Ancient Prophecy.

Yet another chappy, don't forget to review! Enjoy! Angel xxx

Chapter Three:

"The spells were lost centuries ago," an elegant looking woman said to the young girl at her side, "you may never return."

"So be it." The girl replied turning to take one last look at the rolling unspoiled valleys of her homeland then turning to leap into the waterfall that acted as a portal.

Her name was Sayuri and she had never been so far away from home. As far as she knew her only remaining family was in the large concrete building ahead of her. He had no idea she was in this world or that she knew of the dark witch he had chosen to take as his bride. He thought that he had gotten away with what he had done. As she fingered the end of a large scar that ended on the right side of the back of her neck she knew he believed her dead.

It had been three weeks since she'd physically spotted her eldest brother in the city that mortals called New York, seen his bride and new allies attack a group of odd looking people and their friends. Two of those people had been witches and she had seen one die whilst trying to aid her niece. The ones who were oddly shaped had been fighters, good ones, and she had watched as the orange, purple and Red ones had beaten back her brother's new allies, whilst protecting the injured one in blue. Then as her brother had appeared the red one had taken charge and told the orange and purple to get the blue one away from Zuko, had he called him Leo? Sayuri had been surprised at the bravery of the red one. Her brother was a deadly fighter, few people could match him let alone best him and yet this turtle still went toe to toe with Zuko and kept him busy for while. Unfortunately, it was only for a while and Zuko managed to best red and had thrown the unconscious mortal towards a few remaining ninja who took red away. Her brother had then caught up with the others quickly and began to attack. Blue had taken out his katana and tried to help the others despite his injuries but her brother had ruthlessly beaten him and thrown him and then his brothers from the alleyway. It was then she felt she had to intervene, she had been intrigued by red's bravery but he had been uninjured and the fight had been fair what he was doing now was not. After the older witch had been slain binding Hex in ice at the same time, she reached for some manriki commandeered from some ninja earlier in the week and threw it at her brother, it wrapped around his wrist then she threw another that wrapped around his waist. After checking they were secure the ends were wrapped securely around a large gargoyle on the other side of the roof and managed to severe it with her katana and push it off.

Sayuri smiled at the memory; her brother's yells of fury had been very satisfying. But now she looked on at the building once more and sighed. Red had been taken there and she had already gained the knowledge that he would be used as bait for the rest of his family once he had been broken by the ninja master in charge. She was not about to allow her brother or his associates to destroy another family, not on her watch. Yuri watched as the noisy aircraft took off with her brother's essence inside and sped off towards the docks and leapt off the building she was on and landed gracefully on the ground. She hitched a ride on the bottom of a delivery truck making its way inside the building and she slipped past the mortal guards easily.

"You're sure your spell is working?" Leo asked still not quite sure how Serena managed to persuade him to allow her to come on the rescue mission.

"It's working Leo." She snapped concentrating on making sure that neither the ninja of the building, nor the machinery of the building could see any of them. She didn't mean to snap but their argument before they had left hadn't helped the tension between them and she was determined that she was not letting Leo out of her sight. Don and Mikey were up ahead, Don was hacking a security terminal trying desperately to find out were their brother was being held, "Any luck Don?"

"Not yet," Don said the tension written all over his face, "whoever's in charge now has changed everything around again and more so than Karai did. The security measures are up too."

"You can still find him though right?" Mikey asked fearfully, "I mean we gotta get him back I mean, what if he thinks we're not coming? What if they've done something to him? What if he's. . ."

"Mikey, sweety," Serena held his face for a moment and smiled reassuringly, "I can still sense him, and he's still alive. We just have to save him."

"Serena's right mike, we have to keep it together for Raph." Leo told his youngest brother.

"I've found him!" Don yelled, "He's towards the lower levels of the building so we've got about ten floors to go through before we get to him and then there's a maze of corridors before we can even get to the room he's in. The good news is that that Zuko guy and Hex have been sent out on a mission."

"Then let's get moving. It might be best if we get this done before they get back." Leo said hating himself as he did.

"Leo's right," Renie encouraged, "My aunt is . . .um, was a powerful witch and she knew a great deal more about attack spells than I do and Hex still managed to . . ." She couldn't finish the sentence or she might break down and this was definitely not the place for that.

"Let's go." Leo took the lead with Serena at his side and they searched for an elevator, "This is exactly why I didn't want you here." He hissed at her.

"Not now." She kept her voice low knowing the others were listening.

"Why not? Your spell's making sure we won't be noticed," he hissed, "I haven't even seen you grieve Bella yet! That's not healthy and I don't think you're ready for this!"

"Look Leo, I will grieve when I am good and ready!" she hissed right back ignoring the eyes boring into her back courtesy of Mike and Don, "We're here now, it's a bit late to be worrying about whether or not I'm ready for this! Besides I am not going to wait back at the lair not knowing if you'll ever come back, if anything happens I'm going to be right here by your side! I am not letting you out of my sight for one second Leo!" She looked over at him and he was looking at the floor as he walked and she only just caught his words as he whispered them, "I love you to Leo." She whispered back earning a smile from the ninja master.

She found him with some difficulty, several ninja lay hidden throughout the building either dead or simply unconscious but she had finally found one who she intimidated enough to tell her what it was she wanted to know. Now she was standing in a dark room looking at the poor creature in front of her who had been so brave against her brother. He hung from the ceiling with shackles around his wrists and she could clearly see the tear stains down his cheeks.

"Stay away from me!" he spat through gritted teeth. Yuri blinked and then remembered that she and her older brother looked alike, he may think she was on his side.

"I won't hurt you warrior." She reassured and red finally looked at her properly.

"If you ain't here ta hurt me than what are you doing here?" He winced at the pain of simply talking.

"I'm here to help you." She stated and pulled out some lock picks thanking her chequered associations back home.

"Why?" He coughed and grimaced at the blood he tasted in his mouth. "Ain't you with Zuko?"

"No, can you walk?" He looked at her and put some of his weight on his sore legs and surprisingly found he could support at least some of it himself.

"I think so." He replied and watched as the young girl started picking the locks on his shackles. He stayed silent as she worked taking in his rescuer with an uncanny resemblance to one of his torturers. She was about Leo's height, so around a head shorter than he was, her body was slight but perfectly toned under the outfit that wouldn't look out of place in one of the fantasy movies that Serena liked so much. She had a single katana strapped to her back that lay over her right shoulder indicating that she was right handed. Her hair was a dark purple tied back in a long braid down to the small of her back, her bangs framed her face. Her eyes matched Zuko's exactly in colour, but unlike Zuko her dark blue eyes showed no hint of coldness, her eyes were soft and warm.

"There," she stated as the last lock snapped open, "Let's go." She supported him as he walked unsteadily to the door only leaving him to check around corners and to take any foot ninja out.

"Just out of interest Miss," Raph shifted his weight so she wasn't carrying so much of it, "just how exactly we gonna get out of here?"

"Whilst I was trying to find you I made sure I got any information about the best routes of escape from your cell," she explained and stopped momentarily to get her bearings, "it would seem that in the east side of this structure there is a . . .um, I forget what you call it, but if we go down some sort of shaft it will take us to the levels underground, then we should be able to take an exit that goes out into the, um sewers is it?"

"You ain't from around here are ya?" He half smiled.

"No, and I must say this building is not an easy one to get around," she growled as they came to a crossroad in the corridor, "don't suppose you know where east is in this building." He shrugged and she noticed some approaching soldiers, "Be right back." He watched as she took one of the ninja out and then held a knife from her boot at the other's throat. Raph chuckled as he watched the girl use some 'gentle persuasion' and the foot finally gave very detailed instructions as to how to find the elevator shaft that would get them to the sewers, she knocked the second unconscious and shoved the two ninja into an unoccupied room and returned to him. "That's better, shall we go?"

"You sure ain't like any girl I've ever met," he said allowing her to support his weight again, "so what are you? An alien or something?"

"Or something." She replied cryptically, "Finally!" She looked at the large metal doors and pulled out her knife again, she placed it in the crack and began to pull, the doors budged a little before the knife snapped, "Blast! Shoddy troll workmanship! I knew I should have gone for elven steel!"

"Come again?!" Raph stared at her in confusion, "Elves and trolls? Where the hell does she come from, frickin' lord of the rings or what?!"

"Oh nothing," she studied the crack and determined she could fit her fingers in between, once done she pulled and made the gap big enough for them to fit through, "Think you're strong enough to lower yourself down those metal ropes?"

"Yeah," He said looking up and down the hatch, he saw that the car was above them so they could at least get straight down to the bottom, "We'll have to be fast though."

"Why?"

"That thing up there's the elevator car and if anyone uses it and we don't get down in time then we'll be several feet shorter."

"Oh, okay," She leant over and grabbed the wires on the right then waited for her companion to do the same, "shall we, warrior."

"Why do you keep calling me that?" He asked ignoring the intense pain he was in.

"I saw you fight my br. . .um, Zuko," she explained ignoring the questioning look from him at her slip, "you and your family fight with honour and few would face Zuko alone not even to protect their family as you did. In my book that makes you a warrior with great courage."

"Uh thanks," he said hoping they get to the bottom soon, not really sure of how long he would be able to hang on to the wires whilst also hoping she wouldn't notice the darker patches on his cheeks, "So what's your name anyway?"

"Sayuri, but you can call me Yuri if you want." She looked down into the darkness and cursed when she could not see enough to tell if they were near the bottom.

"Raphael," he said grunting as a wound pulled and he felt blood trickle down his side, "friends call me Raph."

"Well Raph," she said feeling her feet touch solid ground, "lets get out of here." Raph took a few moments to steady himself before looking for the door out of the shaft. "Are you okay?"

"I've had worse," he said then wincing and nearly falling to his knees, "can't think of any right now." Yuri caught him before he hurt himself. "Maybe we should get goin' before I can't walk no more."

"He's not here?!" Mikey felt his heart wrenching at the blood stains on the floor coupled with the empty shackles, "Donnie where is he?!"

"I don't know!" the brainiest of the brothers exclaimed checking his palm top once more trying desperately not to panic, "They must have moved him whilst we were making our way down here!"

"Then we try someplace else." Leo reasoned ignoring the voice of telling him that they didn't have the time then noticed Serena was looking up at the ceiling. "Renie? What's wrong?"

"Bloodlust." She said and threw her hand towards the doorway raising an invisible barrier as several laser blasts were fired at them.

"We're trapped!" Mikey yelled.

"Then we fight them." Leo put simply and drew his blades. Don and Mikey did the same and moved just ahead of their human friend.

"No, there's too many of them," Serena said feeling magic build inside of her without her even calling on it, "we have to leave or we'll be killed."

"No we have to find Raph! He could be hurt and," Mikey turned his desperate eyes to his eldest brother, "we have to find him Leo, please!"

"She's right Mike," the orange banded turtle turned to Donatello with a look of shock all over his features, "both Serena and Master Splinter can feel his spirit, they both say he's alive and I trust that. But Mike we're no good to Raph if we're dead!"

"But. . ." Mikey started to protest but felt Leo tense behind him.

"No please, stay," the foot soldiers made way for Zuko who stopped just beyond the barrier, "I want to see if you're just as fun to torture as your brother." He laughed at them and drew his sword, "Now be good little heroes and drop this barrier. I'm afraid you will have to settle with just me for this one, Hex is out searching for some old book. But then, my lover is not the only one who can cast a spell." He smirked and waved his hand over the blade of his sword and it flashed black then thrust it through the barrier shattering it. Serena had linked it to herself and she cried out in surprise, but before she could compose herself Zuko was already charging and his sword slipped into Mikey's stomach like a knife through butter. At Leo and Don's screams for their brother Serena allowed the magic within her to take hold of her and felt it surge filling the room with a brilliant white light.

"What. . ?" Leo looked around as his vision cleared and found they were back at the layer, Don was to his right just sitting up holding a gash in his arm and staring just beyond him. When Leo looked to see what his brother was staring at he saw Serena kneeling over Michelangelo and he could feel the energy oozing off of her. The two spectators got to their feet and walked over to see what the witch was doing and as they did they saw that the large hole in their brother's stomach shrinking and healing before their eyes. As the wound finally closed Serena gasped a fell to the side unconscious, Leo was instantly at her side sighing with relief when he found a pulse.

"What has happened?!" Splinter walked over to the scene and knelt by his fallen son who seemed to be sleeping soundly.

"We failed." Leo pulled Serena into his arms and held onto her whilst desperately trying to control his emotions.

"If Serena hadn't done. . .whatever it was she did," Don checked his brother's vitals and found all was normal, "we'd all be dead. If it wasn't for her Mikey'd be dead."

"Raphael?" Splinter found he had to ask although he dreaded the answer.

"We didn't even find him master, I'm sorry." Leo picked up his girlfriend and placed her gently on the couch pulling the throw rug off the back of it and placing it over her.

"There is nothing to apologise for my son." The old rat sighed and was grateful for the sudden interruption of April and Casey arriving with food supplies.

"Oh, my God!" April handed her bags to an already laden Casey and ran over to Mikey. "What happened?!" She exclaimed checking Mikey over herself.

"We went to try and save Raph but," Don paused biting back a sob, "we never found him and Zuko nearly killed Mike."

"So, Raphie's still in that place?" Casey said finally free of his load.

"Yes." Leo felt his heart tighten as he admitted it, admitted his failure.

"You're getting worse Raphael." Sayuri stated as she shifted his weight so that she was supporting him more.

"I'm fine." He replied stubbornly trying to take more of his own weight.

"Why do men always think it's brave to play down injuries?" She grumbled at him causing a pained chuckle, "I'm serious! You are worse than you let on Raph."

"Yeah well," he coughed and cursed at the pain it caused, "us guys gotta keep up the . . ." He continued to cough, but this time he couldn't stop and he felt himself panic a little before the spasm let up and he saw the small puddle of blood below his face.

"Is your home close?" Yuri looked ahead and saw nothing but concrete, "Maybe we should rest a while."

"I'll. . .I'll rest a lot better if I know my family's safe," he said slowly pulling himself to his feet and whimpering at the increasing pain in his body, then heard Yuri's stomach growl and grinned, "besides can't let you starve ta death now can we?" She rolled her eyes and placed his arm around her shoulders once more and they continued on in silence for a while until he pulled her to a stop in front of a blank wall. Yuri gave him a questioning look as he pulled a pipe and the wall moved away revealing a room. She helped him through and he led her up a flight of metallic stairs where they entered a large living space and in it he smiled to see his family.

"Master?" Raph spoke and the whole room, those who were conscious, turned to him.

Well another chappy. My degree has now finished for the year and I should be out in the rare sun England's having but my horse has a bad back, which sucks! Anywho at least that gives me plenty of time to write this to stop me getting completely bored. Please review cause otherwise my time will seem so wasted! Blessed be, Angel xxx.