Metallaxis

Chapter one

April's POV:

The night was quiet, something New York wasn't quite used to. I still couldn't believe what had occurred just some minutes before.

The complete silence was broken by Donatello. "You know April, I am not sure what amount of retro-mutagen is needed to turn someone back to normal, but I guess one canister is enough for you and your father as well."

I had completely forgotten about theat. The whole reason why we were out that night was to find my father and change him back, but I was so freaked out to think anything else other than me. But then again, I really needed my father at that moment and I couldn't risk the chance of having him again just to save myself.

"You're right, but I prefer to try it on him first, just to see if it is enough, and after I take my father back I can turn back to normal." I answered him. And as Splinter says, I am fortunate enough to have my humanity. But my father isn't. And I could give anything to get it back for him.

We were jumping from rooftop to rooftop, hoping that we'd catch a glimpse of my bat-father, but instead we saw another familiar mutant approaching. The one large mutated fish Mikey called as Fishface was running towards us with rage.

"I heard about a retro-mutagen you turtles invented! I want it so I can kick your butts with my human hands!" He screamed. I never understood why such useless speeches are given before encounters.

"There's no chance you are taking it from us!" Leo threatened and the fight begun.

All of them were exchanging punches and kicks. I did my best to participate in the fight but my new body wouldn't always cooperate. Even though it was six of us against one, our opponent had come to be way stronger since the last time we confronted him.

After a while, Fishface noticed my weakness and figured, it would be better to address his next attack to me. And so he did. He started running to my place and raising a giant fist, he jumped right into me. Donnie came just in time to take the punch instead of me. But the punch didn't hit Donnie. Instead it hit the last canister of retro-mutagen we had left, the one hanging from Donnie's belt.

The large amount of force used in that punch caused the canister to pounce into the sky. Everyone froze in their places. None of us were able to do nothing but wait to see where it would land. And of course Gravity's hate for me once again came into the surface. The canister fell forcibly to the ground and a thousand mini pieces of glass were spread all over the place. The liquid spilled. The only thing left was the little curve at the bottom of the canister. But it was empty. Useless.

Everyone was shocked. Especially me. The only chance to turn me and my father back to normal was gone. Every single hope I had just vanished. And so did Fishface. We only heard him say "You are useless to me now freaks!" and then he left. He obviously wasn't in the mood for a fight. He just wanted his humanity back. Besides all the terrible things he had done to us, I could rationalize how he felt. For once in my life, I was in the place of all those people, those mutants.

Donnie rushed to the place of the broken canister while no one else could move. "No, it can't be…" he said to himself. His voice sounded so cracked that I would swear I heard him crying if I hadn't known him better. He lifted the little curve and stared at it for a while. His gaze was glued to the item in his hands, as if he wasn't actually looking at it. Suddenly, his eyes opened wide.

"What is it?" I asked breaking the silence.

"It's not gone! There's a little drop, just a little drop stuck here in the curve!" He screamed with excitement and turned his gaze at me.

"What can a single drop of mutagen do?" Raph asked doubting that it would come in handy.

"Don't ever underestimate the power of science. Every single amount of anything is important." Donnie said with confidence. He then took a tiny canister and with some of the tools he was carrying with him he transferred the drop into it. "This way it'll be safe." He said.

I was really grateful to him for managing to raise my hopes up again. It's something Donnie would always do and I admired him for that. "That's great!" I exclaimed.

"That's indeed great. But now is the time for you to make your decision April." Leo told me. I knew I had to choose. It wasn't so difficult since I had already acknowledged that I needed my father back. So with a lot of determination I gave the answer everyone awaited for.

"Let's find my father!"

A/N: So here it is. Tell me what you think of it and feel free to correct any grammar or vocab mistakes. Any idea could be useful as well. Anyway, if the fight scene seemed a bit rushed, it was. At really suck at describing fight scenes and it is a lot harder in english. Dictionaries aren't always useful...

Disclaimer: I don't own TMNT.