"We're gonna go pick up the pizza!!" Mikey shouted, pulling on his trench coat.
"One sec! I'm comin'!"
Angel was soon at the door, and gave a curious glance at her brothers negative looks.
"What?"
"Yer not comin', Angel."
"AWWWWWWWW…"
Aradion looked forlorn, big dark sapphire eyes making two turtles give up the fight.
"You're not coming, Angel." Leo said sternly, arms crossed.
"It's a pizza run!! I'll be fine!!" Angel insisted as Andy and Lilly watched from a distance.
Leonidas sat patiently, ears perked and nose still, as Andy shifted slightly. Anexa flew on downy white wings, landing on Don's shoulder.
"Why can't she go?" The daemon whispered, the crown of nearly white blue feathers around her neck becoming more noticeable.
"It's too dangerous…" Don whispered back, gently petting the dove-shaped daemon's head.
"She's not really the most unnoticeable human…and we don't want her to get hurt…"
"Oh…then we'll watch her…we won't let her get into any trouble." Anexa assured with a chirping giggle, making Don smile.
"Okay…just be careful…"
Angel only stopped arguing when Splinter came out, saying she couldn't go. Angel sat crossly on the couch, Aradion soon on her lap.
The turtles left, and Lilly turned on the TV.
"…I say we go for a walk…"
"Angel, it's not safe to topside-."
Andy was cut off by Angel's quick retort.
"I meant through the sewers. I know most of it like the back of my hand, so we won't get lost."
Leonidas stood stubbornly next to Andy, and Aradion stiffened.
Lilly sighed, Anexa on her shoulder.
'They're gonna fight again…'
Aradion jumped to the ground, and Leonidas tensed with a growl, bristling.
In a moment, they were in, but the scuffle only lasted a few moments, Aradion on Leonidas's back, digging his claws into the fur. Leonidas backed down, and Aradion jumped off.
"Let's go for a walk, then." Angel said, a triumphant grin on her face.
Andy muttered something incoherent as Lilly got up as well, Anexa flying ahead to the door. Angel opened the front door silently, Aradion keeping watch for the elderly rat, and all three girls and their daemon slipped out into the tunnel.
Angel led the way through the maze of tunnels, Aradion walking on thin, wet pipes expertly as Lilly did her best to keep her balance, Anexa flying level with her head.
Leonidas perked, stiffening.
"Leo? What's wrong?" Andy whispered, turning to look at her daemon as his nose twitched, scenting the air.
Dread found a place in her heart, and she tried to throw it out.
"He's here…"
Everything seemed to slow down, except for Andy's racing heart, and an explosion shook her to her core, a wall of the tunnel blown out…
Andy was thrown forward from the force, skinning her knees as she tried to land upright.
It was when she heard silence that her blood ran cold, and she looked behind her, vision growing blurry with tears.
From the waist down, Angel was buried in rubble, and seemed unconscious.
Lilly looked like she'd been pushed to the ground, a dazed, shocked expression on her face.
Aradion was falling into unconsciousness by Angel's side, begging her to wake up…
Leonidas ran forward, ready to dig Angel out, when a Mouser side-swiped him, smashing him into the opposite wall of the tunnel.
"Leonidas!!!"
An army of Mouser's came out of the destroyed wall, one or two grabbing hold of an unconscious Aradion as another caught a panicking Anexa.
The pain seemed to bring Lilly out of her shock, and she bolted upright.
"Anexa!! Angel!! Aradion!!"
A Mouser merged with a few others, until it was big enough to carry Angel, and another did the same, grabbing a panicking Lilly.
"Leave her alone!!"
Leonidas shook the pain off before jumping at a Mouser, his fangs going clear through, though another jumped his, clamping down on his shoulder.
"Sorry, girl, but I'm not here for you."
"Stockman." Andy growled, hearing his voice coming from a Mouser.
"You were always more trouble than you were worth…You're sister, on the other hand…"
"Leave her alone!! She hasn't DONE anything!!"
"Why, who else is going to help me build my inventions?"
"Do it yourself!!" Andy snarled, trying to hit the Mouser, but her attempts were feeble at best, no strength behind her strikes…
"That's enough. Come, Mouser's. Bring the girls to my lab."
Andy could only watch as they left, her heart cracking when she saw the terrified desperation in Lilly's eyes…
'I'm so sorry…I'm sorry…'