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Be calm.
Breathe.
Focus.
Don't tear off someone's head...
The chatter around her had faded, the yellow bandanna's eyes closed in meditation. Wanting to stay this way forever, she knew she had to face them. Opening her eyes and ears, she tried to resist the overpowering sound.
Finally she has enough deciding to end it.
"QUIET!"
All eyes went to her as she spoke again, "I will start with one of the girls questions, then move to the males."
"They can go first, I am curios to their question" Tori said, the other females feeling the same patience
"Guys?" She asked, looking to the males
The four looked to the other, before Leo said "How are you here when I…we lost you"
Screams echoed through her mind, the night coming to her mind.
"JASMINE!"
"NO!"
"WHY!"
"Hold on" He told her, trying not to cry
Shaking the memory away, she stood.
"April, can you help me?"
The redhead looked to her before replying "Sure" standing to join her; the dark headed turtle slipped the belt from around her waist to the human's.
"Focus on me, when you have a clear image; press the belt. Relaxe, don't say anything" The whispered instructions were clear, but as blurry like pouring rain. The female look at her curiously, before nodding. The room was silent as April closed her eyes. Waiting, it seemed like minutes before the human's hand snaked down to the silver dragon. The fabric overtook her; it was green instead of a tan white.
A moment later, everyone thought they were seeing double.
There were two…dark haired female turtles, both sporting identical bandannas, double katanas, bracelets, and necklaces.
"April?" Casey asked, he couldn't find one difference between the two.
"She's not here" Both two at the exact same time, the same tone, making the same motion with their arms…a mirror image of the other
"Jasmine?" Leo thought he would be able to recognized his love, but he found nothing
"Yes Leo?" Four eyes went to him, the love seeping from their replies
"Dude, who is who?" Mikey looked from on to the other
"What you can't tell?" One asked, an evil smile on her face
"I thought you knew me better little brother" The other's face fell
"I know" Tori grinned, standing
"Do you now?" Both asks, as the redhead turtle stood between the two
Looking from one to another, Tori took one's hand.
"Hey Sis" The hothead said to one, they wondered if she was right
"How could you tell?" The other twin asked, but this time it was in April's voice
"Jasmine's temperature is slightly cooler than yours, easy for me to detect with my increased sense of touch" The brown bandanna replied, as the twins became one and a now human sat back down.
"How did you do that?" Don asked, they all wanted to know
"The belt works to detect your thoughts, April focused on me. Then I use my powers to control her movements, the final touch is to throw my voice. I can create…" Her explanation was cut off
"A puppet" Jasmine nodded
"I had guards that night, they were thinking of me" The simple sentence told them that one had died that night, a guard who had been at the wrong place at the wrong time.
"At least we know" Raph said
"I believe it is the girls turn, right?" Her tone was smooth and calm like usual
"How did you become an assassin?" Alice asked, obviously they had decided beforehand
"YOU WERE AN ASSASSIN?" The others yelled
God help me, she thought before responding, "You guys wanted to know about Hun right?"
"Yes, how you were great buddies with him" Raph replied
"Well those two go together, so that's good" Jasmine sighed, here we go, time for answers.
Both turtles and humans moved to a move comfortable position, thinking it would be a long tale.
"Five years ago, after the…" She ran off, trying to think of a word to describe their deaths "…event, I left Japan for New York. At first I wanted to stay in the area, but the Utroms weren't supporting me and I was broke. With no records, I didn't exist and it was impossible to get a job. So I came here, hearing rumors that there were jobs with nothing required." The others nodded, they understood
"So you became an assassin?" Casey asked
"I'll get to that. At first I moved boxes, washed laundry, provided security…stuff like that. On the street I was known as Jazz, that I would do any job. One day a job came to me to be a security for a club." She explained
"DL" Mikey said
"What does that mean anyway?" The purple bandanna asked, the four male turtles really wanted to know
Ignoring his question, she continued "He had just bought a run down building, and wanted to make sure that the improvements he had done weren't screwed up by anyone. I saw real potential in the place and I had some money saved up, so I offered to help him"
"For what?" April asked, Don still silent from where she hadn't answered his question
"For becoming his partner, I still earn money from the profits."
"Dude, that's awesome" The youngest male gasped
"When it came time to name the place, he asked me to. I had seen the dragon tattoo on his arm and I was still thinking of you guys so I named it DL…which stands for Dragon's Lair" She smiled as Don processed the answer
"It makes sense" The bo user said
"It really made sense, considering that he was the head of the purple dragons and that the club was mainly for them. We became good friends and that's why I was on the VIP list." The night following her had finally been explained
"So then you…" She cut off the question
"My reputation took a darker side when Hun asked me for a favor. Someone had been taking out purple dragons; no one in the gang could get near to him…" The dark haired female ran off
"You killed a man for a few scumbag purple dragons?" Raph growled
"No, I killed him because he was also killing bystanders and officers, Hun only cared about the dragons…I didn't." Her answer was low and hissed, proving his assumption wrong
"Remember that guy a few years back that had killed over thirty…" April gasped as her eyes went wide
"His body was found by the police after they were alerted to an area by multiple gunshots, the door was broken down; with bullets buried in the wall." Leo said, he and his brothers had followed the story, trying to find the man on patrols and stop the madness
"How did he die?" Having not heard the story, the females listened intently
"Not by a gunshot, but…" Casey ran off
"…two slash marks, from a sword" Raph finished, all eyes went to the eldest female
"Or swords" Mikey said lowly, the two yellow hilts sticking out more than ever
They wanted an answer; she owed them it, no matter the pain it brought up.
"After him, I was Hun's right hand man, in every aspect of the club. Once in a while he would ask me to do work with the purple dragons; I always knew every detail of the job, never did I..." The female ran off, sighing before finishing the sentence in a low somber tone as she looked out the window onto the streets "…steal without good intentions, fight without a need for self defense, take a life without reason."
'Jasmine…" Leo said, but there was no there.
The only trace that she was ever there was the fact that the window was open leading to the fire escape.
"I'll get her" The next eldest female stood, the males agreed that it was probably a female situation
About to exit the building, the window slammed down in her face.
"Stay"
The single solitary word echoed the three's minds. It was serious, there was something going on. She was in big sister mode, protecting them.
"Why?" Alice asked, the three wondering what was going on
"The Foot don't know you're alive"
The other two female jumped up, running to the other windows. They were locked; the curtains slid closed to bloke them. Tori went to one knee, her hand to the floor.
"What's going on?" Leo asked, seeing the panic in the two youngest movements
"Fifty and the Elites" The redhead stood up, before aiming a punch at the window. It was stopped, throwing her hand back
"What are you talking about?" Raph stood, walking to the redhead
"That bitch" Tori snarled in frustration, trying to get to her
"Tell me" The red bandanna hissed to match her tone, she turned to glare at him
"My only big sister, that I thought was dead, is taking on fifty foot ninjas and the four elite on the rooftop! She won't let us help because the shredder doesn't know we are alive and I hate sitting here when she could need help!" The words were not roared, but spoken in a tone that the males understood…feeling helpless.
An imaginary light bulb appeared above April's head, "I have an idea"
All eyes went to her, wondering what she had in mind.
He couldn't do anything.
Around him stood a small army of Foot and his fellow Elite. They had been patrolling for turtles; their master had grown more irritation with no results. Coming to the known turtle human's house they found what they were looking for…
Her.
Turning to face them, she narrowed in on him. She nodded slightly, she understood that he was helpless to help her, but it seemed she didn't need it. Drawing her swords, her stance dared them to attack. Drawing his axes, he knew that he was to lead the first attack, the first move was his.
Then more figures appeared, his jaw dropped.
There were nine turtles, eight of them were male.
Two blue bandannas flanked Jasmine, their swords drawn for defense.
Her other side was taken by two reds, who snarled saying they were ready for battle with Sais drawn.
With looks that said that they were doomed, both purple bandannas had their bo staffs drawn.
Looking at them with wicked smiles were the orange bandannas, their nunchucks spinning at a speed ready to break bones.
He motioned for the regular foot to stay back, the Elites to follow him. He walked slowly across the rooftop, she did the same with the blue and reds right behind her. They stopped with ten feet between them, he continued alone as she did.
"You really want to do this?" She asked, when they met in the center
"No, but the Shredder…" His whispered words were cut off
"Wants me dead, I know. Tell him that he'll see me tonight, to be ready" She smirked, about to walk away, when he grabbed her arm. Her escorts tensed, but she waved off the fact of panic they held.
"Are you crazy?" He hissed, as she turned to face him once more
"Ask Karai" She pulled away, moving back to her fellow reptilians
He signaled for a retreat, the men obeyed. Smoke surrounded him, leaving the rooftop behind for the backdrop of the newly finished tower.
"What was that?" He looked to see the other Elites beside him
"Did you really want to fight her and all of them?" He replied with a question
"No" One said
"But the master will not be pleased" Another added
"Karai won't be able to save you" The third commented
"I know" He stood, the smoke taking him to the dojo.
There was the metal head, fighting to regain the strength he lost with the accident. Noticing that he was there, his training stopped and the evil man approached him.
"Well?" He hadn't found out from the other ninja, that was good.
"We found the female, but…" He was cut off
"Where is she?" Taking a breath, he knew that this would hurt.
"We were unable to capture her, due to the fact that…"
"Did you lose many men?"
"No…"
"You retreated?"
"Yes"
With his answer a punch was delivered to his jaw, the metal spikes digging into his face. He grunted in pain, he wanted to scream but he had learned to never show weakness. He knew this was going to happen, as the other claw slashed his clothes to drawn blood on his shoulder. Knocked off his feet, he knew any sort of retaliation would make the situation worse. A metal boot kicked him, more blood spilled to the floor when again a claw stabbed him.
"Do you have anything to say?" The man he called master hissed, momentarily the beating stopped
"Hikari told me that she would see you tonight" The evil man's face fell, before rushing off, leaving him to slowly get to his feet.
Walking slowly down the hallway, his vision was blurry as more blood dripped to the floor. A few black figures in the distance greeted him; he had no idea who they were. Probably just some ninjas, he thought, as the pain became worse. His hand came off the wall, as he started to fall. Someone grabbed him, arms held him up.
He had no idea who, as he fell into darkness.
"Whose idea was this?" She asked, looking at the four sets of twins
One Leo pressed his belt to reveal April, who raised her hand. The other set of twins also disappeared. Victoria was one of the Raphaels, Simone as a Donatello, and Alice one of the Michelangelos.
"We thought it was a good distraction" Alice smirked, as they all descended into the apartment, where a slightly distressed Casey sat
"Did it go well?" The human male asked
"Yes, there was no fight" Simone replied
"How did you pull that off?" Casey looked to Jasmine, as they all did
"Yeah, what did you say to him?" Raph asked, remembering the two meeting in the center
"I told him that I would personally slit his throat if he attacked" The answer made them cringe, but she knew that the real one might make a few of them faint
"Gruesome, I approve!" Mikey smiled, he knew that wouldn't have happened
"I didn't think that the Elite reacted to threats" April said
"It's not the threat, it's the person that makes it" Tori added, a small grin on her face
She blocked out the rest of the conversation, it excluded her. Staring out the window, it was turning into the late afternoon. He hadn't wanted to fight, but she had a feeling that he bleeding from a failure.
Tonight she would meet her enemy, ignore the urge to slice his head off and actually try to talk to the monster. Again she would be alone, not allowing anyone to know. They would be safe, they all would.
She would make sure of that…
…or die trying.
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So Mr. Elite is hurt and Jasmine has a suicidal idea…
What's going to happen?
Find out next chapter!
AN: I am considering giving Mr. Elite a name, so if you have an idea…then I would love for you to tell me!
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