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So…I have had a shitty week, some of my files were erased without notice and let's just say I am pis-…not very happy. On top of that, my throat hurts, more like aches. Anyway, this is chapter 56….whoopee (Can you tell I'm grumpy?)
Enjoy the chapter; ignore my ranting…HERE WE GO!
The spinning piece of silver stuck into the wall, missing her by a small chance of luck. She had managed to move just slightly enough for it to miss her. Pulling her swords out the moment afterwards, she now stood face to face with him.
"Well you certainly still have the reflexes" The evil man remarked, it was just a test
"What was that for?" The game was still on; the risks just raised a level higher
He ignored the question, turning to face the window. "One of the ninjas told me that he saw nine turtles, how interesting" She raised an eye ridge, where was this going?
"What can I say, the eyes sometimes deceive" Her answer was delivered cryptically, she resheathed her swords before waltzing closer to the person who a moment ago had tried to kill her.
"True, but my source says they were so life like" Her face registered no emotion, but it was a dark seed planted in her mind…she refused to let it grow, not let it intimidate her.
"What are you implying? That there are nine living, breathing turtles?" She questioned in a tone ridiculing his sentence
The next two words made time freeze, her worst fears realized…
"No, eight"
…he knew.
Jasmine tried to recover, try to keep the fact that they lived under wraps.
"You and I both know they died that night" The sentence was low, hissed hate filling the words.
"Did they? Or did they just walk away to wander the world, I wonder…" He ran off, an involuntary shiver ran through her spine.
There was no way to deny it now, he had her. She had to do something drastic, something she had never intended on doing, but there was no choice.
"What do you want?" She stood tall, he smiled evilly.
They both knew, he had her exactly where he wanted her…
…and there was nothing she could do about it.
They stared at the two, fear running through them. The orange and pink bandanna cowered in pure horror at the force evilly smiling at them, their lives flashing before them.
The eldest of the group knew he could possibly stop his brother, but what about Tori? She wouldn't listen to him; only tell him to fuck off…what was he going to…
"She's mine"
All eyes went to the brown haired female, who seemed to answer his question without even knowing it. She took a brave step forward to match gazes with her angry sister, who growled a simple word.
"Move"
It was crawling with anger, enough to make Alice jump behind her partner in crime. In an act that surprised them all, green eyes responded.
"No" The word was hissed in, not ferocity like her elder, but in a sense that she didn't care what happened…she was not getting past her.
"Rule four, now move" The four male turtles raised an eye ridge at the redhead's words, what were they talking about?
"Rule five, you'll deal with her" The all looked to the bo staff wielding female, especially Donatello who's brain was trying to figure out the puzzle. The two stared off; finally something happened that shocked them all.
"Say anything like that again and I'll kick you ass straight to Japan, got it?" Tori growled, before her anger dissipated like fire under siege by a mighty rain storm.
Alexandra nodded before stepping confidently out from behind both Leonardo's and Michelangelo's shell to meet gazes with her sister. The males' jaws were on the floor, the female's noticed.
"What?" The blond asked
"What the…how did…what just happened?" Raph sputtered, his idea of killing Mikey long gone
"I guess Jasmine didn't tell them about the code" Victoria muttered, now they were really interested
"Code?" Mikey asked, the dangerous situation averted to his relief
"Sanctimonialis code" All eyes looked to Simone, who's words were unmistakably foreign and therefore very confusing.
"Sisters' code" Donatello translated, having studied a small amount of Latin before
"I still don't like the name" Tori grumbled
"Well you were outvoted, so deal with it" Simone retorted, while rolling her eyes
"When we became sisters, we had been and still were a team, so that we wouldn't fight we created a set of rules that we each agreed on to deal with any conflict" Alice explained, the males nodded, it made sense in a way. For them there were rules, but they were more the unspoken kind, you knew automatically to follow them. For the females, they didn't have that, so creating a formal set of rules must have made sense.
"So rules four and five are?" Leo asked, remembering the conversation the two elder females had just had
"Rule four says that any disrespect or foolish action will be dealt with by the person on the receiving end of the action. Pretty much, I can kill Alice for what just happened and be justified in doing so" Tori replied coolly
"But the fifth rule keeps that in check because, if an elder sister sees the punisher overusing their power for a punishment, then the same action will be delivered to the guilty party. Which means…" The grey bandanna's response was cut off by her elder
"If I kill Alice, then Jasmine will most likely kill me" They got it, it made sense. Even though the eldest wasn't presence, there was no doubt in their minds that the yellow bandanna would have been informed the moment of her return. It was a threat, one that the middle female had delivered on her own terms.
"Either that or lecture you" Alice added
"What's the difference?" Tori retorted
"So how many rules do you have?" Don asked, curios on the subject
"Ten, the perfect number. The Ten Commandments, the Bill of Rights (Which had the first ten amendments), the…" The other brainy turtle's reply was cut off
"We get it, what are the other eight about?" Raph interrupted, he was also interested
"Should we start from the beginning?" The redhead looked to the other females, who nodded.
Walking from the crowded lab to the living room, the females occupied the couch, with the males seated around them before starting to explain the story of the code.
He entered the house, running up the stairs with his brother right behind him. At the moment they shared a room, which he didn't mind. He was three years older than his seven year old brother, but they didn't care about the difference.
"I'm going to beat you!" He smirked; there was no way he was going to lose to his little brother. They were close, but like with all boys there was a competitive tint to their relationship which they fully embraced in little things…like who got to the room first.
"In your drea…" He stopped short when he entered the room, looking to the two figures staring at him. His brother almost ran into him as he rounded the corner, but he never took his eyes off the two shorter boys.
"Who are you?" His tone was calm but cold, this was his territory. Even if it was just a room with too many toys, he and his brother ruled the space and frankly they didn't like outsiders.
"My name is Sora…" The taller one began
"…and I am Kenji" The other picked up the sentence with the same tone, he raised an eyebrow…were they twins are something? They looked exactly the same, dark hair and dark eyes. They looked slightly younger than his brother; the only difference was that one was slightly taller than the other.
"Aren't twins supposed to have the similar names?" Moto seemed to have the same idea he did
"Like we have to explain ourselves to you" The taller of the two shot back
"You do, you are in our room" He growled back, no one talked to his brother like that. Since the day he had learned he had a brother, he had been very protective.
"Our room" Kenji replied, his eyes narrowed
He quickly grabbed the boy's collar, lifting him into the air. The other one lashed out at him, but Moto took him quickly to the floor. There was no better back up than a sibling. Their parents had decided to get them ninjutsu lessons from an early age, already he was studying with weapons and his brother would start next year.
"I don't care why you are here or why you're names don't match up, you are in our room. I would act a little more polite or you won't have a good time here, got it?" He glared at the shocked boy, who he then dropped to the floor and signaled for his brother to release the other.
The fallen quickly stood, flanking his twin as they took a step back. He smiled, they were afraid…good.
They turned to exit the room, he turned back to face them once more.
"Touch anything and I'll kick your ass"
Even at his age, he knew the words to back up his physical threat. Their eyes went wide as he towered above them. He strode from the room, Moto right by his side.
The lines had been drawn…
…they would know their place.
Karai moved her black hair from her eyes, before looking to read the newly printed results. There was a toxin in his bloodstream, attacking his brain at certain times. She knew something had happened long ago to him; did this have something to do with it? The poison was unrecognized by any of the scientists except for stockman.
"Do you know what it is?" She looked over to him; he refused to meet her gaze
"I…have no idea" He sputtered nervously before rushing to another room
He knew something, but why would he not give her a straight answer? After digging into his history, she discovered that he had been involved in a project…the Elite member had been forced to be participant. The other three had been scheduled for the same treatment, but someone had changed the orders at the last moment.
She looked to the signature on the piece of paper that had saved the three from the fallen's fate. She gasped, knowing the name. Running her hand over the long dried ink, she knew who had the answer.
Who could save him.
[AN: The bold is what Simone is writing down…this is her POV if you don't get that]
They had gathered in the yellow bandanna's room for a meeting, no one really knew the purpose of it. It had been a week since they had declared themselves sisters, not just teammates and they really didn't know what to do to fulfill their new positions. They had acted, practiced, and did everything like they had before…only now whenever one was in trouble, the other three sprung to the rescue automatically. Never had she thought that something like this would have happened.
"So…" She looked to the turtle that was known as the youngest. They really hadn't decided on ages, it just fell into place that way. Both she and Alice had been labeled as the youngest of the groups, while the hothead and their leader were considered the elders.
"I thought we could talk about what we want to expect from being sisters" She said, she had called the meeting with Jasmine's assistance.
Both Tori and the pink bandanna looked at her with a confused look; she decided to refine her statement "A set of rules for us to follow, one could be that to stick together no matter what"
"I'd be cool with that" The redhead shrugged, the others nodded
She pulled out a notebook that she had brought, ready to write down the rules.
"Rule one?" She opened it up for them
"Trust each other" Jasmine suggested, they agreed
"Trust in your siblings and their actions" Alice added
"Except if the rest of us see it as something tat could kill them" She pushed the gray bandanna from her eyes and combined the three together.
1. Have total trust in siblings and in their judgment. Their actions are their own, but an intervention is allowed if the actions are seen as destructive or life threatening by the other members.
Looking back up, she listened as they created another.
"Follow the pyramid system" Tori said
The system was simple and affective that was used within the team. The bottom of the pyramid had the most responsibilities, that person was the leader, who was Jasmine. The higher you went up in levels, the less people to protect and the fewer things you had to worry about. The person at the top was Alice who was considered the baby.
2. Follow the pyramid system, know your responsibilities and expectations…then fulfill them.
"If you have a question, then you are free to ask it?" Alice asked feebly, she wasn't used to being respected. Being the weakest of them meant she was always hurt and beaten.
That had stopped, no one hurt their sister.
"Good one" Tori held up her hand, the blond returned it with a smile that told them her fears were wiped away
"You shouldn't be required to answer one though" Looking to the eldest, she wrote it down in her neat handwriting.
3. All questions have the right to be heard, none are required to be answered. You have the right of silence no matter what.
"Any jokes pulled can and will be punished" Alice's eyes went wide in fear, she had just pulled a prank on Tori a few hours ago and only Jasmine's protection had rescued her from being hit.
"Fine" The pink bandanna gasped, she smiled wickedly, she knew what the dark haired female was planning.
4. Any disrespect or foolish action will be dealt with by the person on the receiving end of the action.
"But if an elder sees that the punishment is unfair, then it can be returned ten fold" Jasmine smirked as Tori realized the rule she had wanted had a backlash
"So if Tori gets mad…" The blond ran off
"…Jasmine will make sure she stays away from you" She reassured, the light blue eyed turtle perked up and amber eyes grumbled
5. If a higher level member sees the punisher overusing their power for a punishment, then the same action will be delivered to the guilty party.
"Next?" She asked, her pen poised to continue
"Protect your own" They all nodded, she wrote it down word for word…they all knew what the three words meant.
6. Protect your own
"Whatever Sim said earlier" Alice cocked her head, trying to rethink of what she had said
"Stay together?" She said
"Through whatever" Tori replied, they were getting good at this
7. Stay together, through anything and everything.
A chuckle exited their elder's mouth, gaining their attention.
"What?" She asked, wanting to know what had brought such a childish smile to their stone cold leader
"One should be to control your anger" She giggled, it was obvious that it was directed only to their hotheaded member. Amber eyes growled in her usual threatening manner in response.
"I was just kidding…that and also hide your fear" The sword user casually bumped her younger sibling in a joking manner
8. Try at all times to control your anger and hide your fear.
"There should be no secrets" Alice suggested
"No lying to each other" She added, the others nodded
9. No lying to your family, no secrets.
"Perhaps a tenth one to round it out?" She said
"We have ten already? Wow" Alice smiled
"Eldest should be leader?" Jasmine suggested, they all rolled their eyes
"Hear me out first! The eldest will have the safety for the others in mind" Again they rolled their eyes
"But that means you will always be leader!" Tori retorted, they all knew she sometimes…not always…wanted to be leader
"You don't know that, besides if something happens to me then you would be next" The dark haired female replied
"No murdering her Tori" She said in all seriousness, with a tint of it being a joke
"Whateva" They all knew that they would never attack one another, never.
10. The living eldest is leader, for she is the one with the safety of the others in mind.
She read the list back, they all nodded in agreement that there were no changes to be made.
"What is going to be the name?" They all looked to see their mother in the door way, she had obviously heard the whole thing.
"How about The Code? It's simple and classic" Tori suggested
"Too plain" She replied
"It needs to be more personal, it's is just for us" Jasmine pointed out
"Sisters…code…The code of Sisters?" Alice mumbled
"Maybe, but…" She was cut off
"And you said mine was plain" The redhead grumbled
"How about Sanctimonialis code?" Their mother suggested, they all looked at her with confused looks
"Is that Latin?" She asked, remembering their extensive language lessons, most of which the others had ignored…
"It translates to Sisters' Code" The cat replied coolly
"Shall we vote?" Jasmine asked, they nodded
"Votes for it" She raised her hand, as did Alice and the yellow bandanna
"Damn" Amber eyes growled
"Whateva" Alice replied, as she wrote the name in cursive at the top.
"Shut up" The redhead growled as she checked for any spelling errors, she was such a perfectioness
"Make me" Looking up, she knew the pink bandanna was pushing it
The second in command stood, Alice took off in fear with the elder in hot pursuit. Slowly Jasmine rose to go after them.
"You coming?" She met her sister's gaze
"HELP!" The already frantic call of their youngest sister came echoing down the hall, she sighed.
"One minute" The yellow bandanna understood and soon she was gone, leaving only her and her mother in the room.
"Hopefully this will work" She muttered under her breath
"It will" The comforting words entered her mind; she looked to the now empty doorway.
Looking down to the paper, she dated it and then rose to join them…
…her sisters.
"Interesting concept" Donatello commented, as the memory vanished from her mind
"Well let's just say we don't always follow it" Tori playfully growled in the direction of Alice
"Most of the time it is just instinct to do so" The youngest added
Leonardo stood abruptly and headed towards the door with the others wondering…
"Where are you going?" Raph questioned
The eldest male didn't even turn to reply "On patrol, I'll be back soon" after saying the sentence the blue bandanna disappeared from view down the sewers.
"Does he do this often?" Alice asked
"Do what?" Mikey replied
"Be so cryptic?" Simone picked up on what the pink bandanna was asking
"Yup, that's Leo" Raph replied
A chuckle escaped Tori "No wonder they are together, Jasmine is the same way"
The conversation took a lighter shade; somehow they were actually getting along.
Little did they know what their sister was actually doing.
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