Hey everyone! I know I haven't updated in a really long time, sorry bout that! This one is important to the plot but its not my favorite of the bunch. However, the next one is in the works and will be more important and hopefully better! I'd love your thoughts anyways though so make sure to review!

-yesiamweird

Raphael stood on the balcony in the back of the dojo by himself in silence. His thoughts couldn't keep him from replaying yesterday's events and what he could have done to stop May from giving into the Tribunal's ways.

The sad truth was the fact he knew May would have to give up her soul no matter what anyways. She was lucky that she was willing to give in so easily… there must have been something else going on that would have allowed her just to give up. It wouldn't make sense why she would be willing to cooperate with the group of people that murdered her own family. Unless…

"Hey there, tough guy!" A female voice called out forcing Raph to turn his head towards the older blonde woman. "Hey Joy. What's up?"

"Still thinking about May?" Her slight smile indicated the same emotion Raph had, concern. It was nice that she was decent to come over and chat to the temper-some turtle. He nodded and then leaned his shell into the wooden wall. "We all are… I just can't believe the tribunal would do such a thing to her."

"Yea. Same." He nodded biting the inside of his cheek.

"Don't worry, May is a strong ninja. She will prevail."

Raph shook his head looking towards her, "It's not May I'm worried about…it's the fact that her soul is being used to hold someone else's and then after she's done saving the world an all, there's nothing left for her to do. Sakura will leave and May…May will die…"

Placing a gentle hand on the turtle's shoulder Joy frowned and nodded, "I know…Raphael. If there is anything I or the others can do to stop that from happening, I can assure you we will."

"Thanks." Raph smiled truthfully and sighed, "You know Joy when this whole thing blows over and you're in New York, look us up!"

"I plan on it!" She smiled turning towards him as she walked away. "But let's save the world first, okay tough guy?"

Down in the containment room, Leonardo shared the same emotion as his brother in concern of his human girlfriend that had just disappeared out of thin air. Not only was she taken away physically but mentally she wasn't the same person. After revealing that she was destined to hold the soul of Saki Sakura, the Tribunal revealed that they murdered May's family as well. The looming thought that May only knew the turtles because her family was murdered for something that she didn't have control in was a horrible feeling.

Unlike Raphael, Leonardo was in the presence of Chikara and had to maintain a sort of self control on his emotions. Despite the fact he wanted to scream and understand why it had to be May.

"The evil one's heralds will not let our victory go unanswered. We must be aware." She stated placing their newest collected item on the table in front of her.

"But Chikara-Shisho," Leo looked up from the gauntlet of the Shredder. "With the artifacts secure, haven't we already stopped the Evil One in his tracks?"

"We have won the battle, Leonardo, but we have not won the war." She replied coldly.

"So then," Furaigi stated with a cold glare, "What was the point in taking May's soul? Why is she not-"

"ENOUGH!" Chikara interrupted. Leo looked to his friend feeling a slight boost of confidence that he too, was angry about May's fate. "It is the decision of the tribunal to make those decisions and we have."

With the intimidating feeling of emptiness shrouding him again, Leo stood with his fists at his sides. May was gone, taken away without a choice and yet the people responsible didn't care? Just when he opened his mouth to respond, Kon ran through the door.

"I had a vision, Chikara. Come quickly and you two gather the rest of the Acolytes!" He demanded. Bowing their heads Leo and Furaigi left through the doorway leaving the two Shishos alone.

"I did not mean to take your place in arguing about your friend, Leonardo." Furaigi started to say. "It is just that, I, and the rest of us Acolytes are friends with her just as much as you and your brothers. I only wish for her safety."

The turtle nodded, "I understand. And thank you. My brothers and I don't make friends easily back home. You can imagine why," The burly man nodded with a smirk. "But May, Master Splinter and the few other friends we have are all we have. We protect our family with all we got… its just hard to face that she's gone now."

A warm hand was placed on Leo's cold and thick green skinned shoulder. "She is not gone. We will find her… together."

"Together."

All the Acolytes minus one, walked behind Hisomi and Chikara while Kon led the way to the Monastery Chamber room. There, Juto, Splinter and Ancient One were all waiting silently. No one spoke a word, not even the rat master spiking the curiosity of the leader further. As the group stopped, Leo walked to the side towards his father and whispered softly, "What's going wrong?"

"The omens are turning against us, my son. Despite your good words and hard efforts." Splinter spoke in a rather odd tone, Leo thought, but then shoved the assumption away as being worried about the situation.

"The five mystics of the Evil One are upon us. We must take drastic measures if we are to survive." Kon instructed turning to Hisomi. "Hisomi lead the Acolytes to the third artifact as our last line of defense-"

"The sarcophagus!" Chikara interrupted. Apparently she was in the mood of interjecting recently. "The location of that is our most closely guarded secret! It is better to make a stand here!"

"Chikara, I have seen the future! Secrets will not help us now that time is of the essence! Trust me in this!"

With a firm nod, Chikara turned to the students. "Acolytes, prepare."

Without another moment's notice, Leo and the others found themselves running to keep up with Hisomi's large strides towards the location of the Shredder's tomb. Eventually they made their way to a chamber none of them had visited and watched carefully as the Shisho flipped his hands around to unlock the platform they had been standing on.

The ground lowered into a cave of volcanoes and lava. "Wow! If the tribunal ever get strapped for cash, they could charge major bucks for admission to this." Leo wanted to slap his brother and so did the others, but knowing the desperate situation the group was placed in they all decided to ignore his comment.

When the platform stopped, Hisomi led them through a wall of lava hitting a dead end. Or so they thought. With his mystic fan, Hisomi-san shielded the group from destruction and into another chamber. This one, completely opposite from the warmth of the lava, was similar to being trapped in an icebox.

"Wow, from lava hot to freezing cold. I hope we don't catch a cold." Mikey worried.

Raph couldn't take that comment undone. "Yea Mikey, cause dat's the big concern here!" He slapped his younger brothers head and continued following behind Hisomi.

"Well this must be the place." Donny offered as they walked towards the coffin placed in the middle of the room. "I didn't need Hisomi to tell me that!" Raph argued. "The hairs on the back of my neck are standing up! And I don't even have hair!"

Suddenly, the ground shook and then pushed the group aside leaving Ancient One and Splinter standing. "Master Splinter!" Leo yelled attempting to stand up as quickly as possible. "Are you alright!?"

They were just fine actually. Laughing, to be exact and… floating?! Without another warning their bodies grew and transformed into,

"The Heralds of the Shredder!?" The turtles yelled knowing who the imposters were. "What have you done with the others!?" Leo commanded.

"Do not worry, you will meet them soon enough," Rock laughed and then reached his arm forward just as his other brothers appeared. Before they had time to strike, Hisomi and the others began to fight.

Hisomi was the first to fall surprisingly. And eventually after the Heralds called forth the help of demon monsters, the hunt for the Acolytes was upon the students.

The first to fall was Furaigi after a blow to his body from the demon lion. "No!" Leo called out running towards his friend and attempting to help him up.

"Leonardo. This sword…is yours. It always was..." The man coughed up blood onto the side of his mouth as his head lay in Leo's three fingered hands. "I was just holding it."

After his last breath Leo took the sword from out of his hands and destroyed the monster about to destroy his brothers. "Die demon!" Leo screamed saving a stunned and frightened pair of both Raph and Donny.

Joy ran to the aid of the two turtles and after helping them both to stand a red tail wrapped around her waist. "NO!" She cried out as the serpent demon lifted her into the air and above it's mouth. "Raphael!"

"JOY!" He cried trying to make his feet move. Something about this situation made him scared. Was it the fact that she was about to be killed after helping him? Was it the fact she was his friend through everything since he and the others had been dragged here. Or maybe it was the fact Joy reminded him so much of May, the other blonde woman he cared for, and she was going to be destroyed just like her.

"Avenge me!" Joy cried as the tail pulled her into the mouth of the beast and swallowed her whole.

Raph was pretty sure he had blacked out at this point. All he saw was red, and a voice in his head that screamed to destroy the monster. With a lighting fast swing of his new weapons he collapsed the part of the roof on the monster crushing it underneath. "Don't worry Joy. I won't forget 'cha." He muttered now looking towards the five heralds.

"Acolytes!" Chikara's voice screamed from out of thin air. She, Kon and Juto appeared behind the students with their mouths frowning. "Take the three artifacts away from here and go! We shall take care of the Heralds!"

Mikey took the Shredder's helmet while Adam, being the largest, took the sarcophagus and Tora took the gauntlet.

"Go now!" Kon repeated the command as the students hesitated leaving their masters alone.

"My sons!" Splinters voice was in the direction of the entrance and without another thought, the boys ran towards their father. "This way quickly!"

No matter how much they ran, Leo couldn't help but feel that something wasn't right. The Ninja Tribunal could handle themselves…he kept repeating in his head, but still he couldn't shake away the feeling as he ran.

When they entered the Lap of the Gods, everyone stood still astounded by the sight in front of them. "The Heralds?! How-?" Donny had only a second to question before the Fire Herald spoke.

"Hand over the artifacts, or the rest of your lives will end here!"

Everything happened so quickly, no one really knew what to do other than defend themselves from the attack.

"Donny!" Adam yelled out before a part of the ceiling crushed the genius turtle. "Run!" He grunted as Don attempted to push off the heavy rock as well. "I can't hold it, Don!"

"No! I won't leave you, I-"

"GO!"

With a large force, Don was kicked out just before the boulder toppled onto his friend. "Adam…" Donatello reached out to his friend. "No…" Pushing his arms underneath the heavy weight of his shell was proving rather difficult, but as soon as his little brother appeared on his side it became four times worse.

"Tora! You're gonna be okay!" Mikey cried out holding the bleeding man in his arms. "Don't worry I got cha! Just just-"

"Heh, heh, heh… Mikey-san," Tora coughed as blood poured from his lips and stomach. "You finally made me… laugh…"

"Tora…" Mikey looked away.

"And Adam…" Donny added.

"What a pity and a waste of power in order to delay the inevitable." The fire herald laughed as his brothers took the artifacts into their grasp. "From out of the ashes of the Ninja Tribunal our master will rise again!"

A bright red light blinded the turtles gathered in a group next to the boulder while the building began to collapse from the power the heralds had.

The ground was beginning to form into the lava they had just escaped from in the underground room before. But that wasn't as concerning to the turtles as the yellow vortex in front of the Heralds.

"On behalf of the great one," Fire smiled and bowed quickly, "We thank you." And with that disappeared into the hole between worlds.

"No… NO!" Leo yelled out pulling his sword from behind his back and releasing both his and the items power, "I will NEVER stop fighting!" He cried out. "And I will not let this whole thing be for nothing!"

He didn't know why he was holding this portal open but something in his gut told him it was the only thing to do for escape.

"Leonardo what are-?"

"Go, quickly…"

The group looked around for the strange voice but had no time in the moment to hesitate. They hurled themselves into the vortex with Leonardo being the last and final one to enter.

After landing with a thud, the group came to a shocking discovery of where the vortex led them.

New York City. Their home. Like nothing happened. Except for the fact their friends were dead. Gone. All of them. Furaigi. Joy. Adam. And Tora. Gone in the blink of an eye. Even the Tribunal as well.

"We… we're home?" Donny rubbed the back of his head making sure to stay in the shadows of the alley they landed in.

"But how? Master Splinter, what does this mean?"

He shook his furry head with a sigh. "I do not know… but I do know what their victory means… the end of the world begins…" He ducked his head down, "Here."

"So whatawedo now?" Mikey looked to the others with a frown.

"We should head back to the lair." Leo nodded figuring that they could do nothing at this point and it would be best for his brothers to rest after their long fight.

"But…" Mikey looked around nervously. "But what to we tell everyone about… about."

"May?" Donny finished. Just like his brothers, he also was concerned for his blonde friend. Mikey nodded, "And April? What do we-"

"Don't worry guys." Leo sighed, "We'll tell them the truth. Afterall, that's the only thing we can do…"

"Well that should do it." Anna smiled wiping the grease off of her hands. "This car is so awesome Donny! You're a genius!"

Blushing slightly, Donatello wiped his face with the back of his hand. "Thanks but I can't take all the credit unfortunately, I had some help from Adam…" He stopped mid-sentence thinking of his friend. After all, It was his fault Adam sacrificed his life to save Donny.

"I'm sorry…" Anna started while bowing her head. She knew the topic was touchy still after two weeks. "…I know you don't want to talk about it, but I'm sure he is proud of you. And your brothers." As much as she wanted to know more about the whereabouts of her friend May, she knew the turtles had told her and the others every single detail the knew possible.

Donny nodded, "Yea. Thanks Anna. That means a lot."

She smiled and walked towards the mutant turtle. "Your welcome." Her gaze looked to the amulet on his chest, "Why do you guys still wear this thing?" She picked the gold metal into her dingy hands while analyzing it in detail now that she was curious.

Donny shook his head trying his best to control his teenaged emotions as she played with the necklace. "I'm not sure… it…" He coughed and rubbed the back of his head. "It just doesn't feel right to take it off I guess."

Anna nodded and placed the amulet carefully back onto his plastron. "I understand… I just…" She sighed. "I just get the feeling something horrible is going to happen soon so if these things bring out your chi and make you guys stronger, than you already are, then don't ever take them off."

A big smile erupted on Don's face. "Heh, thanks. Then…"

"Ahem!"

The two jumped back looking to the side at Leonardo smirking at them. "Hello Leonardo!" Anna tried her best to hide the blush spread across her face but failed miserably. Instead she scratched her scalp and lowered her gaze from Leo's judging.

"Hey. Come look at our newest invention!" Donny changed the subject from the two of them and onto the car.

"It's a taxi?"

"Not just a taxi, but the Turtle Taxi!" Don smiled while waving his arm in front of the hood.

"It has one of the fastest jet engines in the trunk that I've ever read of!" Anna wiggled her head being proud to work on such a rare item.

"It has what in the engine?" Leo walked over tilting his head to the side. "Jet engines! Every taxi in New York should have one!" Donny replied pressing the remote to the car and popping open the trunk.

"It also has retractable amour!" Anna pressed one of the buttons on the remote Don was holding. "See!" She smiled proudly placing her hands on her hips.

"We now are cutting into breaking news…" The tv interrupted the conversation causing the three to look at the device in the living room. "Rumors that the superhero group known as the Justice Force are expanding have been confirmed. Channel 6 News has just learned that the team just added two new members and that they want to expand their membership further."

Donny sighed heavily while shaking his head. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" He looked to his older brother.

Leo only smiled, "I'm thinking it would be a good idea to talk to the Justice Force about the Shredder." He crossed his arms afterwards.

Donny shook, "No. I was thinking that Mikey is going to filp-out when he hears this." Anna giggled just as soon as they heard the youngest turtle scream, "BEHOLD THE NEXT MEMBER OF THE JUSTICE FORCE!"

There standing in his superhero costume stood Michelangelo valiantly. "THE NEW AND IMPROVED, TURTLE TITAN!"

Both Leo and Don slapped their faces in defeat. "Annnnnd I was right." Donny muttered making Anna's smile deepen. She personally thought his idea was cute but little did she know about the past of Turtle Titan.

"Mikey," Leo started, "The Justice Force could be powerful allies against the Shredder. They're not gonna take us seriously if your goofing around."

"But COME ON! How cool would it be? Me, a member of the Justice Force!" He stood with his hands on his hips like a statue of some sort.

Leo and Don continued to glare at their brother while Anna hid behind the two while attempting to control her giggling. "See Anna thinks I'm cool! Huh, don't cha Anna?!" Mikey attempted to convince his brothers but Leo only had to cross his arms over his plastron to stop him.

"Well Anna and I are finishing up the taxi. Raph's out blowing steam as usual but if you want to get to the justice tower in superhero style I have just the thing!"

Leading his brothers to the garage, Don waved his arms over the contraption. "Guys and lady, I give you: the sewer slider verison 2.0!"

"Woah!"

"Cool!"

"Nice."

The three smiled at the vehicle wasting no time to jump into the seats. Anna stood next to Donny with her hands clasped together sweetly. "Just be sure not to scratch it guys, okay?" Don pointed a finger at his brothers and then motioned for Anna to follow him back to the taxi.

"Do you think Mikey will become a member of the Justice Force?" Anna asked making Donny laugh, "I doubt it. He's tried a couple of times now…"

"What's a couple?" Anna smiled and it was with her smile did Donatello realize it could make him melt. "Trust me," Don shook his head, "You don't want to know."

The two nodded and then took over the taxi once again. In the middle of their tweaking, Anna couldn't help but ask Don something that had been on her mind recently, "Donatello why has Raphael never been at the lair while I'm here? He always seems to be blowing off steam or something?"

Don nodded. "Yea. He's just upset about everything… blowing off steam is honestly how Raph deals with stress. For me, I tinker with my inventions."

The girl nodded her head and then sighed. "Poor Raph and Leo… they must-" She stopped mid-sentence realizing in horror that she had revealed May's secret to their brother. "Um, never mind. I just-"

"I know." Donny nodded sadly.

"What?"

"I know… Raph and Leo are the only ones that don't."

Not knowing this, Anna gulped. "I'm sorry Donny I didn't mean to bring it up. It's just that I miss her so much and I'm sure they do too and that I probably remind you guys of her and that doesn't help and that-"

"Anna." Donny had walked over to the girl and placed both hands on her shoulders. "Don't worry about them. Everything will be okay."

She looked up to him with tears threatening to fall from her eyes. "Okay." She nodded and then pulled herself into a chilling hug from the turtle. "Okay…"

Donny sighed and patted her back. As much as he loved having the girl in his arms, he knew his brothers were going through an even more difficult battle. The girl they loved was gone without a trace… and even if they did get May back, which of the two would she go with?

Arnt Don and Anna just adorbs? Lol