I'm really sorry that the epilogue is so late, but school has been such a killer lately. (Eck, I had to write a horribly long English speech!) But anywho, here it is at last.

Disclaimer: I don't own the ninja turtles, but I do own Bliss, Jack, and Mitch!

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Epilogue

The police arrived five minutes after Leo and Raph left the alleyway. They were puzzled to see such an odd scene. Mitch was merely knocked out with his wrists and legs tied. His pistol was lying a few feet in front of Bliss who was bruised and battered with severe head wounds. A small sleeping form of Jack cuddled against Bliss's side.

After seeing to Bliss's departure in an ambulance, one of the officers shook his head befuddled. "Someone did our job again. The vigilante will get killed one of these days…"

The city of New York sent Mitch to prison for crimes that included: vandalism, assault, theft, attempted premeditated murder, and so on. As one officer put it, "he'll be there for quite some time…" The officers were practically giddy that they could put one of the purple dragon gang members behind bars…

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(A few weeks later)

A page of a man's newspaper escaped from his grasp. It fluttered gently down until a gust of wind swept it off along with a few leaves and the man's hat.

"Oh, fiddlesticks!" The man exclaimed. His eyes trailed his hat's path, although he did not seem that upset for that hat was one he received for his birthday, and he did rather detest it. The page of the newspaper however was far gone by then, and the man had looked forward to reading the article in the Human Interest Column by the new writer.

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The four ninja brothers were out on a training run when Mikey's yelp stopped them all in their tracks.

"Get it off of me!" He screamed. "Oh shell, help!" Mikey flung a newspaper page out of his face. "Wow," he said grinning sheepishly, "Woops."

Leo rolled his eyes while Raphael sniggered. Raph reached out and snatched the page before it could blow away even further. There was something on it that caught his eye. He scanned the page and a secretive smile fitted his beak. There it was…her newest article, My Way Back out of the Alley by Bliss Stanzas.

How does one begin to enter the society that shunned you for so long?...How can you be sure you will be safe from all of your past?... Who could possibly care about you now?...Can you finally escape from the alleyway and begin a better life?...Life will not be instantly perfect and easy, but you can get your life back. In my case, all I needed was a little help from a perfect angel…

Raph grinned sheepishly. A perfect angel? Perfect angel? He found that quite amusing. As far as he could tell, he was no perfect angel, not even an angel.

"Hey Raph, what are you so interested in?" Don asked.

"Nothing," Raph replied quickly.

Mikey grabbed the newspaper out of Raph's grasp. "Oh, I think I know what this is about, Raphie."

Mike turned to Don. "It's the chick who Leo and Raph were fighting about! She must've been really hot!"

Don grabbed the article from Mikey.

Raph grinned in spite of himself. Darn that Mikey charm!"You know shell for brains, you're right 'bout that one. She's a total babe."

"Raph, she wouldn't be talking about you here when she mentions an angel? Now would she?" Don teasingly asked.

"Technically, it's writin'," Raph said, looking away.

Don read to his brothers, "I do not know what I would have done with out this mysterious being. He was a faint whisper, the wind in my hair, a soft touch on my cheek, a provider, a silent bystander, a shadow, a protector, and forevermore a hero. I do not know who he is only that I will forever be in his debt."

Raph glanced away sheepishly. She didn't owe him anything. She saved him as much as he saved her. They were both in each other's debt for some reason or another.

Raph stared into an alley below he and his brothers, and he imagined that it was hers. "I'll still look after ya'," he whispered and with a concluding nod said, "…'till I see ya' again."

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I hope you enjoyed it now that it's finally finished! I enjoy reviews! ...Please kind sirs and sweet madams, a review for the birthday girl (that's me!)?