Chapter 4: Rescue Time

They had a van, they had a plan, they had a mission: Save Lucky at all costs. Leo felt bad that Lucky missed out on being able to ask to be leader, but he was going to prove he was the best leader ever by busting her out of that prison along with her friend and her friend's father. Raph ignored his ever order so far and Mikey was being… well, Mikey, but Donnie at least helped with making the van drive on its own, and made them hand claws that could let them climb up the walls were Lucky and the other people were being held captive.

They finally made it inside when they got caught by- ALIEN ROBOTS?!

"Alien Robots, now where did I hear that before?" Mikey said angrily.

"Mikey-"

"Oh yeah, I've been saying that FOR THE LAST HOUR!"

In the cell she and April where in, Lucky stood up. April looked at her curiously.

"What is it Lucky?"

"I thought I heard Mikey."

"I didn't hear anything but the vents."

"I wasn't meditating for nothing, April. I think my brothers are here!" April just stared.

"How are you so sure?" Lucky gave her question some thought.

"I guess it's a family bond or something. Hey, you hear that? It sounds like-"

"Lasers!"

"Not just lasers, there's..."

"Booyakasha!"

"Careful, Mikey!"

"Watch out, Leo!"

"My brothers! They found us! I told you they would!"

Suddenly Donnie's face was looking into the cell.

"LUCKY! And you must be the O'Neils. Nice to, um… Nice to meet you officially. I'm Donatello, by the way, and I'll have you three out of there in no time."

"So you must be the techy brother Lucky is always complaining about." April said with a sly smile towards Lucky. Lucky rolled her eyes.

"She wouldn't have to complain if she did her homework." Donnie muttered as he hooked up his lock decoder. Suddenly Lucky gasped.

"Six o'clock, D!" Donnie flipped his bo staff from the ground into a Kraangs robotic face in a swift movement. "Great hit. Now get us out of here?"

"A please would be nice, but this is you Lucky, so I'm on it." Lucky shook her head to Donnie's comment, but April was both curious and confused.

"What do you mean? Lucky's one of the nicest people I know!"

"Yes, I never said… I only mean she… well, I, um…" Lucky tried her hardest not to laugh. She never saw Donnie so flustered while talking. But he obviously had a crush on April and was nervous talking to her.

"What he means is that I'm nice to other people and our Sensei, but since he is my brother, I'm not as nice to him or the other three. It's a complicated brothers/sister thing." Donnie nodded, glancing gratefully at Lucky. April seemed to understand, or at least acted like it.

"I guess that makes sense. Can you hurry this up please?"

"I'm going as fast as I can. I promise you'll be out in a jiffy." Suddenly the other door opened.

"Wrong door Donnie."

"That… wasn't me." Suddenly a Kraang appeared.

"The humans known as April O'Neil, Kirby O'Neil, and Lucky will follow Kraang to what is known as a helicopter."

"The Kraang known as Kraang will meet the fury known as my Tanto." With a quick slice, the robotic head fell off the body and landed on the ground. "And the name is Lucky Hamato!" She shouted with a kick at the head.

"Um, are you sure that was a good idea Lucky?" April asked with skepticism.

"Sure I'm sure. I just need to hold off these Kraang bots until Donnie opens up the other door. Which will happen…?"

"We may have a problem. There's a code I've never even seen before, let alone hack. Can the door be opened from inside at all?"

"Already tried, and do you really think we'd still be in here if it could be?"

"Good point. Hey! Behind you!" Too little too late, Donnie watched his little sister get blasted in the back. April screamed. A Kraang started dragging her out of the cell and gestured for the O'Neil's to follow.

"Lucky!" Raph threw Donnie's equipment to the ground and stabbed the lock. The door opened and the brothers could just make out Lucky being dragged behind the O'Neil's by a Kraang as a whole army of Kraang attacked them.

Next thing Lucky knew, she was tied up by April's feet in a helicopter. April was shouting and kicking her in the ribs in her fight to get out. Lucky wanted to shout at her to stop, but April was also kicking her Tanto loose.

"Don't worry!" Yelled a familiar voice. "I'll save you! Hey, watch it! Like this was easy before!" DONNIE!

Very carefully, Lucky cut the ropes holding her with her Tanto. Then she hurried to cut April free. Suddenly the helicopter turned sideways to shake off Donatello. April and Lucky, no longer tied up, tumbled out of the helicopter, April into Donnie's arms, Lucky grabbing on by the shell.

"Nice catch bro!"

"How many times do I have to ask for you to stop talking like Mikey!?"

"Seriously?! You choose now to lecture me about how I talk!? WE ARE FALLING GENIUS!"

"HOLD ON!" Donnie shouted. Holding both April and Lucky close to his chest, he rolled on the roof and landed on the ground, all three of them unharmed.

"Dad…" April looked at the helicopter speeding away.

"April, I'm sor-"

"Over here, Stinkweed!" Lucky looked to see Mikey, Leo, and Raph making fun of what looked like a giant weed.

"Just great. It's one problem after another! What are you looking at Donnie?"

"Those power lines. See where the guys are standing. They're either up to something stupid or… something brilliant!"

"Like wha- oh I see. Shellshocked." April looked at them as they started laughing.

"What do you mean 'shellshocked'?" She asked.

"I use the word loosely, but it basically means he's going to lose. In this case, actual ShellShock."

"What is it?" April asked again, her heartbeat almost audible.

"A mutant," Donnie explained. "His name was Snake, but some mutagen spilt on him when we were causing a distraction to get in." Lucky sighed, and knowing what that sigh meant, Donnie waited for her question.

"And what does Mikey call him?"

"Snakeweed." Lucky fake coughed her opinion of Mikey's new name for Snake in her hand.

"Lame! Cough cough. Lamest name ever! Cough." Suddenly April saw what Lucky meant by Shellshocked as Snakeweed plunged into the power box and electrocuted himself.

"YOU JUST GOT SHELLSHOCKED, TURTLE-STYLE!" Lucky shouted. The three turtles below looked up at her in shock and jumped up to join them.

"Lucky!"

"We got our sister back! Who the Ninja?!"

"Took you long enough, Donnie. Thought we'd never get you back Luck!"

April looked at Lucky, then where the helicopter disappeared, and finally started to inch away.

"Ok, time for formal introductions," Lucky said happily. "You already met Donatello, the smarty malarkey one, this is Leonardo, the 'fearless leader'." The two girls laughed. They both knew how Lucky like to lead. Leo looked at his brothers, all three of which were pretending to be busy talking. "This is Michelangelo, one of a kind." Mikey smiled and laughed. "And of course, the unforgettable Raphael." Raph waved at her, even gave a small smile for Lucky. This was her best friend.

"So these are your famous brothers." April said, genuinely sincere.

"Yeah. I'm so glad you finally got to meet them!"

"Thank you. All of you. I don't know where those aliens took my dad, but somehow, I'll find out."

"And we'll help." Donnie said.

"We will?" Raph said, causing Lucky to elbow him in the chest.

"Is there anything else you need?" Donnie asked.

"I just need to get to my aunt's apartment on thirty-second street. I'll just tell her my dad was kidnapped. Thank you though."

"What about the police?" Leo asked.

"Funny thing. When you tell people you were kidnapped by robotic aliens, they don't tend to believe you." Lucky and April said at the same time.

"I promise April," Donnie said. "We'll get your dad back."

"I'll walk you back to your aunt's." Lucky offered. April shook her head. But when April looked out her window, there stood Lucky and her brothers.

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm sorry I didn't save your father. We will help you find him."

"I don't even understand why they kidnapped us."

"It was probably a freak thing. See you in school?"

"See you in school, Lucky-Ninja." The two girls laughed at the silly new nickname. Mikey decided human girls laughed a lot.

"April?" Donnie said shyly. "We will find your father. I promise." April smiled at him and waved at the five Ninjas as the disappeared into the night.