Jacqueline felt the warmth of the morning sun slowly start to break over her face crawling over her closed eye as she winced, placing her hand to her head. She turned over in the chair, her back towards the window as she let her body wake up more. Remembering everything, come rushing quickly back to her she shot up in the chair and looked over at Raphael, his eyes clenched shut as his good arm searched his shoulder. She sighed sliding off the chair and crawling on the floor over to him as he opened his eyes looking down at her.

"Hey punk." He said in a hoarsely strained voice as she smirked slightly running her hand along his cheek, down his neck and letting it rest at his chest.

"Hey tough guy." She said trying to keep her voice calm from him knowing she had been crying. "How ya feelin'?"

"Better…A little." He said adjusting himself on the couch to look at her. He placed his good hand over hers as she smirked, feeling his thumb graze the top of it slowly in repetitive motions.

"I was so worried 'bout you…" She sighed keeping her head down to avoid his eyes. He smiled, taking in a slow breath as he moved his hand to her face and pulled it towards his. She sat up to his strength leaning against him slightly as his lips pressed against hers. She clenched her eyes tight and placed her hand on his good shoulder giving it a slight squeeze of reassurance. He pulled back looking at her face as he ran his fingers slowly through her red hair, tucking it behind her ear. She smiled meekly for a moment before looking down at his chest and seeing it rise and fall slowly to his breathing. A tear she wasn't aware of slowly slid down her cheek and fell onto his emerald skin. She felt his hand wipe the streak of wetness from her cheek as she flicked her eyes up to meet his for a moment and back down at his chest.

"Nothin' is gonna happen ta me." He said lifting her face to look in his eyes as she sighed nodding her head. "It was a stupid mistake, it happens in fights. I gotten a lot worse babe, believe me." He said as she sighed again leaning forward and kissing him, letting her mouth open slightly against his as he followed, their tongues moving in a pattern they've gotten used to.

"You betta promise me." She said softly as she pressed her forehead to his, her eyes shut. He kept his shut as well, taking in a small breath of her as he leaned his head a bit to catch her lips on his for a moment, then pulling back and resting his head on the pillow.

"Promise ya what?" He asked gruffly as she nuzzled her face down against the nape of his neck, kissing it gently.

"You gotta promise that you love me and nothin' in this world will be able to ruin that." She said clenching her eyes shut tight as she waited for the impact of her words to hit him. She never said stupid things like that. She knew she loved him but that doubt always played in the back of her mind.

"You've been watchin' Mikey's movies again?" He asked in a slight chuckle as she pulled back looking at him. He let his smile drop as he noticed the seriousness in her face, taking in a slow breath. "You know I love ya." He said holding the back of her head as he gripped her thick hair in his hands. She nodded her head.

"I'm just afraid that we don't really tell each otha how we really feel…I know you love me but I don't think I can breath anymore if I'm not around you. I feel for ya like a lot more than I did when we first met. I-I've always loved ya no matter what, cared 'bout ya 'n stuff, but I don't think I can be with anyone else…" She said putting her head back down on his strong shoulder. He furrowed his brow for a moment, keeping his hand on the back of her soft hair as he let his fingers run over it.

"So whaya sayin', you're in love with me?" He asked staring at the ceiling as she hesitated before nodding her head slowly against his neck. He wrapped his good arm around her body pressing it tightly to his. "You sure?" He asked again as she nodded her head without hesitation this time. "I don't think I've ever been anythin' but in love with ya." He said slowly as she lifted her head up to him and let a smile go slowly across her face. "Every time I wake up 'n you ain't in bed with me I just wanna get outta there and find ya and be close to ya. I'd run across town in a heart beat if it meant bein' near you." He said as she smiled wider leaning forward and kissing his lips. "In a fight whenever I see someone get too close to ya I get this feelin' in my gut, even though I know you can handle ya own, but still I just wanna be there for ya whenever. Even if ya don't need it. I don't know what would happen if I lost ya." He said slowly moving his eyes from hers and admiring her cheeks, the way her hair started to grow a deeper red with his words and draped over her shoulder. The way her skin heated up against his. He ran his hand from her head to her bare arm feeling its warmth as she sighed softly to his touch bending her head down to rest against his shoulder.

"You guys wanna borrow our room?" They heard Casey's voice say from the stairs as Jac picked her head up looking towards Casey's smug smile. She narrowed her eyes getting from Raph as he leaned up looking at his best friend. "Just change the sheets when ya… Whoa! Jac no fire balls!" He said dodging the red heads wrath as she smirked walking into the kitchen.

Raphael chuckled bending his good arm, as he tucked it behind his head on the small pillow. He sighed happily to himself as he watched his girlfriend bounce into the sun lit kitchen, admiring her backside as she went.

"How ya feelin'?" Casey asked taking a seat on the arm of the couch as Raph turned his head to look at him. He shrugged slightly and winced remembering where the pain was.

"Could be better." He said in a strained voice as he placed his hand to his shoulder.

"Just take it easy man, you're here to relax. April's in town grabbin' some grub. Splinter's meditating in that spot he likes by the lake I'm sure, probably with Leo…"

"How's Mikey?"

"He woke up shortly after you passed out." Casey chuckled. "He's good though, I think him and Fiona are goofin' around outside." He said as he turned towards the door as Lexine and April walked in with arms filled with paper bags. "Hey Blondie. Babe." He said greeting Lexi then April as Lexi rolled her eyes to the comment, and April giving him a kiss on the cheek.

"How are you feeling Raph?" April asked handing the bag to Casey as she leaned on the back of the couch. He looked up at her with a small smile.

"I'm good Ape." He said softly as she smiled patting his good shoulder.

"Good to hear tough guy. Now, breakfast?" She asked in a smile as he nodded his head.

"Yeah I'm starvin'." He said sitting up a little as he placed his large hand over his shoulder, rolling it slowly in his hand. He clenched his eyes shut tight to the pain, holding back any sounds as Jacqueline came around the other side of the couch holding out a glass of orange juice for him. He looked towards the glass, then up at her as he kept his hand on his shoulder.

"Ya know, ya might wanna wait a good twenty four hours before you go and think you're the man of steal." She said arching her brow as he narrowed his eyes slightly before taking the glass from her hand quickly. She smirked walking back into the kitchen.

"I was just testin' it." He said standing up as Donnie walked down the stairs.

"Testing what?" He asked as Raph grunted a 'nuttin' in response. "Raph, you can't just think that you have the same strength as you did before, you have to take it slow." Donnie sighed as his brother waved him off.

"Yeah, yeah Don. We've been through this before."

"Exactly why I shouldn't have to tell you again." Don said following his brother into the kitchen and crossing his arms. Lex and Jac looked at one another as they took plates from the cabinets.

"I'm fine." Raph said turning towards his brother. "See." He said putting his good arm out. "Everything still in tact."

"Barely." Donnie said rolling his eyes as he sat at the table.

"Hey Lucy and Ricky you wanna quit ya yappin' and help us with breakfast?" Jac said as Lexi chuckled slightly.

"Can't…" Raph mumbled with a mouth full of toast. "'m wounded…" Jac rolled her eyes turning towards Donnie and thrusting a mixing bowl at him.

"Fine…" He sighed getting from the table and taking the bowl. Lexine smiled as she chopped vegetables for the omelets, leaning over and kissing his cheek as he smiled back returning it.

Jade walked along a worn down path in the woods as she looked towards the blue skies. She smiled to herself as she saw them both sitting in the distance. His blue bandanna floating beside his head as his Master sat as still as the water in front of them.

"Jade, my dear you may join us." Splinter said softly as he kept his eyes shut. Leonardo did the same as she sat next to him, looking out towards the lake.

"April sent me for you two. The girls and I are going to make you six breakfast." She said in a smile as Leo opened his eyes slowly turning towards her happy tone. He smiled catching her hair in his hand as it blew into her face.

"Sounds lovely." Splinter said still with eyes closed. "Leonardo and I will be there in a moment." She nodded and got from the soft grass leaning over and kissing her boyfriends forehead.

She sighed to herself walking back to the farm house. She could hear the laughter of the two young ones from yards away, through the wooden area around the house. She smiled as she saw Fiona run by in a squeal from Mikey chasing her, feeling right as rain from the happenings of last night.

She had cautioned him this morning on taking it easy and Donnie told her it was no use. He was the fastest healer of the brothers and never slowed down, no matter how injured he was. She smirked as he flipped by her, almost knocking into her. He landed and grabbed her shoulders to straighten her out, but more to straighten himself.

"Whoa…Sorry babe, didn't see ya." He said. She took his hands from her shoulders and patted his head.

"It's alright Mike, we're making breakfast for you guys, wanna help?"

"I wanna help!" Fiona said running over to Jade noticing Mikey had stopped chasing her.

"Alright, you can help Don make pancakes, you're always good at those." Jade said throwing her arm around her sister's neck and giving her a noogie. "And you Michelangelo, you can help…"

"I can be a tester!" He said with a smile as he followed the girls into the house.

"A tester?" Jade asked opening the screen door and shoved Fiona inside with a chuckle. Mikey nodded his head as leaned against the doorway to the kitchen.

"I can sit and test the food when it's done."

"Fat chance dipshit, that job is always taken." Raph smirked from the table tossing a red pepper into his mouth from the plate Lexi set on the table. Mikey made a pouty face and kicked out a chair beside his brother.

"Well…I can…" He thought as Fiona smirked wrapping her arms around his shoulders kissing his cheek.

"You can sit there and look cute." She giggled as Mikey smirked giving her a kiss back.

"Adorable." Raph said sarcastically as he watched his brother's smile gleam with happiness from across the table. He took a piece of mushroom from the plate and flicked it at his brother. Mikey let out a scream and took one himself to retaliated. Raph went to pick up another piece as Jade held her hand out to stop the green pepper in mid-air.

"Awww…Mom…you're not fun!" Mikey whined as Jade chuckled taking the plate and moving it onto the counter.

"If you two aren't going to help, go gather up wood for the fire tonight. Well, Mikey you do that Raph, keep an eye on him." Jade said turning back to scrambling the eggs.

"I-I lady o' fearless!" Mikey said standing up and saluting Jade as Fiona giggling. Raph rolled his eyes getting from the seat. Jac grabbed his good arm before he left the kitchen pulling him towards her as they're lips locked. He gave a small smile against her lips as he placed a hand around her waist.

"Aww…" Mikey said as he walked to the door way. Raph sung his arm behind him to hit his little brother as Mikey ducked. "Ya know bro you're never gonna heal your arm if ya keep using it." Mikey said wagging his finger. Raph growled grabbing Mikey by the back of the neck and shoving him forward into the living room.

"Believe me, it's worth it." He grunted as Jac chuckled.

Splinter and Leonardo came in for breakfast as the girls laid out the food on the large table in the dining room. Leonardo kept to himself throughout the meal as Jade glanced over at him every once in awhile. She placed a hand on his leg as he turned towards her with a meek smile.

"You ok?" She asked placing a scoop of egg into her mouth. She could hear his sigh from next to her as she turned looking at him.

"Yeah Jay, I'm alright. I just need to do some thinking."

"You've been thinking all morning."

"Well, I need to do more." He said back as she turned towards him with a furrowed brow to his tone.

"Ok, sorry." She said going back to her plate as he sighed getting from the table, taking his plate with him.

"Excuse me." He said walking into the kitchen.

"What's wit him?" Raph asked as Jade shrugged.

"He believes that this drug that you were all compromised with is a part of his self-conscious and he can do something about it." Splinter said picking up his tea as Jade sighed picking her plate up and taking it into the kitchen.

She saw him, leaning against the sink as his muscles flexed to the grip he applied on the old metal. She walked over him to placing a hand on his tense shoulder as he hung his head lower shaking it. Leaning in and pressing her forehead to shoulder he relaxed a bit and turned towards her, putting his hand on her cheek.

"I'm sorry." He said softly as she smiled, leaning in and kissing his lips.

"Nothing to be sorry about." She said kissing him again.

"I just…" He sighed putting his head down as she took a step closer running her hands slowly up and down his arms. "I just don't like this. I don't like not knowing myself or what will happen next. With what's going on with me I feel like I'm Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" She smiled a little as he arch his brow. "It's not funny Jade." He said crossing his arms as she covered her face from a wider smile.

"No, no, no I'm not. You're right…" She said turning a laugh into a cough as he rolled his eyes turning back towards the sink. She sighed jumping up on the counter. "As long as you have your brother's they'll keep you under control. And if they don't…I will." She smiled as he looked up at her. "I mean you don't mind me smacking you around right?" She asked trying to keep a straight face as it turned into a laugh. He sighed rolling his eyes again as she dropped down from the counter placing her hands on his shoulders to turn him towards her. "Leo, I'm kidding. Lighten up." She said moving his shoulders around as he grabbed her by the forearms to steady himself.

"I'm trying, I just…" He sighed again letting his head fall as she picked it back up.

"Leo…" He raised his eyes to hers as she smiled, and he tried to force one out himself. "I love you and nothing you can do will ever change that, no matter what. I trust you with my life and so do all those people in there. They know this wasn't your fault, they accept it and so should you." She said giving his shoulders a squeeze as he sighed once more nodding his head.

"I guess you're right." He said letting the tension drop a bit from his shoulders with a small breath.

"I know I am." She smiled. "Now, I know you're still hungry because you barely ate anything." She said looking around the mess of a kitchen. "Ah, ha." She smiled. "Pancakes it is." Taking the mixing bowl still filled with batter and a pan from the skin she nudged him over with her hip as he smiled putting his arms around her shoulders and kissing her cheek softly. She pushed her backside into him a bit as he chuckled against her cheek, moving down to the nape of her neck and kissing there. She giggled slightly as he tickled her neck, nuzzling his beak against her skin.

"You guys have a room for that shit doncha?" Jac asked as she brought her and Raph's plate into the kitchen. Jade smiled as Leo took a step back to sit at the table.

"Like you have room to talk dear sister." Jade smiled as Jac arched a brow jumping on the counter sticking her finger in the batter and licking it clean.

"Whacha talkin' 'bout?" She said with a small smile as Jade chuckled.

"You and Raph seem very affectionate towards one another." She said pouring some patter into the sizzling pan.

"We were always affectionate." Jac shrugged.

"Not publicly."

"Hey, maybe we just didn't feel like showin' it before." She said jumping from the counter and walking back into the dining room.

"I think we all get a little different coming up here." Leo said looking around the old kitchen. Jade looked over her shoulder at him with a smile. "Reminds us of growing up, it's just really nostalgic. It's nice to share it with you girls." He smiled as she smiled back.

"I'm glad."

Donatello and Lexine walked down the worn path to the lake as they held hands, swinging between them to their steps. She shaded her face from the sun as they stepped out from the woods into the open area, the lake glistened in the sun light. She smiled turning towards Donnie before dropping his hand and walking faster to the water.

"What are you doing?" He asked as she ran down the small hill that lead to the waters edge.

"I'm gonna test it out." She said over her shoulder as slipped off her brown flip flops and rolled up her jeans. Donnie smiled following her down to the water as he crossed his arms.

"It's gonna be cold." He warned as she rolled her eyes sticking her feet in. She jumped back in a small gasp as he tired to suppress a laugh. "I told you." She glared at him using her quick powers to shove him into the cold water. He fell back in a splash as she covered her mouth.

"I thought you were a ninja!" She said in between laughing. He got up from the mucky, sandy water flicking it from his hands as he wiped it off his thighs and back of his legs.

"You think this is funny?" He asked taking a step towards her as she took a step back.

"Now, Donatello you are fully aware that you are a cold blooded animal and you're temperature can change to the climate around you I'm not like that I could catch something if you…" She cut off her ranting as she fell back from trying to climb the hill backwards. He leaned over her and grabbed by the back of the thighs, hoisting her up and over his shoulder. "Donnie no!" She screamed as he climbed on the dock.

"No what? I'm sorry…I don't understand screaming banshee. They're not in my cold blooded species." He chuckled as he went to the edge.

"Donatello put me down!" She said hitting his shell as he chuckled flipping her from the dock and into the water. She gasped from the shock of the cold water as she surfaced, trying to catch her breath. She pushed her blond hair out of her face as he stood laughing on the docks. "See, now that is rather funny." He said crossing his arms as she glared at him.

"Cowabunga!" Donnie heard from over his shoulder as he turned slowly to his youngest brother running on the dock and doing a flip into the water next to Lexine. She screamed covering her head as Mikey landed in a huge splash. Donnie backed up so the water only got his legs and chuckled. Fiona covered her face as she took a set at the edge of the dock, swinging her feet into the water.

"Mikey, what the hell did I tell you?" Raph said as he and Jac walked down the hill. "No more cowabunga."

"Bro, that's like my trade mark. I own that shit. I can't just not use it. It would be wrong to the people of America!" Mikey said as Lexi splashed him with water. "Babe, didn't anyone tell you your not 'posta swim in your clothing?" Mikey asked backing away from her as she turned towards Donnie.

"Yeah, well tell that to him!" She said trying to splash Don as he chuckled leaning down to the water. She splashed him again as he covered his face from getting wet.

"I'm sorry…" He said in between laughter as she narrowed her eyes walking over towards the waters edge. Jac and Raph tried to hide their laughter as she tired to peal her soaked jeans from her body. Don walked over to her as she shoved him away. "Goldie, I'm sorry, really." He said only smiling now as she kept her glare on him.

"I'm only forgiving you because I suppose it was only slightly funny." She said crossing her arms. He took a step towards her as she allowed him, placing her arms around his shoulders as he kissed her cheek softly.

"Karai, do you have news for me?" Saki said as he sat with candles lit around him, his eyes closed not looking up to his daughter who bowed towards him before descending up the small stairs case.

"Master, the plan Hun had put together failed and the turtles with their accomplices got away." She said keeping her head down as Saki opened his eyes slowly.

"Hun will be my matter that I will deal with. You tell me what happened of your mission." He said his voice deep as Karai lifted her head to meet her father's demanding gaze.

"The Foot Ninja and I did take them on in battle and wounded the one called Raphael. Leonardo seemed, different in his fighting styles, more harsh." She said, thinking back to the intensity shinning through in Leonardo's brown eyes. "However, the girls are stronger than I remembered. They powers seemed as though they have doubled, the Foot retreated and I followed." She said letting her head fall as Saki's fists slammed on the red carpet around him.

"You ran away like a cowered! I did not teach you to run! You are Ninja, you are a worrier! Worriers do not run from battle! These girls powers have gotten strong, that is only a gain to us. We will use it to our advantage and twist them to our will. Stockman and Chaplin's little experiment may have not been successful but I will not fail again! Get the Foot and searched this City. Every man hole cover, every inch and sector of the sewer I want reports on activity." He said closing his eyes once more as Karai nodded, slowly getting to her feet. "Oh and Karai." He said as she stopped to him fixing his gaze on hers once more. "If you fail me in this again you will find yourself on the dirty streets of Japan where I found you! Now, go!"

He watched his adopted daughter walked with a straight poster out of his quarters as a smirked slowly slid over his face. He straightened himself on the floor and closed his eyes once more as he head a small beep before him. Opening his eyes, only to narrow he looked at the screen before him.

"What is the meaning of this intrusions?"

"Oroku Saki. Allow me to introduce myself, I'm Agent Bishop."