Frank sighed rubbing the bridge of his nose, as his glasses lifted from his face. Letting out a slow sigh, he readjusting the small frame of his glasses and flipped through papers that lined his desk. A small video screen slid up from a corner of his desk as he sat back in his seat holding papers in his hands and he looked over them.

"Sir."

"Report." He said ignoring the screen as the man on the other side shifted nervously.

"It's a call for you. An important one." He said clearing his throat from uneasiness as best he could. Frank slowly set down the papers leaning forward on his desk with a furrowed brow.

"Alright, patch it through." He said as the man nodded his head and the screen flashed his company's logo for a moment before returning to a man with dark glasses over his face.

"Good evening Mr. Smith." His deep voice said as he adjusted his glasses for a moment, before dropping his hands as they folding behind his black jacket.

"Bishop…" Frank said narrowing his eyes slightly.

"You suspect us to believe that Karai?" Jade growled stepping in front of her sister as Leonardo stayed closed, his hand kept on the hilt of his katana.

"By all means Jade, step closer you're just killing them faster." Karai smirked as Jade stopped looking towards her sister's worried faces.

"You're fine now, nothing is going to happen to you." Jade said softly as Fiona nodded her head. Lexine kept a tight glare on her face as she looked over her shoulder, her blonde sweat covered hair falling into her face.

"Where are my brothers?" Leo asked in a low growl as Karai took a step to the side relieving Donatello and Michelangelo tied to one another, their shells together. Mikey slumped against Donnie as Donnie struggled to break the ropes around his wrists.

"Don't worry Leonardo they are in good hands." Karai said as a smirk slowly covered her lips. Jade looked towards Karai in her silk covered voice, as her dark eyes slowly danced over Leonardo's body. Jade narrowed her eyes before tossing her arm forward and sending Karai flying backwards as it smacked harshly into crates.

Leonardo rushed over to his brother cutting the ropes with a swift cut from his katanas. Taking Mikey and letting his little brother's body fall forward on his shoulder as he hoisted him up. Donnie jumped to his feet taking his bo staff that leaned against a crate and holding it braced before him. Leo moved to the girls as Lexi sighed rubbing her wrists and Fiona rushed to Jade as her older sister held her for a moment giving her a soft kiss on the head.

"Told ya." She smirked as Fiona gave a meek smile back.

"C'mon, let's move!" Leo said running towards the alleyway where they left the Battle Shell.

Jade let out a slow growl as she slid to a stop seeing Karai and a dozen Foot Ninja staring at them their blades gleaming in the moonlight that glistened off the water.

"You have no where to go. Give yourselves up." She growled as Leo set Mikey's unconscious body down on the ground, turning back towards Karai as he slid a katana from his strap. Raphael sliding his sais from his belt as he pushed past Jade, standing strong beside his brother. Donnie gave Lexi a kiss on the head before stepping forward, spinning his staff slightly before bracing it in a stance.

Fiona went to Mikey's side as she put a force field around her and him glaring darkly at Karai as she ran a hand over the dampened orange bandanna. Jade crossed her arms glaring darkly beside Leo as Jac lit a flame her whole fist engulfed, as she took a stance beside Raphael. Casey set April down as Lexine held onto her, walking beside Jacqueline and grabbing a large piece of broken crate and smacking it against his palm.

"Are we doing this then?" Leonardo asked in a dark voice as Karai smiled slowly taking her katana from her back and pointing it forward. Foot came rushing at the five as they all braced themselves in a stance.

Leonardo caught Karai's blade with his own as he shoved her off him harshly. She stumbled a bit from his new fighting style. She wasn't used to him being so rash. She arched her brow slightly as he let out a growl running towards her again.

Raphael caught a katana in the hook of his sai as he jumped into a kick sending the Foot back as another ran forward. He flipped backwards, twisting his sais as he jabbed them forward, coming in contact with the Foot's stomach as they fell forward into him. He pulled back as he twists his sais back against his forearms, using the blunt of the metal in a punch.

Jacqueline chuckled lightly as she sent another Foot back with her fist of metal. She grabbed the sharp blade in her grasp as she bent it back towards it's owner. She smiled jumping up as her foot smacked against their face.

"Batter up!" Casey yelled over at Donnie as Donnie smiled swinging his bo staff into a Foot that stumbled towards him from the smack Casey delivered against his face with the piece of wood.

Donnie turned quickly, jabbing his staff backwards, then up as he hit a Foot's stomach, then his chin as his head snapped back and body fell hard against the concrete. He twisted the staff around his neck to brace back in front of him as he sung it, taking out three Foot that rushed at him.

"The Shredder is supposed to be dead!" Leonardo yelled through gritted teeth as he braced his two blades against Karai's one. She bent back, falling onto a knee as his strength was too much for her to hold any longer. She moved quickly, tucking herself and rolling under his legs as he fell forward, falling into a roll himself as he turned quickly slicing his blades before him as the air around them made a harsh sound.

"He was, you killed him Leonardo!" She yelled back as they rushed at one another catching their blades. "He was everything I had, and you took it from me!" She yelled, near of a scream as she pushed him back slicing her blade quickly towards him as he bent back away from it. He lifted his other blade, catching hers as he pushed it back in front of her, pressing her back.

"Was, he was Karai! Why is he alive?!" He yelled back as they broke again, circling each other slowly, catching their breath.

"In time you will find out soon enough Leonardo." She hissed as he growled rushing at her again.

Fiona's eyes clenched tight as her arms shook, sweat gathering on her brow. She winced with pain as her head started to pound from holding a force field for this long. She gritted her teeth trying to grab as much power she had left to keep him safe.

Raphael threw a punch, catching a blade with his sai from behind him as he took the Foot in front of him by the shoulder and brought his body into his plastron. He bent forward tossing the body over his shoulder as it smacked into the Foot's body behind him. He looked towards Leo as him and Karai circled each other, Leonardo flicking his blade slightly as his chest rose and fell heavily.

"Raph, watch out!" Donnie yelled as he used his bo staff as a hurl vault, jumping over three Foot before him and towards his red clad brother. Raph turned quickly towards a Foot's dagger that buried itself into his shoulder. Raph fell to his knees in pain as Donnie growled jumping in front of his brother, kicking the Foot away from him as he sung his staff smacking it across their face. Raph winced in pain, looking at the blade that's hilt only showed from his green skin. He closed his eyes as Donnie grimaced holding his hands above his brother, not knowing whether to rip it out of keep it in.

"Don, just, just get it out!" Raph said in a shaky voice as Donnie shook his head.

"No, I-I can't. It'll keep the blood in for…I just, I can't…Le-Le-Leo! We, need to leave! Now!" Donnie yelled over his shoulder keeping his eyes fixed on the dagger.

"Raph!" Jac said turning back towards her fight with two Foot as she growled engulfing her full arm in flames as she punched one across the face, using his body that fell forward as leverage to kick the other in the face. They both fell to the ground as she ran to Donnie's side falling to her knees instantly. "Raph…" She sighed softly as he looked up at her with glossed over eyes.

"I-I'm ok." He said through a broken voice as Jac bit her bottom lip from quivering. She nodded her head slowly as Donnie lifted Raph to his feet, letting his brother lean on him.

Jade pushed back another Foot as she looked over her shoulder at the small group of Jac and Donnie hovering over Raph. She furrowed her brow as she turned back towards the group of Foot that came at her, pushing them back with her powers as they screamed flying through the air and smacking their backs hard onto the water. She ran over to Donnie as he slowly lifted Raph to his feet, his body slumping slightly again the purple clad turtle. She furrowed her brow, and then covered her mouth in a gasp as she noticed the hilt of a dagger protruding out of his flesh.

"Leo!" She yelled as the eldest still paid no attention.

"You're never going to win Karai!" Leo growled as Karai smirked looking over towards his family and back towards Leo's glaring eyes.

"You have already lost!" Karai said as she took a smoke pellet from her pouch and threw it at the ground. Leonardo rushed into the smoke slicing his blades before him through the empty space as the smoke slowly blew away. He turned quickly looking around him as he growled looking towards the roof tops as he noticed a shadow slowly disappear.

"LEONARDO!" Jade screamed as he snapped himself back to reality looking over at his wounded brother. Fiona sighed letting the force field drop around her and Mikey as she placed her head in her hands, shuttering.

Leo ran over to them as Jade moved to let him get a look at Raph.

"I-I'm fine." He said trying to smile meekly as Leo sighed shaking his head.

"I-I was lost in…I couldn't control… I wanted to snap myself out of it and I couldn't. It-It was too strong." He said letting his head fall between his shoulders as Jac glared at him helping Donnie walk his brother towards the Battle Shell.

"Casey do you think you can take Mikey? I'll grab Fiona, Lex you got April?" She asked over her shoulder as Lexine and April came out from behind a crate, April walking on her own. Casey walked over to Fiona and Mikey as she lifted her head slightly before placing it back down on the cold concrete.

"We're almost outta this geek." Casey said softly patting the girl's soft raven hair. She nodded her head as Casey leaned down letting Mikey fall over his shoulder. Jade helped her sister to her feet, using her powers to hold her effortless in her arm. The youngest twin clung onto her older sister's body as she lay across her arms. Jade softly hummed the song their mother used to sing as Fiona smiled.

Casey placed Mikey in the back next to Fiona as she placed her hand on his head nuzzling her face against his. Raphael hissed in pain as Donnie took out his medical kit, going to work on his shoulder.

"Should we go back to the lair?" April asked helping Donnie with Raphael's wound, as Jac watched in a grimace letting Raphael squeeze her strong hand every time he needed.

"We can't stay in the city." Jade sighed.

"Frank's?" Lexine suggested as Jade shrugged.

"No, I gotta betta idea." Casey smirked running to the front of the Battle Shell and taking the driver's seat. Jade furrowed her brow walking to the front as she sat in the passenger, giving Leo a once over in passing as he sat with his head low and hands between his knees, resting on his thighs.

"Where we going?" She asked buckling herself in as Casey looked over at her taking off through the dark streets.

"Some where the Foot won't find us and we'll be able to recoup." He said in a smile. She arched a brow slightly and nodded her head.

"It is a simple request." Bishop said with in a calm voice as Frank slammed his fists on his desk.

"It is wrong and you know it! The government will never go for that and they will not give you the funding!" Frank said raising his voice as Bishop let his head down, lifting it back towards the screen adjusting his dark lens.

"All I am asking is for the information you hold on these secret files you have so carefully locked away in the little underground facility you hold so dear. It may be something of use for your country. You as an Agent must respect that, Mr. Smith."

"You have no right, and no authority of receiving such knowledge!"

"I have seen enough to be suspicious of something going on. Gregory wasn't just a skilled fighter. He had something different, something special." Bishop said arching a brow slightly. "Powers." Frank furrowed his brow for a moment before his shoulders slumped.

"H-How did you…"

"You think I have no authority Smith? I hold more than you will ever know. Now, give me access to your files or the next time we meet I will not ask as nicely." Bishop said as the side of his mouth twitched into a smirk before the screen went black and back to Frank's company logo.

Jade's eyes fluttered open as she felt the truck start to slow. Casey pulled the emergence brake, putting the Battle Shell in park as he opened his door and jumped out. Jade yawned looking into the back of the cab as Donnie was patching up Raphael's arm as his head lay slumped against the back of the seat. Jacqueline sitting next to him with her head in her hands as she ran them slowly through her bright red hair. Splinter sat beside his strong son, with his eyes closed, meditating and trying to be a soothing presence for Raphael as he passed out from blood loss.

Fiona lay sleeping on Mikey's lap as Mikey looked over at Jade with a small smile and a bandage wrapped around his head, his mask hanging off his shoulder. Lexine and April sat next to each other watching Donnie intently as he finished with Raph.

Jade took off her seat belt and went to the back as Casey helped Mikey to his feet. He was a bit shaky, but was able to get from the cab and stretch, looking around the open space of the farm house.

He smiled to himself happy that they deicide on coming here other than Frank's. He loved it here. Fresh air, open spaces, and being able to walk around in the sunlight without anyone freaking out. He turned as Fiona yawned climbing from the cab as looking around the dark woods around them. She furrowed her brow slightly as Casey smirked helping her down from the cab.

"Where are we?" She asked in a soft voice as Lexine and April went down next.

"We're at my grandma's old house in Connecticut." He said as Lexine looked around herself, April walking up the old porch steps and flicking on the lights. Lexine put her arm around her little sister's shoulders pulling her body to lean against her as they walked inside the house with Mikey following slowly, holding his head.

Jade stood in front of Leonardo as he kept his head in his hands. Donatello and Casey carried Raphael out of the cab and into the house as Jacqueline followed right behind them with Splinter. She helped the elderly rat to the ground as he patted her hand in thanks. She smiled meekly at her Master turning over her shoulder for a moment to her sister. Jade watched Jac giving her a small nod as Jac gave one back closing the back doors as Leo sighed shaking his head.

"I lost control." He said softly as Jade crouched down placing her hands on his knee pads. "I-I was too caught up in the fight with Karai I wasn't focused on anything else around me. I wasn't helping my brothers. I could have caught that Ninja before he got to Raph. I could have prevented…" Jade lifted a hand and cupped it around Leo's beak as he lifted his head with sad eyes as she gave a small smile.

"It wasn't you." She said softly as he shook his head removing her hand.

"I could have…"

"You're right. You could have, but that is not what happened Leo. This was out of your control…"

"Because I had none." He said lifting his head quickly and giving a slight glare as she sighed putting her hand on his face.

"You're fears came true, this is what the serum that is still running harshly through your vines is supposed to do." She said in a shrug, running her thumb across his cheek. "There wasn't anything you could have done."

"I could have done more." He sighed dropping his head again as she shook hers.

"Leonardo." He lifted his head to his name as his father stood on the ground before the opened doors. Jade walked over and jumped down, giving the rat a little help as he climbed up walking towards his son. Leo shifted his gaze from his father to her for a moment.

"You've done nothing wrong." She said through her thoughts as he sighed looking back down at his hands.

"She is right my son." Splinter said standing before his eldest as Leo refused to lift his head towards his father's gaze.

"I-I did nothing Master. I just let it happen, and ignored them yelling for me. I could hear them and wanted to move but my body, it-it wouldn't let me. It kept me there in that fight with Karai as my anger just took over my senses. Like, I was drowning in my own body, being taken away by the fake current that over took me. I lost sight of everything around me… I failed my family." He said softly clenching his hands into a fist as his father placed a soft paw on his son's tensed shoulders.

"You are not yourself my son. You have been compromised by a drug that makes you do things that you fight to break away from. Until Mr. Smith can find you all a cure I can only give you advice to meditate and fight harder to keep yourself, my son." Splinter said as Leo sighed nodding his head before lifting it to meet his father's gaze. "I suggest you get some rest, from what Ms. O'Neil has filled me in on the happenings tonight you all hard trying times." He coaxed his son to his feet as Leonardo helped his father from the bed of the truck and into the house.

Donatello checked on Raphael's wound, slowly pulling back on the bandages that were stained with blood as Jacqueline sat on the edge of the couch, her leg shaking uncontrollably with nerves.

"He should be fine, the bleeding has stopped and his pulse is still beating strong. Taking the dagger out sooner would have caused a lot more blood loss and if it was over just a centimeter over it would have hit a nerve and he wouldn't have been able to use his arm." He sighed as Jacqueline furrowed her brow looking down at him.

"That 'posta make me feel betta Donnie-boy?" She asked as he smirked to the nickname and shook his head.

"Just a thought said out loud." He said getting on his feet. Lexine chewed on her finger nails, leaning against the old piano in the corner as he smiled at her. She let her hand fall giving a small one back. "You alright Goldie?" He asked as she smiled wider to the name and nodded her head.

"I am now…" She said leaning in towards his lips as she gave him a soft peck. "…Gadget."

Splinter kneeled in front of the couch placing his paw on his son's head as he pulled his crimson colors from his face. He looked towards Jacqueline with a smile handing her his bandanna as she took it, slowly running the soft fabric through her fingers.

"No more need to worry my child. He is going to be alright." Splinter said closing his eyes. Jac sighed getting from the arm of the couch as walking outside into the cool summer night. The breeze ran over her skin as she clenched the crimson fabric tighter in her grasp, leaning against the large, paint chipped porch pillar.

"You ok?" Jade asked as she didn't turn around. She nodded her head slowly as Jade walked over to the railing leaning down against it. "It's peaceful out here." She said softly as Jac nodded again. "Kinda more so than Frank's."

"Frank's doesn't exactly scream placid." Jac said arching her brow slightly as Jade let out a soft chuckle and nodded her head. "Leo alright?" Jac asked looking towards her sister as Jade sighed nodded her head, as she folded her hands in front of her as her forearms braced on the wide railing.

"He will be." She said looking towards her sister as Jac's hair started to go back to a dark brown.

"How's Fe?"

"Tired."

"She did good tonight." Jac said in a nod as Jade followed.

"She did."

"Lex too."

"You did too Jac."

"I kinda freaked…" Jac said in a sigh as Jade leaned up on the railing.

"Raph was hurt, I don't know what I would have done if something happened to Leo."

"I just…" She sighed again running her hand through her hair. "I-I've never seen him like that. He just…He was just, unable to move and not defend himself. He was helpless and…"

"He wasn't helpless." Jade said shaking her head. "He just knew Donnie was right there for him and you too. He knew he had to save his energy, in case he needed to fight through the pain. Raph could never be helpless."

"You didn't see his face! His eyes, they were just…"

"In pain?" Jade asked arching a brow as she leaned against the pillar her sister once occupied as she now paced over the creaking porch.

"Yeah, pain, in pain. I've never seen him show pain! He always has this bullshit front that makes him be immune to it, or at least seem it. He never just lets it come out! He-He just had this look and it broke my heart to see it!" Jac said pacing, talking a little faster as Jade leaned up and let her sister walk into her. Jac pushed away as Jade kept her against her in a hug.

"He's ok now Jackie, he's not hurt anymore." Jade said softly as Jac finally gave in, burying her face against Jade's shoulder. She felt her sister's breath shutter as the warm, wetness of tears soaked in her shirt.

Jade sighed walking through the house quietly as Splinter and Raphael both spelt in the living room. Jacqueline close by on the armchair next to the couch, her head slumped against her palm as her breathing was slow. Jade smirked taking a blanket and placing it over her sister's chest, leaning down and kissing her forehead.

She walked upstairs and went into the twin's room, as they shared old bunk beds with their boyfriends. She smiled softly to herself as Lexine and Don took the bottom bunk, wrapped around each other with their grasps just as tight as if they were still awake. Fiona and Mikey on the top bunk as Fiona clung to Mikey, basically lying on his plastron as he lay on his shell.

Jade leaned herself from the door as she turned back down the hall, noticing the bathroom and a closed door at the end of the hall. She sighed before turning into the room Leonardo and her were to share. A small candle lit in the middle of the floor as he sat quietly in lotus position. She sighed closing the door softly as she started to peel her sweat soaked clothing from her body.

She kept a tank top on and her underwear as she pulled the covers back, making the bed moan softly as she sat on it. She heard the floor creak to his movement as she looked up at him sliding his strap from his shoulder. He placed his katana on a small chair beside the window and walked around the other side of the bed. The bed groaned louder to his weight as she kept her eyes on her hands that smoothed out the covers over her bare legs. He kept his shell to her as she sighed leaning towards him and placing a hand on his still tensed shoulders. She leaned closer pulling herself towards him and sitting next to him, her legs bent under her. She started to slowly message his muscle as he took her hand and placed them to his lips kissing it softly.

"I'm fine." He sighed softly as she looked at him and nodded her head.

"You believe that?"

"For now." He said looking at her as she leaned back letting him lay on the bed. She sighed placing her head on his shoulder as she ran her finger tip slowly along the ridge of his plastron.