Erin Sachs slipped a pair of sunglasses as she stepped out of her car into the bright Colorado sun that gleamed off the snow. She disliked the form-fitting business attire, but it was essential to her disguise. The press ID she wore read Jennifer Johanson, both that and the car she drove a gift from a young woman who had the misfortune of responding to a Craigslist ad about proof of alien life forms. Walking up to the doors of the supermaxim prison, she gave a brief nod to the guards at the doors. It had been easy enough to replace a number of the guards with those who were loyal to the foot clan, and others had been bought out. Those who weren't- well, they would be too distracted by the security system shutdown and ensuring prison riot to notice what was going on.
The Prison Warden was waiting for her just inside the entrance. He gave her a professional smile, but his green eyes flashed over her figure in appreciation and he ran his fingers through his balding blonde hair.
"Mrs. Johanson, Welcome to our facility." He said, holding out his hand. He gave her a light shake, as she tried to give a firm on. Erin frowned at it. She hated when men gave her that handshake, like she couldn't handle a real one. "I'm Herman Röttenfield, I run the facility here. I just need you to step into my office for a little bit so I can you set up." They moved into his office and he offered her a seat in front of his desk. "Just need you to fill out some forms." He took a few papers from his desk and passed them to her. "Just fill these out and give me your press badge so I can check it out. " She handed him her badge and began to fill out the forms. She looked around her, studying the pictures he had on his desk. He had a pretty wife, and two children. He caught her looking at them, and smiled.
"Adorable, huh? The girl just one her first blue ribbon at a local horse show and the boy is starting soccer this spring." She gave him a polite smile as he handed her the press badge back. "Everything seems to be in order, so let's get this started." He stood up and held the door for her on his way out.
"Mr. Röttenfield, I appreciate you allow me to tour your facilities. I'm sure you know that there have been some people concerned about the treatment of those in this facility. By allowing me this tour, maybe you can put to rest some of those concerns." She told him as they began to walk through the facilities. They moved through the prison, discussing the various prisoners there, how long they were there for and what various privileges they would earn for good behavior.
Suddenly the alarm sound throughout the building. Erin smiled as Mr. Röttenfield grabbed her and pulled her into a hallway. The hacker team was right on time. Mr. Röttenfield swore in German under his breath as lights flashed around them. She tripped, the heel of her shoe breaking and she scrambled to pick it up and get moving again. Coming to stop a few yards later, he looked like he was about to say something when he froze, and coughed up blood. His bright green eyes went wide as he looked at her. She gave him a dark smile and pulled the heel of her shoe from his chest were she had stabbed him. As he fell to the ground, she kneeled down beside him and one of his guards came up beside her, handing her a long fiberglass blade. She leaned in close to the German man and whispered softly to him.
"Such a shame you won't be seeing your son play soccer, you looked so excited for it." And slowly pulled the blade across his neck, and everything went dark for him. Tossing the blade back into her purse, she pulled off her shoes and took the bag the guard gave to her. He turned around as she slipped into the foot uniform and followed him into the chaos that had over taken the prison when security system went down. Most of the guards were trying to cull the riot that had started up after the doors had opened, and didn't seem to notice her moving past them.
It wasn't long before she had found the room that she was looking for. Walking into it, she smiled at the man who was sitting on the bed.
"Dad" She moved towards him, a wrapped her arms around the man she hadn't seen in six years. He returned the embrace and held her tight.
"I missed you, my dear." He whispered in her ear and pulled back to get a better look at her. He made a face at her. "I see Master Shredder has been keeping you busy." He commented dryly. She squeezed his hand gently.
"I'll tell you all about it on the ride home, but we need to get going." She took his hand and pulled him into the still-reigning chaos.
Stepping back outside, Erin pulled out a cheap, phone and dialed a number. She let it ring four times, then hung up. A few seconds later a different phone rang and she answered it.
"Erin" her voice was clipped and to the point. She listened to the other end for a few seconds. "Yes, I got the cargo. We're on our way back right now. We should be back at 2300 hours." There was another pause. "Yes, I will." She looked up as a helicopter came up above the ridge. "The pickup just arrived. We'll meet you back at headquarters. Out." She hung up the phone and tossed the first one she had onto the passenger seat as the helicopter landed. Two people jumped out, pulling a body bag with them, and brought it up to the car.
They pulled the body of the real Mrs. Johanson out of the bag, strapped it into the driver's seat, and ran back. April turned to her Father and held out her hand.
"Ready to go?" she asked, warm affection in her eyes. Eric Sachs looked into her eyes for a few seconds, and then returned her smile.
"Let's go back to our master," he paused for just a moment. "Daughter." She turned to their ride, and they climbed in. He looked out the window as the helicopter took off and when they were some distance away, Erin pull a detonation from under her seat and pushed the button. The car below them exploded in a ball of fire, and they disappeared over a mountain just as the sound of sirens filled the air. Eric leaned back in his seat and a dark smile came to his face.
It looks like everything is falling into place he thought.
Karai was waiting for them at the landing pad when they got back to New York. She looked at the two who got out and gave them as false smile.
"Seems like you didn't screw this one up April." She said mockingly. "Though you did leave quite a mess behind. It's all over CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC." The other Kunoichi bristled up and snarled at her counterpart.
"Don't you EVER call me by that name." Erin said, moving up close to Karai. "You have no right to call me that name." The Japanese woman gave her a false hurt look.
"Aww, but you let that monster call you that." Came the reply. "I thought we were closer than you and it."
"I have no clue how that thing knows my true name." she snarled. "Master Shredder and my Father changed it to protect me from them." Eric moved between the two kunoichi and held up his hands.
"As much as I would love to see my" Something flashed in his eyes that Erin could not quite catch. "Daughter beat you senseless, we must go see Master Shedder." Karai scowled at him, but did not argue. The three walked into the building, the two foot ninja that manned the doors bowing low for them. Erin acknowledged them with the barest of nods, while the other two ignored them completely.
They made their way down to the lower levels in building, Erin in front, followed by Eric and Karai. Eric gave a questioning glance to the tall woman beside him. Karai shook her head at him and continued to walk into a large room that looked like a set from an old samurai movie. The Shedder sat on a low platform at one end of the room. His three disciples knelt in front of him and bowed low. The leader of the clan swept a critical eye over them.
"You may take a seat." He said, waving his hand to three cushions on the floor in front of him. When they had taken their seats, Shedder nodded to Eric. "It's good to see that your time in prison wasn't too detrimental to you, Sachs. You should thank your daughter for asking me to remove you from there. I hope that this time you will not disappoint me." He turned to the American Kunoichi and smiled. "You have been most useful my dear, I must say that the prison break went off without a hitch." Karai growled from her seat.
"Pardon me, my Master, but was it not a disaster? It is all over the news! They have been able to connect it to us!" She slammed a fist to the ground and glared at Erin. It only irritated her more when Erin didn't even look at her, but kept her eyes on Shedder, a soft glow of pride in her eyes. "Not to mention she revealed herself to the turtles!" Shedder just smiled.
"All part of my plan, my dear. Now the world knows we have returned, and we will rule it. As for the turtles, this is only the first step in slowly destroying them." He turned to Erin. "I take it you're ready for the next step?" Erin bowed her head.
"Yes, Master Shredder." He smiled.
"Good, good. It will be delightful to see you get revenge on what they did to your poor Father and Sachs." He looked from her to Karai. "You both may leave now," he said, waving them away. "I will call for you, Erin, when it is time for you to implement the second part of our plan."
"Yes, Master Shredder." The two Kunoichi bowed one last time, rose and left the room. As soon as the door closed behind them, Sachs turned back to Shredder, his eyes angry.
"Daughter? You want me to call her my Daughter?" He hissed to his Master. "If it had not been for her meddling, I would be rich beyond my dreams and you would rule New York by now!" Shredder raised a hand to silence him.
"In good time, Sachs, in good time." Shredder rose and turned to a map of New York behind him. "We will rule this city, and soon the world as we had intended to from the beginning." Sachs looked at his Master questioningly.
"But how is she supposed to defeat the turtles, she is only human." He asked.
"Not anymore." Shredder said with a nasty smile on his face. "We figured out a way to use the mutagen to enhance her abilities to that of the orange one, a quick and lethal beauty. And with her relationship with the red one, we have a way to defeat them once and for all." Eric watched him for a moment and then smiled.
"Will it be painful?" the former entrepreneur asked, his eyes lit up in a dark joy.
"Very." Shredder replied, and laughed darkly and waved to the map. "Now, let us see how we will split up this city."