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Chapter sixteen

Leah had to find a way out of here. There were too many ninja to fight off, and they were tiring out quickly. Being only 2 people, fighting about 20 to 30 ninja was against their odds. Leah grunted being pushed back to back to her brother. They had learned it was the best way to fight if they covered each other's backs. She fended off her attacker with a kick to the face facing Lee for a split second.

"We need to find a way out of here," she grunted blocking an attack from her next attacker.

"On it," he replied, "Be prepared to follow me."

She had no idea what he meant until she heard the bang and puffs of smoke come out of nowhere. Feeling a tugging on her arm, she complied with it and followed it up into one of the ceiling tiles. Her brother was tense, his body filled with adrenaline. His face held a look that would terrify any normal person, but she had seen it more than often. It was pure, desperate fear. They sat anxiously, listening for any sign of their discovery as the confusion below settled down. A sigh of relief escaped Lee's mouth. A chuckle of hysteria bubbled up Leah's chest. They had made it, for now.

"When did you get smoke pellets?" she asked her brother impressed.

"Took them off a guard about an hour ago," he replied pinching the bridge of his nose, "We got to find a way out of here."

"I know," she replied her voice a little depressed, "Unfortunately, my plan involves winging it from here."

"Figures it would," he said sarcastically, "Well if we stay here we'll get discovered soon enough, so let's get moving."

They hopped out of the ceiling tiles and knocked the camera out, and ran straight to the elevator. They got on it quickly not bothering to see if it was going up or down. As it began going up was when they realized the elevator was working on its own accord.

"Goddamn," Lee muttered when it stopped on the top floor, the roof. The minute the door dinged open the twins were staring at the biggest group of Foot ninja they had ever seen. It looked like the entire Foot clan was there.

"Holy shit," Leah growled readying her sword, a pit in her stomach. Her dream was beginning to unfold, and she wouldn't let her brother die, "Lee, take the elevator back down and go home. I'll cover you."

His eyes widened, "Are you nuts! I'm not leaving you here to deal with this on your own," he exclaimed standing his ground.

"I'm going to die tonight. I don't want to take you with me! Please, my change-," he interrupted her.

"I will not leave you, Leah. On my honor I will protect you," Lee replied his hand over his heart.

She frowned, "Fine, let's get this over with," she said and ran straight into the ninja doing an almost slow motion fall into the thicket of them letting loose an epic battle cry.

"Leo, how are we gonna get in there?" Raph asked as they sat on the roof top closest to the Foot headquarters.

"Shhhh, you hear that?" Leo stated as a loud female yell made it to his ears.

Mikey got a depressed look on his face, "That would be Leah, dude," he said clasping a hand on Leo's shoulder.

"Donnie! We need to get in there now!" Leo all but yelled at his brother.

"I'm doing the best I can Leo. It looks like there is only one weak point. A vent on a southern side of the building," the tech brother replied.

The turtles raced to the vent and saw it had already been tampered with. Leo grunted and raced in. The building was nearly desolate as they ran through the different hallways until they came across one that looked like a tornado had attacked it. A battle was fought there.

"The elevator!" Don screamed to his brothers, "According to my scan of the building every person in here is on the roof."

They all piled into the elevator as it went painfully slow up the many floors of the building. Nothing prepared them for the site when the elevator doors opened. A crowd of an innumerable amount of ninja was literally looking like they were waiting on their turn to go at the something in the middle. A series of grunts and clanging filled the air as cheering erupted from the crowd. Leo's nose flared. The Foot was using Leah as sport. Suddenly, the turtles were spotted.

"Turtles!" screamed a random ninja as every one of them faced the elevator.

"Well bros looks like we've crashed the party," Raph said taking out his sais giving them one good twirl before charging into the battle as his brothers followed after him.

"The Turtles!" the brothers heard a familiar voice yell.

"Please don't tell me that's who I think that is," Mikey yelled blocking a sword with his chucks.

"Well, whaddya expect Mikey we are kind of all up in his lair," Raph replied sarcastically.

"Shredder!" Leo exclaimed fighting off two ninjas with a back flip and a clean cut across both of their necks.

Had Leah really just heard Leonardo? She tried to look for him, but had so many ninja to fight off she couldn't afford to focus on anything else but her fight. Leah paid close attention to her brother fighting only a few feet ahead of her. This was eerily close to her nightmare, and she wasn't going to risk losing her brother at least not like in her dream. She round housed a large mass on ninja around her stunning them at least for the moment.

"Leah!" she heard Raph yell.

"Raph? Where's Leo!" she replied wondering where he was. Surely if Raph was here the whole crew had to be here.

"He's with the Shredder," the tough turtle replied letting out a strained sound as he threw a ninja over his shoulder.

"What!" Leah exclaimed her eyes searching for him, but couldn't locate him. She grunted blocking a large bo from hitting her in the face.

"Leah! Are you all right!" she heard her brother scream, and when she looked up she saw her nightmare.

"NO!" she screamed the tears already falling and an unknown pain flooding into her chest.

Master Tanemura was behind him about to stick his sword through her brother's back, and there was nothing she could do about it. Leah slashed helplessly trying to get to her brother, but she knew it was hopeless. Her master's sword came down. Leah broke down when suddenly someone blocked the attack. The girl's eyes opened wide. Why would that elite protect her brother. The ninja then took her other sword and stuck it straight through the old man's chest. He howled as the blood poured from his mouth and fell to the ground.

"No one will harm my son as long as I live!" she heard a familiar voice yell. The ninja dropped her hat revealing the face of her mother, Mallory.

"Quick, my son, watch your back!" she screamed at a petrified Lee, but he quickly recovered.

"Thank you, Mother," he said going back into the battle.

Leah tried to breathe a sigh of relief, but found she couldn't. In fact, she couldn't breathe at all, and the pain she had felt was still in her chest and growing. Realization struck her. This was her change. This was it. Leah tried scream to her family and the turtles to get the hell away from here, but the words could only be mouthed as the full force of the change hit her. She couldn't resist it; she let out a scream not even the scariest horror movie could replicate.

Mallory heard the scream and knew exactly what was going on. Her alien daughter was about to die, but with the needle and vial she carried of the alien's blood with her should save her. The organization had been saving it for years getting ready for her transition. From what Mallory had heard, Leah was supposed to be the ultimate being. An element not to be reckoned with, but she would die when her time came to become this being without the blood she now carried. The old elite knew that her punishment would be death for saving her children, but she would not let them die. She would gladly take their place and die instead.

"My son! Run! Get out of here. I will not allow you to die. I will not lose you again!" she screamed to Lee, hugging him close and kissing him on the forehead.

"But-," he started to argue.

"There is nothing you can do for her! Run or die!" she sneered angrily.

His eyes widened and he finally nodded, "You better take good care of her," he threatened his mother before heading for the stairs.

As Lee headed for the stairs, he saw the turtles. He cursed. He couldn't leave them here.

"Allies," he shouted, "retreat now! Trust me!"

Raph just looked at him and cocked his head. There was no way he was leaving with Leah still here, and her brother should be ashamed to be leaving now. Don and Mikey looked to Leo, who was in the middle of a losing battle with the Shredder.

"We can't just leave Leah here!" the leader growled trying to land a blow on his arch enemy.

"She is going to blow us all up if we don't!" Lee replied desperately trying to save them.

"What! Now! Foot ninjas fall back!" the Shredder screamed as a desperate fear gripped the entire roof.

"Maybe we can finish this another time, turtle!" he said making the word turtle into something absolutely disgusting.

Leo left the Shredder not caring about him at the moment as the Foot and their leader did their best to get as far away as possible from the Foot building. He found Leah curled up in the fetal position with a woman who looked very similar to Leah. It then struck Leo. That was her real mother, and was being exactly that, her mother. The older woman was stroking her daughter's head cooing at her. Leo watched as her mother took a needle out full to the brim of red liquid and thrust the thing directly into Leah's chest.

Panic encircled Leo's mind. She was going to kill her. He rushed directly at the woman a fire in his chest he didn't know he had.

"What are you doing to her!" he screamed pushing Leah's mother away from her.

"Infidel turtle!" she shouted at Leo her obvious Foot roots coming out of her, "This does not concern you!"

"Oh it does! I love that girl, and I will not allow you to kill her!" the leader of the turtles exclaimed.

The other three turtles watched not sure if they needed to leave or not. They stared with their jaws dropped at Leo. The brothers could feel the fierce dedication and affection coming out of their eldest brother, and wondered what had sparked this emotion from him.

The elite's eyes widened and she sneered, "If you love her like you claim, then let me save her! I love her too!" she declared as Leo fought internally with himself on whether or not she was telling the truth.

The woman's eyes softened then, "Please, would I really be here risking my life to save my daughter if I did not love her. Let me take care of her," the old Foot ninja persuaded.

That broke Leo, "Fine," he stated as they both looked over at the pained girl when she let out another horrific scream.


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