HERE IS MY SECOND TRAGEDY THINGY. PREPARE FOR MAJOR FEELS, AS WITH THE FIRST ONE. EVEN THOUGH THE MAIN THEME(S) FOR THIS ONE ARE HURT/COMFORT, AND FAMILY. NOT SO MUCH TRAGEDY...

REFERS VENGEANCE IS MINE! BEWARE!

~LF221

As soon as I got out of the Shell-razor, I knew something was wrong. This was all going too easy. Sure, we were taking every precaution to ensure this would go smoothly, but it turned out to be going far too easily. I mean, you would think the Shredder would have more security than the few guards we dealt with. Then, there was the throne room itself. It was too abandoned. In fact, it was utterly abandoned. That should have been a clear siren yelling at us to abandon the ship, no matter how far we had already come in this revenge seeking enterprise. But Splinter would not be deterred. Not after what Shredder had done to his daughter, Miwa. My sister, thought dead for fifteen years of my life. It seems only yesterday we infiltrated Stockman's Lab, only to find Miwa hung above mutagen inside a small cage. Then, only seconds later, it seems, Leo was ducking that fateful blow to the head, causing the chain to snap...

I was interrupted by the sound of gas. I looked around in horror at my family choking for a split second before joining them. We collapsed simultaneously.

#~#~#

I woke slowly, feeling like I had been emptied, then stuffed with lead. My eyes were the hardest to open. The eyelids felt like the heaviest lead there was. But somehow, I found myself sitting. I soon discovered that I was on the couch. Still feeling light-headed, I laid back down on the couch, as Splinter came out from the lab.

Why would Splinter be inside the lab? He never goes in there...unless...OHNO!

I couldn't finish the thought. I sat up again, ignoring the feeling of vertigo I felt. This couldn't be real...

I refuse to believe it...

Splinter's aura gave little reassurance as I had to lay back down on the couch, feeling sick to my stomach. He had taught me how to pick up auras like scents, and his was troubling...

"S-Sensei...dad...are they..." I couldn't even bring myself to open my eyes. Not yet. I heard Splinter's footsteps growing nearer. Felt him press the back of his palm to my forehead, like he always did when tending to us, but something was off. I was too fuzzy and odd feeling to know what it was, though.

I felt rather than saw him as he shook his head. My relief was palpable, but not overcome completely. Splinter had indicated that they weren't dead...so why did he still have that horridly sad aura around him?

"I wanna see 'em." I muttered, hating how sluggish and odd my voice sounded. My mouth didn't feel right...

Instead of hearing a reply, I felt trepidation and hesitation replace the previous aura I had been feeling. Then, I felt Splinter pick me up, stealthily sliding my mask over my eyes.

Again, I am too rattled and confused to figure out what's wrong here. I was placed on a cot, and for a second, I worry about why I am not feeling any other auras. At all. But the next second, I am asleep.

Did To-san just...drug me? Ugh...

~#~#~#~

I woke for the second time that night, day whatever to the feeling of a dog's tongue, licking my face.

"Lupa...stop licking me, you little weirdo..." But I hear a dog's distinct whimper, not my sister's playful giggling. Another thing I don't hear is Mikey's laughing, Donnie's telling Lupa off, Leo asking if I was okay, and Raph's telling him that I would be. Finally, I shift my mask back to it's original place. I slowly open my eyes, praying that they won't burn with the lights above me. What I end up seeing burns much worse. Instead of seeing Lu-Lu leaning against the side of the cot, the rest of my family gathered not far off, I saw...the dog my sister had once been, before meeting the Kraang in that alley, and everything that followed. I looked around, horrified, and saw the four turtles Sensei had bought, in a small box on Don's desk, their masks wrapped around their little shells...

"To-san!" I scream, before lifting my hands fearfully. There was all the proof I needed...I was back to being a human. And my brothers...were...gone...Lupa, too... Splinter came racing in, as I gazed in shock and horror at my self.

"Wake up, Asami. This is not the time for sleeping..." Sensei said, his voice odd, like he was far away. He, too, was human again. I felt a prick in my arm, then pain in my right cheeks...then the world went dark...

~#~#~#~

Mikey had never known his sister to sleep right before a mission. But there she was, laying on the couch, tossing, turning, and groaning before screaming for To-san. That was definitely not something Asami was known for. Of course, Splinter went over, and soothed his daughter as best he could.

"Wake up, Asami. This is not the time for sleeping..." Splinter said before Mikey asked to give it a try. He pinched her arm, and got merely a flinch, so he tried slapping her, and got her startled fist to his plastron. Asami sat bolt upright, panting, tears falling down her face. She adjusted her mask, which had moved with her tossing, and looked around, almost fearfully, first at herself, then cautiously lifting her eyes to meet the concerned ones of her family. Then, she teared up again, but with a smile this time.

"Guys! You're okay!" She cried, leaping up and tackling the first few members of her family that were in range in a tight hug. Meaning Mikey, Splinter, and Donnie, who had been hovering worriedly ever since the first sign that something wasn't right with his older sister. Everyone gasped, even as Asami released her father and brothers, standing shakily. She looked around, jubilant tears still coming. There was silence for a few moments. Leo was the one to break it.

"Ami..." He didn't say anymore. Couldn't say anymore. Seeing any of the people he held dear in pain, suffering...was more than he could stand.

"Y-you okay, sis?" Mikey asked, getting slowly off the floor. Asami immediately felt guilty for striking him, but also knew that it had been a subconscious thing.

"Y-Not really, Mikey." Asami slowly let out the breath she hadn't realized that she had been holding. "I-I just had a nightmare-" She was abruptly cut off by Mikey's sharp hug. Mikey, too, hated seeing any one he loves in distress. Splinter gripped his daughter's one free shoulder, and passed his calming presence to her through some master technique not even Asami knew yet. Leo was next. He ruffled his still slightly distraught sister's hair before hugging her. Donnie crouched in front of her, examining what parts of her he could see for anything wrong. Asami laughed, and tugged Donatello into the hug.

"Com'ere, brainiac. Nothing's wrong with me, I promise. Just a bad daydream."

PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT MY LONGEST WORKS. THEY PROBABLY WON'T BE. THAT'S ALL I GOTS TO SAY, SO GOODNIGHT, PEOPLE!