Sorry it's a long chapter…but I guess…I got carried away… i hope it doesn't disappoint (covers eyes with hands)

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Chapter 4

Power of Emotion

*Flashback*

Nerissa shrieked in shock as several men appeared and one of them smacked her across the room.

She scrambled away, but another leapt at her, tackling her to the ground, he straddled her and began to pound her face with his fists.

She screamed in pain, writhing and unable to move.

Suddenly, the man was sitting on the ground.

Nerissa was no where in sight.

And then, one man tripped, and something smacked his head into the ground.

As the other six men looked around warily, one of them was hurled to the ground, and while the remaining five grew tense, one of them was pushed into the other, creating a domino effect.

They all screamed in horror, and tried to escape.

The voice of a young girl sounded out in a cold, maniacal laugh, as one of them began to choke, grasping at invisible hands…"

*end Flashback*

Nerissa opened her eyes, her mouth curved down, and tears sliding down her cheeks.

"I…I could not control the fear that was in me…and then, my anger seemed to just take over."

Eos nodded slowly.

"The memory of the man that tackled you must have triggered your response at Andromeda." Eos surmised.

Nerissa looked at Eos suspiciously.

"You do not seem surprised."

"I am not. I knew we had to have repressed memories of that horrible place. I was right." She responded softly, her dark curls falling into her face a little.

Andromeda grunted.

"So, she can turn invisible and walk through walls?"

"Yes, so it seems."

Andromeda frowned.

"I wonder if we can do stuff like that."

"The reaction is triggered by anger and fear, it seems." Eos pointed out gently.

Donatello nodded softly.

"I wonder why I didn't notice anything funny about her DNA…maybe I need a more powerful microscope." Donatello murmured softly.

He looked up.

"LH has a more sophisticated microscope then I do. I'll see if he can help me."

Eos screwed up her courage and asked," Can I go with you? I'm curious to see how her DNA was effected."

Donatello nodded.

"Of course… I'll give him a call, to see if he's up."

***

Leatherhead heard the phone ringing and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Leatherhead?"

"Yes, what is it, Donatello?"

"I was wondering if I could come over and use your microscope. Also, I have to tell you about something! It's really important!"

Leatherhead nodded swiftly and spoke," Of course. You know I don't keep early hours."

"Okay, LH, we'll be there shortly."

"I'll be expecting you then, Donatello."

***

Leatherhead put the phone down and thoughtfully swished his tail, contemplating.

The impossible had happened.

His friends had found females of their kind…and he had found a female of his kind.

He shook his head slightly, but he couldn't forget the intensity of her dark blue eyes, or the sweetness of her scent…

LH shook his head again, unable to suppress the bubble of hope that stubbornly swelled in him. He tried to repress it, cursing his interest in the croc-girl.

She would not appreciate his interest, nor welcome it. he sincerely doubted she was without scars of her own. why else would she have reacted the way she did, bristling and challenging him, the pupils dilated...

He shivered at the memory. She had looked so fiercely beautiful, briefly reminding him of the beauty of a mythological dragon...

"STOP IT!" he snarled at himself," it won't work, so keep your thoughts to yourself!"

Besides…it wouldn't be safe for her to love him. His fits of berserk rage still came upon him regularly. She would not be safe from that.

LH sighed heavily as he looked down at his body, and at his hands.

"I am a monster…a monster does not deserve such a one as her."

He rumbled softly to himself.

***

Raphael was speeding down the highway, his eyes narrowed and his teeth gritted together as he growled softly in anger.

Andromeda was driving him up the wall.

He liked her.

A lot.

She was hot, spicy, and he couldn't get her out of his mind…and he couldn't forget how it had felt…her kissing him back, when he had kissed her…albeit, they had both been drugged, but that had been the first kiss he had given and gotten from anyone.

Now, as he tried in vain to forget it, he found to his extreme annoyance, he couldn't.

She was perfect…and she hated him.

Just great.

Old turtle luck runnin' true to form.

First there was April…huh, yeah, his crush on her had pretty much ended when Casey stepped into the picture. Not that he had minded, hey, the two were a perfect match for each other…But then Ninjara had come along…and tore his heart in the process.

Yep, life enjoyed messing with his emotions, cause now, there was a female of his species who he felt he could love…maybe grow old with…and she had shot him out of the saddle with a single sentence.

I hate you

He growled in pain as the words echoed in his mind.

Suddenly, he was aware that he was being followed.

Terrific.

He sped up, and dashed into an alley, taking the backstreets, trying to lose the pursuer. No such luck.

Whoever was following him was also on a motorcycle, and they were on his tail.

As he sped, faster and faster, he yelled as his front tire blew out, and he went flying from the handle bars.

Flipping, he landed on his feet, groaning in pain as the bike crashed into the side of a building.

Foot Soldiers surrounded him, and he growled as he took out his sai, snarling," Ya puke-bags picked a helluva night to pick on me!"

He raced towards the nearest foot ninjas, yelling in fury.

***

Eos shyly smiled as Donatello reintroduced her to Leatherhead.

"It is a pleasure to meet you, Miss Eos." Leatherhead rumbled.

"You too! Um, Don told me a little bit about you...Did...Did you really...um, cure Donatello of his sickness?" she blurted, eyes wide.

Leatherhead recalled when Donatello had undergone a second, harmful mutation and nodded," With a little help, yes."

Eos grinned," Wow! That's so amazing!"

Leatherhead looked at Donatello with a fond smile," I couldn't have lived with myself if I had lost my little brother."

Donatello smiled," yeah... well, we just found out that Nerissa can both walk through walls and turn invisible."

leatherhead had to stare.

"No joke." Eos added," We're not playing. So, we were wondering if we could borrow your equipment to study her DNA a little more closely, to find out what exactly causes this."

Leatherhead nodded," Of course! If you don't mind, i too, would like to see this phenomenon."

Eos chuckled, "Nerissa's a celebrity in the mutant community!"

***

Leonardo paced, growling.

Raphael STILL wasn't back and he was getting worried. He had not responded to his shell, and it was already 1 in the morning. Andromeda had been moody all evening, and Leo had been glad that Raph wasn't there. Sparks were certainly flying between the two, angry sparks. But now, he worried.

As Leonardo eyed the door, he sighed," I'm going to kill him…" as he finally went back to bed.

***

Raphael felt cold metal on his wrists and ankles, and he groaned as he opened his eyes.

"Welcome to hell."

"Hun," Raphael's eyes narrowed and he yelled," Can't I get out for a breath of air without SOMEONE tryin ta beat the hell out of me?!"

Baxter Stockman appeared beside Hun.

"Ah, you're awake! Good. Now we can start the interrogation!"

Raphael didn't like the sound of that. And he let them know in no uncertain terms and with very colorful, well-salted language.

***

Leonardo was now thoroughly worried as he called both April, Casey, Leatherhead and Angel.

No one had seen or heard from Raphael.

It was the next day, and Raphael had not shown up in the dojo for training. Leo had gone to his room, but the hotheaded ninja was nowhere to be found.

"Great. Just great. when we find him, remind me to kill him!" Leo growled as Donatello set about tracing the tracking signal of Raph's Shell Cell.

"Hmm…according to this, he's in Purple Dragon Territory!" Donatello observed grimly.

Nerissa now looked worried," Do you think he's okay?"

"I don't know." Donatello admitted," He's been gone all night, he's hasn't contacted us, and we haven't been able to contact him…I'd say there's a strong chance he's not okay."

***

Nerissa, experimenting with her powers, observed Andromeda sitting in dejection, trying to glare a hole in the wall.

"You okay?" Nerissa asked.

"Yeah, I'm peachy." Andromeda snapped.

Nerissa knew something was wrong.

"Do you feel guilty?"

"LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!" Andromeda shrieked as she bolted from the room.

Eos jumped as Andromeda slammed the door shut and observed," yep, she's feeling guilty."

Nerissa grimaced.

***

Raphael roared in pain as electric bolts lanced through his body, causing him to thrash uncontrollably.

He growled as the power was shut off, and Baxter tried again," So, where are the females? And please…Don't call me a nasty name again."

"This is INSANE!" Raphael bellowed," I don't know about any friggin mutant females!"

A lie. He knew them, and knew where they were, but so long as he could play dumb, he would. He wasn't about to let these bozos get their hands on the five female mutants.

Over his dead body.

And he said as much, along with some more…colorful language he had heard on movies such as Die-hard.

Baxter sighed," Must you be so stubborn?"

"Born and bred" Was in Raphael's thoughts when the electrocution began again.

***

Splinter gasped as Raphael's pain reached him through meditation.

He felt tears blind him as Raphael screamed in anguish and he quickly stood up, and went to speak to his other sons.

They had to help Raphael.

NOW.

***

Andromeda was beating up Raphael's punching bag when Splinter's door opened and he called out," My sons! To me!"

All of them stopped what they were doing and raced over to Splinter.

"What is it, Master?" Leonardo asked.

"I know where Raphael is. And we don't have much time. he is being tortured." Splinter drew breath, fighting back pain as he continued," We must go to him now!"

"Is there anyway we can help?" Nerissa asked as she and her sisters stood by.

Andromeda stood up," Let me come at least." Her voice was flat and her eyes were fiery.

Daphne smirked," You gonna rescue your prince charming?"

"Shut up! I did make him mad, so if it wasn't for me, he would be in the mess he;s in!" Andromeda pleaded.

Splinter nodded.

"You may come. The rest of you stay here."

***

Raphael, tired and in pain, groaned as they finally let him alone for a while.

It wasn't like he was going anywhere.

As he tried to look for a way to escape, he murmured," The next time I run into Baxter, I'm going to pull the frikkin plug on him!"

At this moment, Karai came into the room. Her eyes were like ice as she growled," We know the females are with you. You have a very limited amount of time before we begin to dissect you…you wouldn't want to end up like Dr. Stockman, now, would you?" she growled.

Raphael shuddered, but he steeled himself as he snarled," If there were any females, Do you think I'd be riding my bike BY MY FRIKKIN' SELF?!"

Karai chuckled in amusement.

"Yes."

Raphael snarled," I hate you."

"And I you, but that is not the point. You have an hour to think about it." she smirked as she left the room.

***

Andromeda followed Leonardo and Donatello, as they slipped into the security room and began to search for Raphael.

Mikey and Splinter, as well as Casey Jones, were on the outside, causing a…disturbance.

Leonardo pointed, "There!"

Donatello clicked on the file and nodded," He's three floors down, in cell block 12."

Andromeda and Leonardo left, as Donatello set up the computer to give out commands to empty the hallways needed for the rescue.

***

Karai paused as she heard Leonardo's taunt," So, Karai, you're adding torture to your list of crimes against my family?"

She turned and her eyes widened as she saw the female.

"So, there ARE female abominations."

Andromeda smirked," Takes one to know one, right, scumbag?"

Karai snarled," You are not going to escape this time!"

Leonardo met her sword with his as he snapped, "Andromeda, free Raphael!"

Andromeda dashed by them and Karai snarled, "She'll never make it!"

***

Raphael heard the trouble. He struggled futilely against his chains again, freezing as he heard the two voices.

"Well, well, so there ARE female mutants! I knew that freak was lying though his teeth."

"Huh, man, YOU are a piece of work! What grave chewed you up and spat you out, fatso?!"

"You're going to pay for that!"

"TRY IT!!!!"

"ANDROMEDA!!!" Raphael roared in anguish. She was talking to Hun, and if he knew the imbecile, Andromeda was a goner.

Suddenly, he heard a loud scream of anguish…and it wasn't from Andromeda.

WHAM!

The door to Raphael's cell was suddenly impacted with Hun's outline, and the door gave out.

Hun slumped to the floor, unconscious, and Andromeda walked through the door way, racing to Raphael, she snapped," Don't thank me yet, Raphael."

He stared as she tore off his bonds like they were plastic and he gulped," What did…how-"

"You want out or not?!" she snapped and they both raced out.

***

Leonardo knocked Karai away and saw Andromeda and Raphael.

He pinned her to the wall with her own Katana and followed them.

Raphael grumbled, "'Bout time…"

***

"OW! I don't know HOW they know about the girls! And BE CAREFUL!!!" Raphael snapped as Donatello checked him for injuries.

"Come on, Raph, it's a bruise!" Donatello scolded.

"Yeah, don't mean it doesn't hurt! OW!" he roared.

Donatello sighed," So…Andromeda took out Hun by herself…AND she tore apart your chains that you had been trying to break for four hours straight?"

"Yeah, man, she was like frikkin' wonder woman." Raphael growled.

Donatello paused in thought and shook his head.

"Nerissa can walk through walls and turn invisible…Andromeda apparently has Super Strength. Incredible. I wonder what Eos and Daphne can do."

"Wait, wait, they have powers? What the shell?! When did that happen?!"

"They were experimented on, remember? When you left, Nerissa displayed an unusual chemical reaction. When she feels threatened, the reaction causes her molecular structure to change, allowing her to pas sthrough walls and make herself invisible. For Andromeda, I'd guess she simply becomes indestructibly strong. Her muscularity changes, allowing her to do the things she did to Hun and your chains."

Raphael grunted," Why did she even bother with helping me escape? She hates me."

Donatello smiled tightly," I don't think she does…she just acts like it cause that's what she wants you to think."

Raphael rolled his eyes," Seriously, my life was already complicated BEFORE the girls crashed our pad."

"Yeah, but isn't it worth it?" Donatello pointed out," I mean…Well, you have a sister. Mikey's too distracted by Daphne to be playing his normal pranks, and Leo's so distracted by Nerissa, he probably won't be so hard on us."

Raphael grunted," yeah…but Andromeda HATES ME! What part of HATE don't you get?!"

Donatello chuckled.

"You'll figure it out." He smirked as he got up and left Raphael.

The hotheaded turtle growled," What the shell was THAT supposed to mean?…"

"Ahem."

Raphael's head snapped around, as Andromeda stood in the doorway. He growled," What the shell do you want?"

She growled back," Don't you talk to me that way, you jerk! I came to apologize to you! You dumbass, I'm sorry, okay?! They tortured you cause you wouldn't tell them about me and my sisters, and I'm grateful for that, awright?! You were willing to die, to go through all that pain, and you didn't tell! It was my fault you went out, so I'm trying to apologize for causing your capture! But if you're NOT interested-"

"Wait one friggin' moment." Raphael snapped," You mean to tell me you're apologizing?"

"YES!" she bellowed.

"Well, I'm sorry too." He said flatly.

She stared.

"What the shell?"

"I mean, I'm sorry about…how we met and for yelling at you…can we start over?"

She sighed and raked her hair out of her face.

"Are you serious?"

"No, I'm pulling your leg, even after I almost died protectin' you an your sisters! what do you think?!" He snapped.

She smirked," I think you're hot."

He was about to respond when her response hit him like a brick wall," You…I…What?!"

She chuckled softly as she went and stood next to him.

"Look, Raph, I don't want to be your enemy. But if you ever call me anything other then Andromeda, or Andro, I WILL kick your shell."

"You can try." Raphael snickered.

"Smart ass." She hit him on the arm.

Raphael rubbed his arm, muttering," Watch the merchandise!"

Andromeda sat down next to him," So, I'll make you deal; if Daphne makes fun of me, you kick her shell. If Mikey makes fun of you, I'll kick his shell."

"How bout we gang up on one or both?" Raphael grinned.

She grinned back," Now yer talkin!"

Raphael added," So, when you get angry, you get super strong…like the hulk? Only…you're already green."

She hit him on the arm again," Whatever!"

"No, I like it…it's cool!" Raphael grinned," So…What kind of fighting did your father teach you?"

hey, hey, hey, what do you know? Andromeda went out and said it! will it turn out to be the biggest mistake of her life?

And what exactly is Calypso's history?

Does Daphne have a superpower?

Or Eos?

You'll have to review to find out!