"Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!" Thane's voice was keeping step with his feet as he ran.

"Goose!" Ari chirped as she sped past her lumbering cousin.

Maranda causally ran with her NEST team. "Huh. You know? I've gotta admit, that recovery time is pretty damn impressive."

Carrie, on the other hand was calm about the situation, but the fact she has fought with Maranda for so long and she still pulled shit like this pissed her right the hell off! "This is why we don't take you anywhere!"

"I'm too awesome for you to handle."

"Move your asses!" Megan ordered with more irritation than anything

"Oh yeah..." …Leave it to Maranda to need to be reminded that they are getting chased by guards and 4 large elemental dragons.

"Why do we listen to your dumb ass?" Carrie calmly hollered over the loud claws and crashing behind them of the dragons scurrying on the hard floors, they were actually doing pretty well on the agility department. Maranda, she just looked way too gleeful and proud of herself, she knew exactly what she was doing.

"I know you pull shit like this on purpose." Bailey muttered.

"Chaos crystal is an equivalent of having red hot metal that is coated in acid hold you in place. We can't wait for Vicky and the others, they were suffering." She shrugged casually. She might be an asshole who loved to prank and blow shit up, but she knew what she was doing on the field.

The NEST girls ran up behind the teens. Carrie was doing some multitasking, keeping up while programming the GPS prototype on her wrist. "Alright, let's see how this thing does."

"At 2-hundred feet. Turn left." the choppy GPS announced. That command didn't settle well with the temporary leader of the group, her eyes narrowed.

"I thought we had one more hallway to go."

The GPS insisted it's directions were correct.

The earth pusher just shrugged, and led the way guiding the teens left. They keep running and stopped at the dead end that naturally had to be there. Carrie observed the predicament and looked down at the GPS in exasperation, waiting for further instructions to see if it could really help in getting them out of there.

"Recalculating. Make, a U-turn, turn-left and travel 100 feet." The damn computer corrected.

"Told you." the Hydro warrior sighed.

"You had one job you whore!" Carrie growled at the useless contraption.

Thane calmly reached out, took the GPS from Carrie, and threw it against the wall. It sparked a moment before what was left of it fell to the floor in a shower of useless parts.

"Feel better?" Ty asked his cousin.

"No." Thane flatly replied. "I'm about to be a dragon snack because of their dumbasses."

"Come on, let's circle around before they catch up-" Oh man, waaay too late for that, they turned just in time to see the blue of Leo's eyestripe, and he was quickly closing in with his dragon brothers.

"Ok, or not. Inferna, make an exit please." Megan rolled her eyes. Typical NEST girl luck and now her pyromaniac cousin got to blow more shit up.

"Awww yus!" Maranda grinned, she then started to throw some bombs on one of the walls, they stuck in place ready to make a very big boom.

By that point Leo was dangerously close, his jaws snapping shut mere feet from them. And the only reason he couldn't get to his snack was because his body was wedged in the narrow part of this side corridor.

Ty pulled his sister behind him as Leo's head thrashed, trying to get closer to them. Ty just looked up at those blank eyes. "Dad..."

For a moment, Leo seemed to hear him. The movements stopping and the growls quieting as he brought his head down. Ty and Lavi could clearly see the moisture building in his eyes as he looked at his children.

"Come on Dad. Don't... We want to take you home."

A single tear slipped down the large cheek as Leo let out a quiet rumble. Ty couldn't fight the urge to reach out, the pain and sorrow in those large eyes clearly telling him the turtle within wanted out. His hand had almost made contact with the large snout before Leo's eyes went flat and he suddenly lunged forward, his body pressing through the bottle neck. The sound of bending and tearing metal filling the air around them. Taken off guard by the sudden shift, Ty found himself backpedaling away from those now snapping jaws as Leo's head moved in for the kill. Ty had his sister pressed against the wall behind him, both twins cornered by their own father.

"Now would be good you crazy ass loon!" Thane yelled at Maranda in a strained voice.

"Calm yourself." Maranda rolled her eyes at the panicking Thane as she continued her work. Bailey quickly power blasted Leo with air, using the hallway to make a very powerful wind tunnel, throwing the dragon back down where he came, many, many feet away.

"Alright. That should do it" the Pyro causally threw up a shield to keep everyone safe from the blast that overtook the confined space. As water overwhelmed the boat, Megan went along with it to power blast Leo and his brothers, adding that with the wind blast. It was quite the overkill on them but the Elementals wanted to play it safe.

Megan shielded the youngling turtles and her cousins while Maranda took her time walking up to Thane before casually hooking her arms under Thane's and took off out of the freshly made exit. "In to the flood again! Same old trip it was baaack then!" Maranda was rocking the Alice in chains as she got high up in the sky. "So I made a big mistake!"

Carrie made her way above her hot headed cousin, Dante on her back. "Yes you did! Idiot!" Carrie laid a kick on her back and flew ahead of her.

"Knock it off you two." Megan sighed as she flew to the lead to the group, her powerful wings and godly strength made carrying Lavi and Ty easy while still staying agile and fast a breeze.

"Yeah you guys need to chill" Bailey called to them while firmly keeping Ari on her own back. The girls didn't know why they snatched up the turtle's child/ren of the turtle of their element, they just felt a weird motherly instinct to them for some reason or another. And considering that emotion was so rare to them, like, super rare, they just decided to give in to it, what harm would come from them keeping the younglings safe? Negative harm, that's what.

Raph and Mikey burst out of the ship on both sides of the hole as Leo and Donnie came out of the one Maranda made. They were also not happy dragons. That was evident by they way they started spitting dragon fire at the Elementals.

"Shit!" Thane pulled his legs out of the way of a blast, glaring at Maranda as he did. "Remind me to hit you with a big damn stick when this is all over with!"

Fire struck one of Maranda's wings as she looked at Thane, then snorted, the dragon fire not fazing her in the slightest. "Wouldn't be the first time I had the shit kicked out of me for having sympathy and mercy for some beings, I have come to peace with the fact it wouldn't be the last, have at it. Later, for now? Hold the fuck on." She swung the large hot headed turtle son around to her back, a red aura encircling him to protect him from any other fire blasts.

"I sure as hell ain't going to let go!" Thane assured as Maranda then went into a very, very fast dive, getting mere inches from the water, then zooms along it, quickly climbing again.

Megan continued her flying, trusting that Ty would keep a firm hold around her neck with his arms so she could maneuver and keep Lavi in a protective hold. But still did what she could to make sure Ty had enough leverage. Unfortunately, that did slow her down a little.

Maranda quickly jumped Leo, landing on his back, stomping points in his back near the base of his wings causing the wings to spaz out and for him to lose complete control of them for several moments. The blue trimmed dragon began to descend. She quickly got away from him and hightailed it to Megan. "We need to land, the teens can't help us much from up here, and they are in more danger in the open air."

"I was just trying to find land, we are in the middle of the ocean!" Megan reminded her.

Carrie sucker kicked Mikey right in the side sending him crashing towards the water. "Follow me! And quick!" Probably would have been best to originally let the girl of earth lead them to shore. Anyway, she took off, leading the way.

Maranda continued her flying above Aquarius. "And for the record Ty, we all have lots, and lots and lots of experience in dragon wrangling, never got around to telling you that."

Ty just rolled his eyes at the severely delayed response.

Donnie and Raph began to close in as the other two dragons floundered and caught themselves again.

"Faster!" Ari hollered as the large beasts closed in again. "Must go faster!"

"Jurassic park?" Thane growled incredulously. "Really? Of all the movies you could have picked..."

Ty took one look at the approaching dragons and swung himself up and onto Megan's back, ignoring her questioning expression. "Don't worry about me! Just make sure you hold Lavi!" Without offering any further explanation, he dug his foot a bit in her gear and actually stood up. His eyes now firmly fixed on his uncles. "Man... Uncle Raph...I really hope you don't remember this..." He reached into his pouch and pulled out two curious looking devices, pulled the plug on them and threw them. His aim was true and one hit each dragon in the face and green fumes exploded from the grenade like devices. Raph and Donnie stopped the chase, now more worried about clearing out their sinuses as they began to sneeze violently and gave out coughing, choking sounds. "Go!" Ty thundered to their rides. "While they are distracted!"

Maranda smoothly snagged Ty off of Megan's back and Megs really started to haul ass, Maranda following her, the two spotted shore and rapidly closed in on it before they landed with much haste, leaving long skidding trails in the loose sand. Bailey was the next to land, setting Ari down.

"Lavi, go find cover. We'll hold them off until your mothers can get here." Megan ordered, watching the dragons close in calmly, and also keeping an eye out for the enemy. Lavi did not approve of that order, based on the "fuck you bitch I ain't hiding" look she received out of the corner of her eye. So she was relying on someone to help her out on that, simply put. She lost hope in that when Ty snorted. He knew she wasn't going to budge.

Maranda set the boys down and walked around, looking up towards the sky expectantly, and noted in passing that the sand made things a little difficult in her steel toed boots. Carrie set Dante down, distracted from her task in watching the ones they were helping, she watched the sky "Here little dragons..."

Ari was also looking up, her eyes searching the clouds above them. "Come on...where are you..."

That question was answered when Mikey suddenly broke through a low cloud, dive bombing right for them.

"Scatter!" Ty gave the order, and his team immediately did just that as the dragon crashed face first in the ground where they had been standing moments before. He stood back up, his head shaking to clear the large amounts of sand out of his various facial openings, then tried to spit it all out of his mouth.

Ari let out a giggle at the less than graceful entrance. "Still need to work on your landing Daddy!"

Mikey blinked a little, amusement clear on his features for a moment, before his eyes went flat and he swung his head around towards his daughter. Ari easily backflipped out of the way of those sharp teeth. "Again? Do we gotta do this again?"

The second he snapped out of it, Bailey snuck up behind him, right after he snapped at the young turtle, she literally drop kicks Mikey in the ass so he did another faceplant in the sand. "Ok we're even now!" The air girl took on a lighter mood than she usually did. Sure she was sympathetic and had one of the more gentle hearts of the Elementals, but that doesn't change what she has seen, done and changed. But those thoughts escaped her mind this time, she had a big 'ol grin on her face as she took a ready fighter pose. She was going to have fun yes, but she certainly wasn't going to underestimate her current opponent. And for good reason, Mikey flipped back over before he rolling to his feet, his angry roar letting her know she really didn't do anything but piss him off.

Bailey was fully ware she didn't do any damage to him she gave him a scolding look and smacked his snout. "You stop it! That's a bad turtle dragon"

"...huh, so Ariel has gone suicidal." Maranda noted.

Raph came in with more control, but was roaring when he hit the ground on all fours. Leo and Donnie followed not far behind, Donnie immediately started snapping at a wildly dodging Thane while Leo looked everything over with a low growl, his eyes cautious as they narrowed. Even in this state he was analyzing everything.

"Go hide somewhere already!" Ty almost screamed at Lavi.

"No!" She screamed right back.

"If something happens to you he will never forgive himself!"

Lavi opened her mouth to say something, but was cut off when Dante tackled her out of the way of Raph's snapping jaws. "He's got a point Lavi!"

Megan eyed the skies, knowing there will be cons trying to follow. Then her eyes spotted the incoming boats full of Bishop's men. Her eyes narrowed and a hand raised, creating a massive wave that just crushed them. A few turtle tot eyes blinked at that.

Maranda grabbed Raph's tail as he snapped at Lavi and Dante, pulls hard enough to yank him back away from the two, and to where she could now reach his chest, she punched him in the specific spot on his chest making his front legs give out, she stared at the scene of his faceplant, for several seconds, then her mouth gaped as she remembered something.

"Oh no way. That's what Aqua meant..."

Her distraction cost her though when Raph's tail connected with her side and gave her a good whack.

Maranda gave a grunt in return as she hit the ground hard, and glared a hole into him. "Uh, ow."

Carrie urged the sand to grab Donnie's feet and trip him, keeping an eye on the skies too. Donnie was having none of it as he ripped his feet free, then went right back after Thane who was trying to get out of his way. Carrie gave him a flat look.

"Stupid sand!" Thane grumbled as he tried to run. "Can't run in stupid sand!"

Ari seemed to float by him as she ran. "I'm not having a problem. Maybe your big backside just isn't made for sand maneuvers?"

Dante had managed to get Lavi to her feet and drag the reluctant girl to the treeline only to come running right back out, right into his blue banded uncle. "Oh...crap... Hi Uncle Leo..." The answer he got was a growl and a nice breath of fire.

Dante scrambled away, just a hooping and whoopin away as he complained about his predicament. "Hot, hot, hot, hot!"

"Yeah," Thane rolled his eyes sarcastically "we figured that out last time. Does anyone have anything resembling a plan here!" The question came even as he did a forward somersault over Mikey's snout.

"Keep them busy!" Ty answered. "And where the fuck is Mom? We need her!"

"Like she could do much last time!" Thane threw a rock in frustration, hitting Raph on the snout. That earned him his Father's undivided attention as the big head turned towards him. "I'm getting real tired of this Dad!"

Raph tilted his head a bit, seeming to listen to his son, then roared at him.

"Oh yeah...that helped!" Ari was now the one rolling her eyes.

Ty was fighting his own frustration by this point. "But she's got a better chance of getting to him...than we do? Dad?"

Megan turned her attention to Leo, giving a deep exhale, pulling her sword, and confronted him from an angel, watching him intently with her ice blue eyes. In return, Leo had stopped his attacks and was once again staring at Megan intently, his head slightly tilted. His tail was lashing back and forth like an agitated cat's, but he also seeming hesitant to press his attack. Leo's head shifted slightly as Ty walked over to join Megan, his eyes now locked onto his Father's. "Easy Father..."

Lavi joined them, much to Ty's frustration. "Dad..."

Silence was their answer as he watched them, his tail still lashing.

"Come on..." Lavi said quietly, hoping he would snap out of it.

The plea went unheard as Leo growled and charged, sending all three of them scrambling again.

"Air strike!" Megan watched the Steves charge up and start to close in, she held up a hand to blast Leo in the chest to get distance, then ran towards Dante and Lavi, following the Steves and also running from the explosives, then quickly shoved Lavi and Ty into the treeline, not making it away in time and one of the missiles landed right between her feet, blasting shrapnel into her chest, and sending her flying back with an umph and grunt. A shudder ran through her body as the distinct burning of chaos crystal began to do a number on her and she spit up some blood with an ass load of irritation.

Maranda dodged a Raph snap and kicked him in the side, clearing him into the woods, before she herself dove out of the way, wings spread, as the air strike commenced, they were on the other side of the beach, so they didn't get the early end.

Carrie grabbed Donnie's tail, and swung him around and into the water, then ran at Thane and Ari, tackling them and using her wings as cover from any debris, before getting back up after the Steves headed out to circle back around

"Fucking Steves, more annoying than that piece of shit GPS.." Maranda huffed

Bailey snagged, Dante giving cover to him too. "Well, this is going well. Come the fuck on Striker! You guys need to hurry!"

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Jessica and Bre watched their friends warily as they laid there. The worry clear on their faces as they took in the bodies. What had just happened was something that took a toll on these humans. A large one. And they were not happy about the fact that these poor girls had been manipulated into doing this. They exchanged hate filled glares with the gods that did it even as they stood guard over the prone forms.

It was during one of those exchanges that a soft glow began to illuminate the turtle mates. Very slight and gone unnoticed by the members of the staring contest.

Marina was the first to move, her new extensions twitching slightly as a muffled groan came from her. Caitlin was the next one to make it known she had woken up, by the soft sounds of her crying. The pain remembered and still felt as her body readjusted. Cris forced herself up to her feet, a pain filled snarl on her face, her mouth spitting out curses as she looked over to Vicky. Then she ever so kindly gave the last woman a kick. "Wake up!"

Vicky also let out a groan as she sat up. Everything hurt. And she was tired, so very tired. And why did her back feel like she was carrying something heavy? "Why do I feel like I shouldn't be up yet?" She asked in a very weary tone.

"Why do I feel Like I shouldn't even be alive?" Cris asked back, struggling to keep her balance that suddenly seemed to be off.

It took all four of them a moment longer to figure out why they felt like shit and off balance, their eyes wide as they stared at the large, bloody wings coming out of each other's backs. Words failed all of them as they stared, mouths gaping open in their shock.

"And that'd be why. You guys good at learning fast?" Jessica was impressed, when her and her cousins went through their transformations, it took them days to wake up, was it because Vicky and the rest of them didn't have as much of severe transformation as her and her cousins?

"I'll help them Supereon. Go make sure Aqua's stubborn ass doesn't keep fighting. I could feel that one from here." Bre huffed, she could feel her cousin's injuries through their family bond, and they were not some scrapes and bruises either.
Hydro, the water god, raised a brow, looking like he might question what she meant but his expression went emotionless again.
"Got it, see you down there." Jess zapped out.

The turtle mates were still struggling to take it all in as they began to pick themselves up off of the ground. Cait was having a particularly hard time as she fell backwards on her bottom again. Marina stepped over to offer her a hand up although she wasn't looking to steady on her feet either.

"If we have too." Vicky forced the reply out of her shocked body.

"And if we don't learn we bumble our way through shit." Cris added. "Works just as good."

Vicky was already looking around, her eyes narrowed as she began to piece together a few things. Years of training and learning under Leo clearly showing as she quickly adjusted to the current situation. "I have a feeling we don't have that luxury to take our time. Where are the others?"

Cris' eyes also narrowed as she caught onto the implied implication of that question. "They went after the dragons again, didn't they? Somebody better do that fancy teleport shit and get us there right fucking now!" A ring of fire exploded around her as her temper flared and she stopped her outburst, her eyes growing wide once again. "Did I just do that?"

Caitlin was looking at Cris with awe, her tear stained eyes wide. If this kept up, somebody's eyeballs were going to pop out of their sockets.

Before anything else could be said over the matter, a bright flash of light engulfed the newly winged women and they suddenly found themselves in a thickly forested area. Once again they stumbled as they struggled to keep their bearings.

Cris slapped a hand to her mouth, suddenly looking very uneasy. "They really need to quit doing that. Imma going to puke..."

"You just said you wanted someone to do that." Marina reminded her.

"Shut up..."

Vicky just ignored them and fought down her own queasy feelings, now running towards the unmistakable sounds of dragons fighting, her companions were very quick to snap out of their stupor and follow.

Bre teleported next to the girls. She watched them all for a moment, did they all learn how to teleport or some shit? The fuck? She shook her head, there is no time to dwell on it.

"Okaaaaay. Striker is leading them away, she wants to get everyone out of the open and the Elementals are going to keep fighting out there while she gets the dragons to a secluded spot. It's too dangerous to stay out there, especially with how tired you guys will be."

Vicky just gave a terse nod, but kept running.

Behind them, standing in the branch of a sturdy tree, Amaterasu watched with a small smile of satisfaction on her face. There wasn't much she could do without harming her champions or the spirits bound to them, but the Elemental gods had just unknowingly solved that problem for her. She quietly faded out, secure in the bond these women shared with their mates.