to use drastic measures." He ordered. Bianca just stared at him. Is this guy for real? Bianca thought.

"Look," Bianca said. "I don't have time for your stupid games, so if you would just-"

"This isn't a game, you got that girlie. Now, last chance, come with us conscious, or you can come with us, unconscious." The head-honcho threatened. Bianca didn't say a word; she stood in a fighting stance and didn't flinch. "Fine, have it your way." He pointed his hand forward and his two followers got read to charge. "Go! And make it quick!" He yelled. The two lackeys charged at the girl with great speed. One scaled the walls so that he could get behind Bianca while the other one stayed in front of her. Bianca smirked and signaled them to give it their all. The one in front decided to start it off with a back handed left swing. Bianca being quite a good gymnast does a leap in the air, dodging the punch, and gives the guy a nice kick in the chest, which causes him to land on his butt. Next came the other lackey who threw a right hook Bianca's way. She easily dodged the strike and roundhouse kicked the guy in the stomach and flips to put some space between the two. Lackey #1 starts to recover and starts to sneak up to Bianca from behind him trying to have the element of surprise. Of course Bianca expected nothing less and backhand punches the guy in the face. She jabs him in the stomach with her elbow. He then bends over in pain. Taking advantage of his state, Bianca grabs the collar of his shirt and flips him over, finishing him off. Still not forgetting about the second guy, she turns around; left kicks him in the chest. The kick was so hard it sends him flying into the wall and the impact causes him to be knocked out as well. She takes a small breath and faces the trio leader.

"Looks like it's just you and me now." Bianca said smirking. The trio leader was fuming a bit about how his comrades got defeated so easily, and by a silly, little brat like her. He then smirks evilly and pulls out a pretty big pocketknife. This guy's not kidding around. Bianca thought. Still a bit nervous, she got into her fighting stance and showed no fear. She didn't even have to tell the guy to come and get her; he just went right to it. He tried to stab her in the chest but Bianca quickly responded by ducking. He tried taking advantage of the fact that she was down to slice right through her back but she jumped back and stood right back up again. But on the way up, she was sliced a bit by the ninja's pocketknife. She moaned in pain as she saw the bottom half of her arm was now bleeding, the blood slowly slipping down her arm. No wonder why this guy's the leader, he's a far superior fighter compared to his lackeys. Bianca took note in her mind. And it was true; this guy was much stronger, crazier, and more skilled than the two ninjas she took on before.

He tried slicing at her again but Bianca quickly blocked the blow with both her hands. He tried punching her out but she also caught that hand with her free hand. She then saw an opening and kneed the man in the stomach. She then moved his arms down to the right side of his body and started to knee the arm that was holding the knife until on the third blow, the arm gave in and released the knife. Since Bianca's attention was drawn towards her kneeing the hand with the knife, she didn't notice her grip on the man's other hand loosening. With that, he got back his hand and quickly punched Bianca in the face causing her to do a 360 and to stumble back a couple of feet. She froze in place.

After recovering from the blow, she touched the side of her mouth and wiped off the blood that was starting to trickle down her chin. You could then see the fury in her eyes start to get even more fired up than before. She then made a run at him to try to do a quick jab but he easily blocked it and then punched her in the stomach and when he tried punching her in the face once more, she grabbed his fist, gave him the devils look, and then slammed her fist into his face as hard as she could. He stumbled back but got control quicker than Bianca did when she was punched in the face. Bianca not messing around anymore kicked the guy on his left side, and then switched to his right side, and back to his left side again. To attempt to finish him off, she high kicks the guy in the face causing him to fall to the ground. He touches the wound that was now developing on his forehead. He chuckled a bit sort of impressed but then threw a right jab at her. Bianca having enough blocked it, kicked him in the chest, and finally, ending it with a spin-kick to the face. He hit the wall with a thud and slowly slid down going into a slow and painful unconsciousness.

Once the fight was over, it began to drizzle a bit. Bianca then walks over and stands over the man she just knocked out. She kicks his leg to make sure he was out before she could finally relax a bit and take a breather. She then felt the pain of her arm rush all over her body once again. She looked down and it looked like it was bleeding even more than before. She looked down and got an idea. She bent down and took a piece of cloth that was around the man's stomach she just knocked out. She untied it from his waist and then carefully wrapped it around her arm and pressed on it to help slow the bleeding down. She didn't have time to clean it up because after that, she could hear and sense the presence of others coming her way. She had to figure out a way out of there. She looked around to see if there was any way to lose the new comers. She then looked up and saw a fire escape route. She pulled down the ladder and climbed up just in time before the new comers entered the alleyway. They were dressed the same as the men Bianca fought before except this time there was more of them. She quickly but quietly made her way up the fire escape but she was close enough so she could hear the conversation going on between the men but still slowly making her way up the stairwell.

"She couldn't have gotten too far. Fan out and make sure to find her and if you do, don't kill her, the master clearly said to keep her alive." One of the men said to the rest of the group. While they were talking and Bianca wasn't paying attention to where she was going, she hit her head upon a bar that was in front of her and she groaned in pain. Apparently she was louder than she thought she was and the men down in the alleyway heard her and located her on the fire escape.

"After her!" Another voice from the crowd of ninjas said and they all started to chase our young friend up the ladder at great speed. This caused Bianca to frantically start running up the slippery stairs since it was started to rain down harder. When she finally made it up to the rooftop, she was yet again greeted with more ninja. She froze in place trying to turn around when she saw that the ninja following her from below had caught up to her and were now on the roof, joining the rest of their comrades. They then formed a tight circle around Bianca. She then cautiously got into a fighting position once again, bracing for whatever was about to come her way. For a small beat, nothing happened, they just stared at her, until a few of the ninjas started to step to the side making a slight opening for someone else to join the circle. Bianca faced the opening to only be greeted with a mystery man. His armor was big, bulky, and shining. The armor consists of a chest plate, blade-covered metal plaques on his shoulders, forearms, hands, and shins. He also wore a helmet that covered his face that had three spikes on top. Compared to the rest of the men, he was bigger, and looked like he was much stronger than them too. She took it that this guy was the head of the operations. She was a bit nervous, but soon her fear was taken over by anger and frustration. So she glared at her new opponent and stood in a fighting stance.

"What do you want from me?" Bianca asked the man behind the steel mask a bit afraid, even though you couldn't tell by her voice; but her eyes showed it all.

"I want you." A voice said from behind the mask. It was a raspy voice that bellowed throughout the night. "You're impressive, very impressive." He continued. "My agents said you were good, but their description doesn't do you justice." He lifts up his helmet to reveal his face. He had a long, rectangular face with dark hair pilled back into a small ponytail. He had a wise and serious face on that looked like it could never be broken and that it has seen much through it's life. "I am Oroku Saki, eighth generation master of Ninjutsu." Even with the helmet off, his voice still bellowed even with the rain pouring form up above. "You are quite young, yes?"

"Almost sixteen, although it's hard to believe." Bianca commented, her fear of the man now lessened as the conversation went on. Though his eyes were hard and cold, which still sent shivers down her spine.

"It's much easier to believe than you can imagine. I have seen enough in this world to expect the extraordinary. And you are extraordinary. But I am not here to flatter you. We have important matters to discuss. I feel it was urgent that we meet. There are things you need to know." He said in his raspy voice.

"There are most definitely things I need to know! Like, why these ninjas, your ninjas, have been following me around all day, maybe even longer. Almost killing me down in that alley!" she said pointing her thumb behind her from which she came from.

"Which is exactly why we need to talk. We have been fighting each other, when we should actually be on the same side; fighting against true enemy."

"I think I have the bruises, and now scars to show to prove that you are the true enemy here!" Bianca said holding up her bandaged arm.

"Mmm, I see." The man known as Oroku Saki said after frowning at Bianca and narrowing his eyes. "To you, nothing is clear now. You've been accidentally caught up in a battle that is so much bigger than yourself."

"Yea, accidentally isn't the right word. How 'bout dragged in against your free will!" Bianca spat back at the man. "I didn't want any part of this. This morning I was just an average teenager going to school, but then all of a sudden you show up and screw everything up! Why couldn't you pick out somebody else, why me?" Bianca screamed angrily. "I may not know what's going on, but I know one thing, I don't want to be apart of it." She said getting ready to storm off, only to be met by the faces, well, masks of the ninjas.

"You insolent, little, brat! Join me, or face the dire consequences of messing with The Shredder!" Oroku Saki yelled. Bianca turned around, now her fear was starting to rise back up a bit. But to her surprise, her anger was rising much higher and quicker than her fear and it then overcame her.

"Over my dead body." Bianca sneered back.

"That can be arranged." The Shredder said. "Take a good look at me now, for it'll be the last thing you will ever see!" He said before putting back on his helmet and again all you could see was his beady little eyes, squinting in disgust at Bianca.

The Shredder after saying that goes right ahead and charges at Bianca at the speed at what seemed to be like a cannon ball. Bianca freaked out for a bit before side stepping out of the Shredder's range. The ninjas that were standing were Bianca was frantically moved out of the way so that their master wouldn't slam into them. After making a short stop, the shredder turned his attention back onto Bianca whose eyes seemed like they were staring straight through to Bianca's very soul. Bianca trying to look braver than she felt went running towards him, not sure what she was thinking, and tried to roundhouse kick him. When she attempted to do so, the Shredder grabbed her foot, stopping the blow from landing on his stomach. With the Shredder still holding Bianca's foot, she flipped in the air, causing her foot the hit the Shredder's face, almost knocking his helmet off of his head. The Shredder roared out in frustration and again tried going at her. He attempted a Dragon Punch, but was blocked by Bianca. Bianca then tried to Dragon Punch him back; he grabbed her fist and flipped her onto her back. While she was still down on her back, the Shredder was about to smash her face until she rolled out of the way just in time and then used her feet to trip the Shredder from under his legs.

This fight of going back and forth lasted for about three minutes. But, the further and further the fighting continued, the weaker and more exhausted Bianca got, which was a different story for the Shredder. When the Shredder was a good ten feet from Bianca, the Shredder charged at her once again with his left hand that had two metal spikes on them, ready to tear her limb from limb. Unfortunately for Bianca, she wasn't quick enough to get out of the way and his claw sliced her on her left side. She screamed out in pain as she hurtled to the ground. She was now in agony, bleeding uncontrollably. She didn't even have to look at how bad it was, she knew it was that bad. She tried to put her hand on it, to keep pressure on it, but it stung so much that she could barely do it. But she resisted the pain as much as she could and kept her hand on it. The two gashes on her side were at least two inches deep by Bianca's count. The smell of fresh blood was now stinging her nose. Her eyesight was now slowly starting to get fuzzy and her hearing was starting to go as well. But, she could clearly hear the evil laughter that was coming from no one other than the Shredder and she could clearly see him slowly approaching her with her blood dripping down his left, metallic hand. He slowly started to lift his left hand up again, to strike her once more.

"It ends, here and now for you." The Shredder hissed.

It's all over, my life, as I know it will now only be a far off memory. Well, at least I went out fighting. Bianca said in her mind, knowing she wasn't going to get any chances of speaking again. Bianca closed her eyes, as The Shredder was just about to end Bianca's life, as she knew it. All that was heard was a loud clang.

What? I'm still alive? Bianca thought when nothing has happened to her yet. But, why? She asked herself. She didn't want to open her eyes, because she was afraid of what she was about to see, but curiosity got to the better of her. When she opened her eyes, she couldn't believe her eyes. What she saw was two twin katana swords out of nowhere, and tangled in between the twin katana were the Shredder's sharp daggers that were secured to his hand. I think he was just as shocked as Bianca was.

She looked at the twin katana, from there; she went farther up them and saw the shadowy figure of what were supposedly hands. They were big and muscular. And from the hands she saw the person's arms, like the hands, they were big and toned with muscles. She couldn't see who the person was or what they were wearing, but she guessed a tank top. But from the arms, se saw a broad and muscular chest (she now figuring our it was a man that saved her) that led to a pretty big head. She tried to see if she could point out anything on the face, but all she saw were the person's eyes. She hadn't ever seen eyes as beautiful as the ones she was staring at now. They were a forest green color and they shining from the moonlight. They were big eyes that looked brave and honorable. From just looking at the man's eyes, she knew she could trust him. Now after zoning out, she remembered what was happening.

"I-I'm presuming you're one of the good guys?" Bianca stuttered to ask. All the mystery man did was nod in agreement. "Okay then, let me give you a hand, or how about a foot!" She said and she then gathered all of her strength to sit up and kick the Shredder in the gut as hard as she could. Surprisingly, she kicked him a lot harder than she thought she did. That one kick sent him out of the twin katana's grasp and from there; it sent him flying into the ninjas that were helplessly behind him. She rolled to the right to get out from under the twin katana.

As soon as Bianca got her breath, all the pain started to take over her body once again and she collapsed onto her knees, bending over in pure agony. She was clenching her side again; it seemed from just moving that even more blood started to pour out. The stench was killing her while the pain was driving her insane. She groaned in pain and that's when her savior knelt down by her side and got his arms to go under Bianca's delicate body so he could pick her up and carry her to a better and safer spot. He found a corner where the ninjas weren't at and leaned her up against the ledge. She was biting her lip so that not so many moans would come out of her mouth, but every so often some would slip her mouth accidentally. She still couldn't see the face of her savior yet because he was still hidden by the shadows, and the fact that she was getting dizzier by the second wasn't helping either. Bianca's savior then had an idea.

"Donny, come here, and quick!" Her savior yelled. You could hear the voice of a true leader, and an honorable one at that, in his voice. Another shadow from the distance came over to where Bianca and the mystery savior were.

"What's wrong?" Asked the second mystery shadow he asked with concern. You could tell by his voice that he was very intellectual. She couldn't see much, but she could see that he had the same structure as her savior, but instead of two swords strapped to his back, he had a long stick, which she guessed was a Bo staff and he also had a small duffle bag on his back.

Are these guys, ninjas too? Bianca asked herself.

"She really got a good beating from the Shredder, and she's bleeding out of control. Do you think there's anything you can do to stop or at least slow down the blood?" Her savior said to his friend.

"I'll do the best I can, but while I'm working on this, go help out Raph and Mikey, they could sure use your help right around now." The man known as Donny said. Her savior looked back at the fighting, there were two more shadows built just like the two men in front of Bianca fighting there hardest against the opposing ninjas.

"Alright." The mystery savior said. He started to get up and before running off towards the brawl he yelled back "Good luck!" to his friend who was now helping the wound on Bianca's side.

That's weird. Bianca thought while the man was operating on Bianca as best as he could with what little materials he had with him in his bag. While he was trying to clean up the dried blood and the specks of dirt in her side, she could feel his hands on her. But the weird thing was, his hands felt weird against her skin. His hands didn't feel like they had skin on them, it felt more like,

Scales? I guess he must be wearing leather gloves; they must be pretty thin though, I can still feel his pulse. But, why do I only feel, three fingers? Bianca thought in her head. She was really confused. She tried to focus her vision, but even when she tried, it was still too hard to make out anything. So she did the only thing that came to her mind. She lifted her right arm that was lying next to her and shoved the man into the light so she could see him better.

"What are you-" was all the person had time to say before she shoved him. What she saw astonished her and it left her completely speechless. What was now in front of her was a giant, green, three-fingered, talking, turtle. He was wearing a purple bandana that covered his eyes; he had a belt and a sash over his hard-shelled chest. He was amazing, and at the same time, a bit weird to look at.

A giant, talking turtle is now fixing up my wound that I got from a crazed killer. Wow, did I hit my head when I fell? Bianca thought.

"That's not a costume, is it?" Bianca said to the turtle.

"Uh, no, it's not. But don't be scared, we're here to help." He said in a sort of nervous tone.

"Scared? Who said anything 'bout—wait, we?" Bianca said realizing that there were more. She then peered over the purple bandana wearing turtle's back and watched closely at who was fighting the Shredder and his army of never ending supply of ninjas. She could at last see them. There were two turtles fighting side by side against the many ninjas that were coming their way. One wore a red bandana over his eyes and was fighting with two Sais, while the other one was wearing a orange bandana over his eyes and was wielding nunchakus. You could tell just by looking at them that they all were very skilled. But that's when Bianca saw her savior. He was fighting off against the Shredder with his two katana. And the bandana that covered his eyes was blue. Out of all the turtles, Bianca could tell that he was the most skilled with his weapons. The way he moved, it was just as if he was dancing, it was beautiful, graceful, and most effective. She got distracted by the pain she was receiving from the turtle named Donny, who was still trying to stop the bleeding. She winced in pain.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you." Donny said with a sweet voice. Bianca smiled and said

"Don't worry about it. I'm fine." Bianca said reassuring him. After a slight pause she continued saying. "Thank you by the way, for saving me and all; to you and your…"

"Brothers. They're my brothers." Donny said knowing what she meant. She smiled at him. Her focus was then drawn back to the blue bandana-wearing turtle, her savior, fighting the Shredder.

"Who's that?" Bianca said lifting her hand and pointing to what she was talking about.

"That's the Shredder, he's been terrorizing us for months now. He's one of the cruelest people you will ever meet."

"No, not him, him." Bianca corrected him. "The one fighting him, the one who saved me."

"Oh, that's my older brother, Leonardo." Donny said. Bianca looked back at her savior now known as Leonardo and smiled.

"Leonardo…" Bianca mumbled her last thought before passing out.