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Chapter Nine
The girl ducked quickly as her opponent's fist nearly came in contact with her body and countered with a kick. He grunted compressing it when she went on the offensive. She was relentless as she threw kicks and punches out like they were nothing.
"You've gotten stronger," her brother commended her narrowly escaping her fist.
It had been a week since that awful battle with the Foot mainly due to regaining their strength. They had just begun going out onto patrol last night. Lee's side had been healing up perfectly, but her wounds were gone within three days. The twins had been amazed at how quickly her bone had fused back together.
Leah smiled panting, "You think?" she asked with a kick to the chest ending their match.
He held his chest, "I know! Hell, Leah, you are becoming a monster," he replied with a cough.
Leah's phone rang as Lee and his twin finished up. She ran to answer it. Tyler's mother greeted her on the other end.
Tyler was a little boy who lived in her grandmother's old apartment building. She would babysit him for some extra cash, and tonight looked like it would be a babysitting night. As she spoke to the boy's mother Lee glared at her. After getting off the phone Lee was instantly on her ass.
"I thought we were going out tonight," he said rather ticked as he crossed his arms.
Leah cringed, "Yeah, I know, but I need the extra cash!" she replied with a sheepish smile.
He sighed, "For what?" he asked skeptically.
"New under armor shirts. The Foot has been murder on them," she replied as he palmed his face and sighed.
"You know the Foot is up to something," he told her.
"Oh, how do you know its tonight," she replied with the wave of her hand.
"I don't, but last night they just seemed a little overexcited over something. You can't be that blind," Lee answered raising his brow.
Leah sighed, "Alright, alright. How about after I watch Tyler we check it out," she compromised.
"Fine, I'll come with you then and bring our swords that way we can go on ahead and be on the move when we leave," he agreed.
They left later that night to the apartment complex. After parking the car, they met Tyler's parents at their apartment door. They were delighted they were able to come on such short notice. They explained about the note on the fridge, and when Tyler should be in bed.
"Andrea? When did you dye your hair white?" Tyler's mother asked her.
Leah went still repressing a sigh, "Not too long ago," Leah replied with a smile.
"It must have taken forever to get that color from that dark brown you had!" she exclaimed running her fingers through it.
"And no feeling of breakage or anything! I'd like to know what you used," she continued.
Leah just smiled uneasily, "To be honest it was some overseas stuff my friend got me," Leah lied.
Soon the couple got on their way, and Tyler kept her busy with all sorts of games and movies as Lee sat on the couch meditating. Finally, much to Leah's relief she was finally able to get him to bed after much resistant.
"How much longer do we have to stay?" Lee asked impatient when she came from Tyler's bedroom.
She sat next to him on the couch, "I don't know," she sighed as Lee's eyes widened.
Her heart nearly stopped, "What is it?" she whispered.
"It's nothing. I just realized how white your hair really has gotten," he explained as she grabbed a lock of hair.
It was so white it now had a glow about it. She sighed. Her hair would be a dead giveaway now in public for the Foot. She'd have to keep it hidden, dye it, or wear a wig, just something. She had something seriously wrong with her, and the only people who knew anything about it was the Foot. She wondered briefly what would happen if she returned, but shook her head quickly. Leah would never return.
"Andrea, are you all right?" Lee asked knocking her out of her thoughts.
She sighed, "Yeah, I just wish I knew what was going on," Leah answered moodily.
"I know, you aren't the only one," he said darkly.
They went back to sit on the couch and watched television until Tyler's parents came home. Leah and her brother lucked up finding a marathon of Cops on. It wasn't that much longer when the Turner's returned home. They thanked the twins and paid Leah.
Leah was brimming with joy. She could buy two more shirts with this.
"You ready?" Lee questioned as she put the money in her pocket.
"Yeah, as soon as I get my sword and change into my clothes," Leah answered.
Leah typically wore tight fitting workout capris along with her tight under armor tank top. She didn't dare where anything baggy or something that would slow her down. The more she was able to move the easier she could fight.
Lee grinned, "Of course," he replied.
The minute their weapons were in their hands they hit the roof tops. It took them about an hour to finally locate a group of Foot ninja headed somewhere fast. They quickly followed them undetected as Lee looked back at his sister in order to say 'told you so.' It turned out the Foot were robbing a bank. Leah sighed.
"Okay Leah, I need you to pull the alarm and distract them. I'll make sure they don't make off with what they have," Lee whispered as they watched from the shadows.
Leah groaned at her brother, "Why do I have to be the distraction?" she asked with a grimace.
Lee rolled his eyes, "Just go with the plan, Leah," he replied leaping up and away from her.
She frowned as she watched the Foot ninja communicate with each other. The girl wondered how she was going to do this. She prayed for her brother as she got a glimpse of him in the shadows. The kunoichi blew out a sigh before getting the balls enough to jump into the nearby window hopefully proving to be a good distraction as well as pull the alarm. Hoping she would come out of this without any broken bones, she jumped into the window as it made a loud crashing sound.
Leah watched as the ground got closer and hit it with a roll knocking her breath from her. She coughed wanting to cry when the alarm didn't sound. As she lay there, she heard the Foot ninjas' confusion as they wondered who this mysterious white-haired chick was that fell from the sky when all the confusion was brought to clarity.
"Ah Leah, it's been to long" a deep voice greeted her as her eyes widened.
She hopped up fast preparing for anything as her adrenaline surged through her veins. If he really was here then this just got a lot harder, she turned her head to reveal her fear. Hun was standing their smirking at her. He slowly began to stride towards her, and she pulled out her sword quickly. Hun laughed at her.
"You have grown quite a bit since you left the organization. Speaking of which, we really miss you, and offer you the chance to return which is a very generous offer of my master to give you. Especially since the change is coming," Hun said stopping a few feet in front of her.
Her eyes narrowed, "What do you know of my change?" she demanded.
Hun chuckled, "Now, now, let's not get impatient. All will come in due time. You will need to return to your clan first, Leah. It is your birthright to succeed your mother in leading the elite," Hun explained.
Leah gritted her teeth, "I will never return to the organization," she replied.
Hun's expression suddenly changed, "Have some sense! You'll die if you don't," he shouted.
Leah's heart stopped. She was going to die. Hun's words spun in her mind as if on repeat. Leah could feel the emotions in her body overwhelming her, but she repressed them the best she could. A lone tear made it down her cheek.
"Don't listen to him Leah!" her brother suddenly yelled coming out of nowhere attacking Hun.
It was then the battle truly began as her brother quickly became overwhelmed from the amount of ninja in the place. She joined instantly to protect him. She would not let him fight that monster on his own. Leah fought hard killed as many ninja that came her way. Hun was obviously not happy about Lee's appearance.
Suddenly all the ninjas Leah was fighting ran from her as the girl stood there dumbfounded. She quickly discovered why. A body flew out of nowhere smacking her into the wall behind her hard. The breath was once more knocked from her. She groaned as the body got off her quickly and offered his hand to her.
She took it, "Lee, Hun is to strong," she rasped losing her voice.
His face hardened, "Don't worry we'll get through this," he replied wiping some blood from his broken nose.
She didn't have time to respond as a wave of ninjas came at them. Leah went at them full force destroying anything that came her way. The twins fought hard, but before they knew it fatigue was slowly starting to set in. Leah looked over to see the many small nicks and broken nose Lee was suffering. She stayed close to lighten his load as much as possible. Relief suddenly flooded throughout her body. The allies were here.
When she focused back on the fight, her stomach took a nose dive as Hun's fist began its rapid descent into Lee before she could even warn him. He flew noticeably unconscious when he hit the ground. Her body went into overdrive pulling every last bit of energy from her body, and ran to protect her brother. She fought hard as the turtles finally began turning the tide on their cursed battle.
"Leah, Are you alright?" she heard Mikey ask.
"Yes," she panted out tacking on a 'for now' in her head.
The girl would not leave her brother unprotected as she blocked a blow directed to her brother with her thigh. She groaned from the pain of the blunt chucks. Soon the threat shifted to the turtles and as soon as she found a moment she picked up her brother and quickly began hauling his ass over her shoulder. She took off out of the bank.
"Not leaving so soon," she heard Hun say as if disappointed.
Leah turned around panting and cursed, "What do you want," she asked out of breath.
"I have been given orders to terminate you if you weren't to join us tonight. The Foot can no longer tolerate persuading you to return," he explained as Leah's eyes widened.
"No," she whispered looking into the face of her unconscious brother, "I will not allow that."
"Then pay the price!" Hun exclaimed sprinting towards her.
Thinking quickly she threw her bother out of the path of the five hundred pound man as he hit her full force. Her body went flying backwards by the body slam, but she rebounded gracefully and countered with a run slashing him in the side. He howled grabbing his own sword and taking his revenge by plowing the thing horizontally into her back. She screamed a blood curling scream. The pain was like a hot knife cutting into her skin.
"That's thah last of 'em, Leo," Raph stated clapping his hands together.
"Good, where's Leah?" Leo asked worriedly. He'd seen her here earlier.
Raph's face fell as he looked around for the girl, "No clue, maybe she left," Raph replied.
Leah's scream suddenly ripped through Leo's mind. His stomach knotted up remembering the first time he heard her cry like that, and that was when she'd almost lost an arm. She could be dead this time, and with those thoughts Leo was first to react and race towards the sound. He found her locked in a duel with Hun. Her clothes were torn as blood stained about forty percent of her body, but the most noticeable wound was the large gaping wound down her back. Blood gushed from it droplets hitting the pavement.
Leo frowned when he noticed the blood make a strange almost boiling sound as it hit the ground.
The minute Hun saw the turtles he decided he should run for it. At least the master would be pleased he had succeeded in the robbery. He motioned for the rest of his troops to retreat with the money as the turtles raced towards their friends.
"Leah! Are-," Raph couldn't get his sentence out before he was interrupted.
"You don't dare worry about me," she said awfully calm as tears streamed down her cheeks, "Just help my brother."
Leo frowned she needed help first and foremost, but at the risk of upsetting her he looked at Don. Before he could get a single word out his brother went to work.
"Leah, your brother lost a ton of blood, and I suspect he has a concussion as well. This is serious Leah. I think it would be best to take him to a hospital," Don explained.
Leah panicked, "I can't! Mine and Lee's identity would be revealed to the Foot. We don't go to hospitals. Just get him home for me. I'll take care of him," Leah replied winced as she stretched her back to pick him up.
Leo nearly had a heart attack, "Don't you dare think you are doing this on your own," he exclaimed as his brothers looked at him.
"Don can fix him up good as new back at the lair," Leo continued gesturing for Raph to pick up Leah's fallen brother.
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