Shadow Vision

Rachel stared and then said, "Oh…this is bad." Brianna's arms were outstretched and bended in an uncomfortable way and the problem was the fact that she was close to one of the Foot Ninja. Her legs were also wired. She sweatdropped, "Oh…this isn't good at all."

Basically Brianna was in the pose when she was trying to strike down the Foot. Rachel's eyes closed as she sighed and opened them again, "Raphael," She looked over at him, "Can I borrow your Sai?"

Raph took one out and handed it to her.

"Rachel," Bria blinked slowly at her sister and the scowl she had was menacing, "Expect payback for tomorrow's training session."

"I warned you it could backfire. Don't blame me for you not listening," Rachel retorted, "Just for that comment I should just let you hang there but I'm a good little sister." She held the Sai close to Bria as she could without cutting her and cut one wire on her arm and then moved to the next wire. She went like that for awhile and then started wrapping the wire around her hand as she unwrapped Bria from her trap.

Bria said nothing in response the whole time she was being cut down, but then she said, "Thanks…" when she was finally free. She tapped her headphones and while she stretched to work out the kinks she talked to Michelangelo, "Mikey, how are the stairs lookin' for the way up?"

"All clear," Mikey replied.

"Good, we can take time," Rachel sighed before blinking and handing the Sai back to Raph, "Sorry, forgot I had it."

"Its fine," Raph smiled and put it back on his belt.

Andrew sighed, "Expect me taking a week off from work Matt."

Matt blinked and then said, "Too much excitement?"

"You could say that."

"It could be worse." Matt replied as she looked over at Rachel, "It could have been much worse."

"Oh come on," Rachel grinned over at the two, "Compared to all our other jobs, this is a piece of cake."

"Where have you been during the jobs?" Matt and Andrew asked surprised.

"I was there…" Rachel trailed off.

Matt shook his head. "Obviously not other wise you would be saying, 'This job is the hardest we ever had to do.' Not. 'This is a piece of cake'."

Andrew sighed and then looked at Bria, "The wire didn't cut you did it?"

"Eh, it's nothin' that a couple of Band-Aids can't fix," Brianna smiled at him and had her wrist at her hip while she fiddled with getting a couple bandages out of the pouch she had, "It did bend my bad wrist wrong, though."

"When we get back, you should let me look at the wrist," Andrew said, "Maybe I could fix it." Rachel coughed and Andrew glanced at her with a raised eyebrow.

"You won't have any luck, Andy," Bria sighed as she finally got what she needed, "Rachel, Lily, Don, and Nao have all tried but failed."

"Never know," Andrew shrugged.

Rachel had to use Raphael's shoulder as a support since she was trying so hard not to laugh. "Leo's really going to be mad if he finds out about this." She whispered.

"I know, I was talkin' ta Don about it," Raph told her.

"You're welcome to try…but for right now, could help me with this god damned thing," Bria huffed as the wrapping slipped yet again.

"Sure," Andrew grabbed the wrapping and started wrapping it a bit firmly, but not enough so it'd hurt her.

Rachel raised an eyebrow, "That's a classic."

Matt cracked up. "That's a classic?" She looked at Rachel, "Usually it's when someone falls down and gets kissed." Rachel blushed and Matt's mouth dropped open. "Oh my god…you got kissed like that by who?"

Raphael cleared his throat.

Matt stared, "Who knew you were in to the classics."

"It was more of a 'her sister pushed her into Raph and then they fell'," Donatello explained.

Matt giggled, "That's even better. I would have done the same."

"Thank god you weren't there." Rachel muttered.

"Anybody care to continue while it's still clear?" Brianna asked them all.

"We were waiting for you two. Let's go," Rachel replied.

Bria rolled her eyes and just started to climb.

Everyone else followed after her and then Matt immediately said to Rachel, "Does this place look like some really bad designed horror movie?"

Rachel looked over at Matt as if she just lost her head, "That was completely random but yes it does."

"Very cheap. Possibly suspense would be better," Matt muttered.

Rachel sighed before bowing her head. "Why are we talking about this?"

"Because I'm bored," Matt replied happily.

Rachel smacked herself in the forehead, "Should have seen that one coming."

Andrew looked at the two of them, "Your guys last argument nearly got us killed. So shut up."

Rachel looked over at Matt who glared back at Rachel.

"Children, behave," Bria sighed as she continued upward. She put her ki on the bottom of her feet and jumped onto the railing, "I'm gonna head on up and be lookout. See ya whenever you slow-pokes decide to join me," she said and easily slid upward.

Rachel glared after her sister but withheld the desire to shout something at her. Andrew sighed but increased his pace so he wouldn't lag behind. Matt easily followed and Donatello also increased pace. The only two taking their time was Raphael and Rachel.

"Out of all the times I've had to break into this place...or /any/ place, this has /got/ to be the worst because of lack of planning," Raph commented.

Rachel blinked at the comment, "Well……we did have a plan we just didn't follow it."

"That's true…" Raph shook his head, "I wonder what else is gonna happen…"

Rachel looked at Raph and then said, "Who knows. I could force myself to See if you want me to. Only five minutes ahead in the future."

Raphael shook his head, "No, that's alright. I don't want you to force yourself to see anything, really. If it wants to come to you, it'll come." He glanced upward and saw his brother using the same technique as Bria in order to take both him and Matt upward. Matt seemed to be enjoying herself the whole way.

"Because I'm not…" Rachel frowned as she looked up, "The one you should trust those techniques too."

Raph smirked and picked her up. Carefully he set her behind him and made sure her arms were wrapped tightly around his waist, "Say's who?" he grinned and then slowly started up the rail.

"Says me and Bria," Rachel immediately said, "You have nooo idea."

"Try me," Raph challenged playfully.

"You teach me a technique." Rachel said, "Add that technique to one of my faults and yeah you'd regret it."

"You were doing well with a Bo staff, and that's a technique," Raph told her as he picked up the pace little by little so she wouldn't notice.

"How many times did I hit myself with it?" Rachel responded.

"While in training and practicing," She continued.

Raph opened his mouth to say something, but then shut it with a frown. She…did have a point.

"See?" Rachel was smiling, "I told you."

Raph snorted, "Yeah, well…I still think you underestimate yourself…" he grumbled.

Rachel felt her heart squeeze and her mind being sucked into her head. She could see everything in black and white. At least thirty or twenty Foot ninja were at the door, and Karai was leaning against the desk. She couldn't see who was talking, the voices were a blur. She wanted to cover her ears to try to listen to it better, but then she heard someone say something sarcastic. She couldn't tell who it was. She didn't know who was even at the door besides Karai and the ninja.

Was it them? Was it someone else? Rachel didn't know. She saw Karai unsheathe her sword, and she said something. What? What? Rachel's heart squeezed again tighter as she watched the first move strike. The fight went on for a while until she heard a scream. A shout of some sort…

The vision faded from her eyes and she felt herself suddenly weak.

Raphael frowned when he didn't get a response. He then felt Rachel's grip loosening and he turned a bit to see what was going on. "Rachel!" He recognized the blank look she had because it had happened a couple times since the year before. A look of horror crossed his face and he grabbed her as she started to fall. He wrapped her tight in his arms and made them both fall the other way. He grunted with pain as he felt the corner of a step ram into his shoulder that was still healing.

They rolled a couple steps and then finally stopped on the longer block that was always there for the turning of another level. He just laid there for a bit, trying to get his wits about him again.

Rachel's eyes opened and then blinked. Realizing what happened she quickly got up from on top of him. "Sorry about that." She said a bright pink color on her cheeks.

Raph groaned, "You're fine…it's my arm…" he grumbled as he opened his eyes and focused. He blinked a couple times, but finally the haze went away. He sat up and held his arm, "Damn it…I guess you didn't need to force yourself to do anything, huh?"

Rachel bit her lip and then said, "I suppose not." She was worried now. Very worried. This type of vision never happened to her before. Not being able to see who someone was fighting……it was like someone wanted her to know that their plan……but who? Why?

A whistle was heard, "Yo! Rachel, Raph, is everything alright?" Bria called down to them.

"Yeah," Rachel called back, "I panicked. Nothing bad."

"You have a habit of lying, don't you?" Raph muttered as he carefully stood up. Damn...now his arm was searing with pain. It was going to be hell to fight…but he gritted his teeth and jumped back onto the rail, "Come on, let's try this again and get up there." He held his good hand out to her.

"I wouldn't say it's a habit…more of a defense mechanism," Rachel responded. She grabbed onto his hand and got up on the railing alongside him.

Raph made sure she was secure, "Hang on, I'm going to go fast, ok?"

"Have fun." Rachel said as she let her grip tighten around him.

Raph smiled softly, enjoying her touch, and then started along the railing as fast as he could without her losing her footing. Soon enough, they were where the others were...

Level 39…