Author's Notes

- I do not own TMNT or any of the characters residing in their universe.

- Oh dear, a bit of suspense… I'll update as soon as I can, but it gives you a chance to ponder on what will happen :)

- Continue to enjoy, I know I'm enjoying writing it

Chapter 11: Attack!

The Shredder merely waited. He knew sometime soon the turtles would jump in, demanding to know his plan as well as telling him to surrender. He was correct, they were pretty much right on cue, they came and with more than he expected, they had brought the girl!

"Fools!" he shouted and gave the order for his foot ninjas to come in. "Grab her and destroy the others!"

There were about fifty foot ninjas circling around them.

Mikey winked at Violet "What, only ten each?" They all laughed.

"YOU DARE TO MOCK ME?" the Shredder glared at them.

The foot ninjas charged at each of them. They all assumed that Violet would be an easy target as she was a girl and she had been previously caught by them. But boy, were they wrong! As they ran at her, she lashed out at them and managed to knock two out at once. She signalled for more to approach her, but regretted it as they all drew weapons. She swallowed hard, she hadn't been trained in weapons yet so hadn't got one.

She was forced to back off towards Mikey. "I got your back Violet!" he jumped in and attacked the dishonourable warriors who were pursuing someone who was unarmed.

"Thankies Mikey" she teasingly blew a kiss at him.

"Umm... Violet, I wanted to ask you something" he only just remembered as they continued to fight off the foot.

"What is it then, but could you make it quick?" she said as she flung a foot goon at one who was sneaking up on Mikey.

"Well..." he flustered, "I was thinking maybe we could..." he hesitated. She looked at him as he hit down another ninja. He blushed deeply "Will you go out with me?" he blurted out.

She glanced away, hiding the fact she was blushing herself. "Can I answer that later?" she ducked from another attack, "Now isn't exactly the best time"

Unfortunately, the Shredder had seen this distraction in Violet and Mikey's focus and jumped them. He managed to catch Violet off guard and grabbed her. He held the blades on his gauntlet towards her neck.

"Surrender, or watch her perish" he shouted. They all gasped as they saw. The four backed away towards each other to discuss their options. "No sudden moves!" the Shredder ordered "Or she's dead"

"Would he really kill her? He said she was the key to his plans" Don asked.

Leo answered "I don't know" They continued to whisper to each other.

"Guys! Don't..." she tried to shout out to them but the Shredder covered her mouth with his hand. "Be quiet!" he told her as she felt the blade start to touch her.

Leo finally turned to face the Shredder. Violet looked terrified, possibly due to the cold steel threatening her life.

"I'm sorry Violet" he looked down as he dropped his katana. The others put their weapons down as well.

"Grab them!" the Shredder ordered his lackeys.

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They were all taken to a big room, which looked as if some kind of ritual was going to take place. The brothers were tied to a pillar where they could see everything. Meanwhile, Violet was tied down in the centre of the circle.

"He wants us to see?" Raph looked at Leo.

"What about Violet?" Mikey asked as he stared at Violet struggling for freedom.

"She looks like part of all this" Don informed him glumly.

"Just give me a minute" Leo said as he fiddled a hidden shuriken out of his wristband. He started cutting at the ropes with it. "This could take a while" he told them.

The Shredder approached the scene, confident with the ritual ahead. "Are you ready?" he sneered at Violet. She just stuck her tongue out at him. "I thought someone who had just turned sixteen would have grown out of immature things like that!" he glared at her.

Mikey smiled to himself, she was roughly the same age as him, but slightly younger. He thought through something in his head and turned to his brothers "Wait! Does that mean those foot dudes attacked her just after her birthday?"

Raph sarcastically answered "What gave you that idea Mikey?"

Next to Violet, the Shredder began to chant. As he did, a strange orb of light began to appear above the circle and continued to grow. It was full of wondrous colours but Violet ignored it. He finished chanting.

"Now, tell it to open!" he ordered her.

"Alright..." she mocked "Open sesame!"

He got out a hidden tanto, "You know how!" he warned her.

"Cha nel!" she shouted at him.

"See, you do know" he laughed as she covered her mouth after realising what she just said.

"What language was that?" Raph asked as they watched the drama unfold.

"I think it is some form of Gaelic" Don answered, "I think she shouted 'No'" he continued.

Leo broke the rope binding Mikey down, but had to continue working on the rest as Mikey bolted towards the circle. He kicked the Shredder, who, caught by surprise, fell out of the circle. He untied Violet and helped her up. She didn't let go of his hand as soon as she was up though. She smiled at him and he smiled back.

It was a lovely moment until Raph yelled out "Mikey! LOOK OUT!"

He turned to see the Shredder approaching them, ready to attack. He protectively got in-between him and Violet. She saw the gauntlet rise up again, the two sharp blades glinting from the light. Mikey wasn't going to attack; she knew it, as all he was doing was protecting her.

As the gauntlet fell, and as it made contact there was a cry out from Leo, Don and Raph...