me: Hello readers! I've decided to introduce another character into this story. We only see her in a couple of episodes in the 2003 cartoon and so far, not at all in the 2012 cartoon. I'm putting a stop to that in this fanfiction and I hope you all like her as i'm going to see to it that she gets as much of the spotlight as the other human characters. Enjoy!
May 20th… 2012… New York City… 11:11pm…
Initiation. Definitely a word that can change your life. Initiation into a life-changing career, initiation into a university or even an initiation into a respected club for activities. However, for one such young thirteen your old girl, initiation into the Purple Dragons is life-changing but for all the wrong reasons. She had a punk(ish) look about her; purple dyed hair in pigtails, a ripped up blue hoodie, purple gloves, pink arm wraps, brown trousers held up by a belt and a pair of black trainers make up her look. She wasn't alone however as she was with a small group of Purple Dragons and the group had just pried open an anti-burglar shutter on the window of a shop with a pair of crowbars.
"Clutch time, Angel." One of the Purple Dragons said to the girl called Angel, he crouched down to the pavement and picked up a brick and handed it to her. "Think you got the juice to be a Purple Dragon?" he said this and then Angel took the brick from him.
"Oh yeah. I got the juice!" after she said this, she threw the brick at the window and smashed it into hundreds of pieces. Robbery in progress.
The Purple Dragons exited the store through the back exit with all their ill-gotten gains, though they were in no rush, bearing in mind that for reason, whatever they do involving crime was always met with black and blue bruises courtesy of the hockey vigilante and the four mutant turtles.
"Psst!" and today would be no different. The moment the Purple Dragon turned to face whoever it was that was getting his attention, a foot smashed across his face and sent him flying into some of his buddies.
"Ha! See guys? You never know what you might find on the old nightly training run!" Mikey said as he hid in the shadows with Raph, Leo and Casey but for some reason, no Donnie. Which annoyed Casey for a good reason…
Flashback to a few hours ago…
9:18pm… The Lair…
Donnie had been working on his 'flowchart' as part of his 'master plan' to get April to hang out with him. The flowchart had various different scenarios on it that had everything from homework, being called a total nerd (thanks to Raph), to simple boredom, Donnie seemed to have thought of everything. His three brothers thought that he was being slightly ridiculous and took a few jabs at it, though Donnie was determined to his 'master plan' through to the end.
"Hey, guys!" April's sudden announcement as she ran to them had Donnie scrambling to hide his flowchart from her.
"Hey, April." Donnie said with about as much cool as a disorganised kid. Oh wait. That's exactly what he was.
"Guys, check out this news story." April said as she flipped open her laptop and clicked on the news story in question.
"In local news, Dr Tyler Rockwell has been reported missing. I spoke with his colleague, Dr Victor Falco." The clip switches to a middle-aged man in a lab coat, "I hadn't heard from him in days, so I checked into his lab. But the place was a mess and he was gone. I… fear the worst." "Police say that- "but April stopped the video clip and though the turtles saw what she wanted them to see, Raph still didn't see what was up,
"So?" he asked and April explained,
"So, the Kraang have been kidnapping scientists from all over the city. Including my dad. Maybe that's what happened to this Rockwell guy." She said,
"Or they may not be related at all." Leo said trying to be reasonable but April was having none of it,
"There's only one way to find out, we should check out that lab." April said with determination and Donnie supported her,
"April's right, we should investigate. What'sthat?Youguysarebusy?" Donnie said quickly to make sure no-one butted in and did a mock gasp before saying, "Guess it's just the two of us, April." He said as he and April set out to Rockwell's lab, leaving the other three turtles behind.
"Heh, I bet that wasn't on his flowchart." He flips over the chart but, "Whoa! It is! That is spooky."
10 minutes later…
If Casey had been a little faster, he would've caught Donnie exiting the Lair with April, but here he was entering the Lair wondering why there were only three turtles and not four.
"Hey, guys. Where's your brainy brother?" Casey asked and Raph opted to put him out of his misery before it started,
"He went topside with April. Alone." The look on Casey's face was absolutely priceless to Raph and Casey stomping around the Lair and looking like he wanted to smash some furniture was the cherry on the cake. "Hey, you know what might cheer you up?"
Back to now…
And so, here he stood with three of the four ninja brothers staring down some Purple Dragons. Raph was right, beating up some Purple Dragons would definitely cheer him up.
"Now class, who can tell me what he did wrong?" Leo asked the thugs as he pointed to the Purple Dragon that Mikey just kicked in the face.
"You mean besides being a badly dressed, law breaking, good for nothing, low life street punk?" Raph said as it was part question and part answer. Insulted by this, the Purple Dragon rose up to their feet and them,
"Raaarrgh! Bust 'em up, dragons!" one of them said and then on command, they charged at the turtles and the vigilante.
"Wahoo!" Casey shouted as he leapt into the air and swung his hockey stick into the face of one of the thugs and knocking him to the ground.
"When are these dragon dudes gonna learn?" Leo said as he too leapt into the air as he launched into a flying kick into another Purple Dragon and knocking him to the ground next to the other downed dragon thug.
"Green beats purple every time!" Mikey declared and right now, he was right. He dashed at one the thugs and smacked him across the head with his nunchucks with such speed that he was practically a blur. The thug crashed into the wall behind him and fell to the ground unconscious. Raph meanwhile had smacked two thugs away with a split kick to their guts and knocked them over too.
"They'll all be black and blue by the time I'm finished with them!" Raph said and it this point, Angel who had been watching the whole thing, decided to make a break for it, and as the turtles and Casey were still in the shadows, she couldn't quite see them.
"We've got a runner!" Leo announced as he pointed to the direction she was running in.
"Don't worry, it's covered!" Raph shouted out as he punched and elbowed two more Purple Dragon thugs to the ground.
Angel ran through the alley, determined not to become someone else's punching bag. She did not envision her first night with the Purple Dragons to be like this. As she ran, she looked behind her to check if they were behind her. They weren't. But the vigilante was right in front of her and she didn't notice until she literally ran right into him. She stumbled onto the ground on her back while the vigilante stood his ground and pointed his hockey stick at her.
"Going somewhere?" he taunted and when she looked up at him, Casey recognised her immediately. "Angel?" this momentary reluctance gave Angel the time she needed to get up and continue running from him. She had even more time when another Purple Dragon attacked Casey with a lame punch, and was countered by Casey shoving him head first into a wall. At this point, Angel had reached a dead end up against a locked alley gate, but instead of stopping, she began climbing it. As she neared the top, Casey caught up to her and grabbed her ankle.
"Let go of me, you creep!" she said in desperation and kicked at Casey. The kicks all missed Casey as he tried to get through to her.
"Angel, wait!" he said and at this point, the other three turtles arrived and instead of intervening, they stayed in the shadows to see this scene play out. "It's me, Casey!" he said as he lifted his mask from his face and Angel saw him.
"Casey?" she said and then jumped from the gate to see him face to face. "What are you doing here?" she should have got what he was doing when he was busy bashing heads earlier but Casey decided to word it a different way,
"Stopping you from making the biggest mistake of your life." He said but Angel didn't understand what he was saying,
"What? The Purple Dragons? Haha, no, they're my possy! My family." When she said 'family', Casey looked forlorn.
"But you got real family at home. You and your grandma only have each other. What if something happens to you?" Casey pleaded but Angel just took a look of sadness and anger.
"My grandma died a while ago." Angel's response threw Casey a bit.
"…what…?"
"…yeah… I know…. Last month. Unknown causes apparently." She said and then she snapped back at Casey. "But me being a Purple Dragon is none of your business!" she declared and in response, Casey pushed aside what he had just learned a second ago and pointed his hockey stick at the downed thugs against the wall.
"Until you start breaking the law. Then it is my business." He said but Angel bit back,
"Yeah, well, I don't see no badge on you." And at this, Casey retorted,
"And I don't see a Purple Dragon tattoo on you. Not yet. So why don't you quit while you still got the chance." The retort turned a plea but Angel was having none of it,
"I ain't quitting nothing. Tonight was my first test. Tomorrow, I am going to pass my initiation. And then I'm going to wear my dragon with pride." As she said this, Casey scowled,
"That dragon comes with a price. I don't think you know what you're getting yourself mixed up in." Casey pleaded again and then Angel walked away from the gate and Casey followed.
"Yeah… maybe you're right!" as Angel said this, she suddenly turned and shoved Casey down and then dashed to the gate, "But I can take care of myself!" she then climbed over it and ran off into the distance, leaving Casey with his ninja friends far behind. At this point, the three mutant turtles stepped out from the shadows and approached Casey as he stood back up,
"Casey, what was that? Who was that girl?" Raph asked,
"Her name's Angel. I know her from the neighbourhood, and I promised her grandmother that I would help keep her out of harm's way. But it seems that she died some time ago…" he explained and then Leo raised his thought of concern at this,
"So, she's a Purple Dragon now?" he asked which gave Casey a scowl,
"Not if I can help it."
May 21st… 9:44am… The Lair…
It was after morning training had finished that Leo had noted how much that Donnie's performance was lacking. Normally, his skill -whilst needing improvement- was held at a much higher standard than what he saw. It was then that Leo decided to confront Donnie as he was leaning on the railings of the bridge in the middle of the Lair, but Master Splinter sensed this, and stopped Leo before he could confront Donnie.
"I know what you are thinking, Leonardo. But you cannot tackle a puzzle in which you don't have all the pieces to." Splinter said, which made it clear that he knew something that he didn't. Splinter was right; when a person tries to confront an issue when they don't have all the facts, they can inadvertently make things worse or their words of presumed reasoning won't make any sense. And after he spoke his sagely wisdom, he left Leo behind to confront Donnie, as he knew what his problem was.
Leo watched on as Splinter approached Donnie on the bridge, and as the leader of his team of ninjas/brothers, he felt as though he should be in the loop. Then again, Donnie wasn't in the loop either about his brother's encounter with a young girl named Angel, therefore the feeling would be mutual if he knew.
"Don't like it when there's something going that you think should involve you?" Leo heard Raph say to him, and in response, Leo let out a defeated sigh, as he knew why he wasn't in the loop,
"If this was an issue that needed all of us, Sensei would've called us all together and then we would resolve whatever it was together." It was true in a sense. Since they first arrived on the surface, most of their missions and encounters just happen to be when they were together, and sometimes like in the cases that involved the Foot Clan, it was imperative that they knew what the other was thinking. Now however, it seemed as though this new issue involving Donnie could be resolved without his brother's assistance.
"WHOOAAA!" *SPLASH*
Leo and Raph's attention suddenly went from talking to each other to looking at the sight of Mikey being launched into the pool. Master Splinter had walked away from Donnie and towards Mikey and the result seemed to be Mikey lifting himself up from the pool, without a care in the world that his Sensei just threw him in there.
"Do you think Mikey finally got on Sensei's nerves?" Raph asked,
"No way. Sensei has got an infinite amount of patience around us all. If he didn't, we probably wouldn't be as strong or as good as ninjas that we are now." Leo reasoned, though he would like to know why Master Splinter had thrown Mikey into the pool in this time only and not the other thousand or so times.
7:32pm…
Leo wasn't surprised that Mikey wasn't paying much attention when Splinter threw him into the pool. The only things that were on his mind then was the music in his ears and then pizza when he got out of the pool. He was a bit surprised by how long Donnie and April were having a conversation without Donnie blubbering out dorky sentences.
"RAPHAEL! RAPHAEL!"
But colour him surprised when the sound of a young girl's voice echoed in the Lair, courtesy of Donnie's speakers that he installed in the warehouse to let them know who was in the warehouse and so close to the Lair. This young girl was calling out to Raph.
"Sounds like trouble, Raph. Someone you know?" Leo asked almost demanding,
"How should I know?" Raph said with just as much confusion,
"We should find out what's going on." Leo said,
"Leo, as much as I would like to help. I can't. There's a mutant out there that needs to be stopped." Donnie said suddenly,
"But Donnie, we may need you." Leo ordered but fortunately for Donnie, Slinter overheard them and intervened,
"Leonardo. As much as I would prefer that all four of you confront a mission, it is as I said before; you cannot tackle a puzzle in which you do not have all the pieces to. And this time, two puzzles have arisen tonight, and I feel as though that Donatello and April can resolve their issue as well as you, Raphael and Michelangelo can resolve yours. Now go, you cannot linger any more than you have to." With Splinter's reasoning and order, the group of five exited the Lair in different directions; Leo, Raph and Mikey exited through the elevator to the surface while Donnie and April exited via the abandoned tunnels.
Backtrack…
6:44pm… Purple Dragon Stronghold (some abandoned warehouse) …
Throughout his teen years so far, Casey had admitted to some daft and silly things he has done. Some were even downright stupid. But willingly walking into an abandoned warehouse that was infested with Purple Dragon thugs, armed only with a baseball bat he had hidden inside a backpack, with the intention of getting an uncooperative teenage girl out of building of thugs was by far the most stupidest thing he has ever done so far. Luckily, none of the Purple Dragons recognised him without his mask on. What was sad about the situation he found himself in was that there were quite a few teenagers like himself and Angel inside the warehouse going through the Purple Dragon 'initiation'. Watching one such teenager getting beaten almost half to death in the middle of a wrestling ring in the middle of the building made him sick.
"WAS THE INITIATE WORTHY OF THE DRAGON?" one thug asked over the speaker, to which the reply was a resounding 'BOO' from everyone on the room. Everyone except Casey that is.
"BRING ON THE NEXT INITIATE! GIVE IT UP FOR ANGEL!" Casey gasped when the announcement was made and when Angel jumped into the centre ring with delight as the Purple Dragons cheered. But not for her, the cheering was for her opponent who entered the ring, wearing metal gloves. Probably steel.
"DOES SHE HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO CALL HERSELF A PURPLE DRAGON?" the reply for announcer was also a resounding 'BOO' and 'NO' from the audience. It was then that another opponent entered the ring. He was just as big as the other Purple Dragon in the ring and Casey knew that Angel was no ninja, like his ninja turtle friends. She might put up a brave fight, but the two thugs in the ring would clobber her in less than a minute.
Fight on. Angel jumped into the air as the metal gloved Purple Dragon swung a punch at her, the jump allowed her to dodge the punch and counter with a mid-air kick to his chest, knocking him back but not on his back. The other Purple Dragon also threw a punch at her, she weaves back and dodges the attack and then she counters with a swift but not powerful kick to the thug's chest. She then somersaults backwards to gain some distance between her and the thug. If it were any of the ninja turtles in the ring, they would've noticed the other thug behind them, picking up a pipe to swing at their heads, but Angel didn't have that advantage and so behind her, the thug picked up a pipe with the intention of bashing her brains in. But Casey wasn't going to let that happen. From his backpack, he brings out his bat and hockey mask and covers his face with it.
"Oh no you don't." he said as he entered the ring. "Angel! Behind you!" Casey shouted to her, which surprised everyone inside. The armed thug had no time to think as Casey swung his weapon at the thug's head. The attack connected and when the thug hit the ground, he wouldn't be getting up for a while. Angel was surprised to see him here, but she quickly kicked her other opponent in the gut and this time, it knocked him other. She turned to Casey and was annoyed to see him here and interrupting her initiation.
"What are you doing here?" she asked, irritation clearly evident from her voice.
"Your new 'family' was about to cave your head in!" he answered but the audience was clearly angered by Casey's actions and five of them entered ring and surrounded both himself and Angel. "Come on, I'm getting you out of here." Casey said to her, unfortunately it was too late and it was then that Hun suddenly blindsided him with a punch to his stomach that had the force of a freight train behind it. Cassey was sent flying across the ring and only the corner bar stopped him, and when he crashed into it, the pain that went through his body was intense. Hun approached Casey and Casey pondered how he didn't notice him coming when he hit him. Hun grabbed Casey by his head and picked him up high off the ground, and though his mask covered his face, Hun's next words made him question if Hun was the King thug or something else entirely,
"Hello Jones. Long-time no see." Hun said as Casey struggled to try get out of his grip but Hun didn't so much as budge. "Think I don't know that's you under that mask, Jones? I've got eyes and ears all over this city. Word is that you've been disrespecting the Dragon!" at Hun's last sentence, he simply chucked Casey across the ring like he was a ragdoll. Casey hit the rings elastic ropes and he landed near the edge of the ring. Back when Hun blindsided him, he was disarmed of his bat, his only weapon at the moment and when Hun threw him to the edge of the ring, he picked up the bat on the floor. Casey stood up and wielded the bat with both hands and took a swing at Hun. Hun response was to catch the bat with ease and disarm Casey again. Casey couldn't hold his balance after that and he stumbled onto his back on the ground. Hun then snapped the bat like a twig. Angel watched all of this in the background and was beginning to question if her choices put her friend in this position, and when Hun picked up and slammed Casey against the ground like a wrestler would, she thought exactly that. Her choices did put her friend Casey in this position and so, she quietly slipped away from the crowd.
Hun looked down at Casey, and then gave an order to his thugs, "Lock up this piece of garbage. We'll play with him some more later." Hun ordered as he left the ring leaving a battered and beaten Casey lying in the middle of the ring at the mercy of the other Purple Dragons.
6:58pm…
Angel wasn't going to let her mistake cost the life of her friend. Her real friend. As soon as she slipped away from the crowd of thugs, she hid inside an air vent thanks to her thin and light frame. Inside the air vent, she quietly made her way to where the Purple Dragons had locked up Casey. When she found him locked in a cell, he was screaming and shouting declarations of what he was going to do once he got out. Needless to say, it was a no wonder to her that he made an enemy out of the Purple Dragons.
"Haha! Big words, vigilante." Hun said as he approached a chained-up Casey from the opposite end of the bars. "Did I ever tell you how much fun I had burning down your home and killing your father?" Angel face paled the moment Hun said this.
"Least I had a father. Punk." Hun then grabbed Casey by the shirt through the bars like he was the lightest feather in the world. In this case, that probably wasn't too far from the truth. He brought Casey to him so they were face to face,
"Laugh now, bastard. Because tonight, the Purple Dragon will be having a smack-down contest, and you're the prize. Whoever wins gets to take your head as their trophy to keep, and to warn anyone else about crossing us." After Hun's declaration, he left Casey behind. Once he left the room, Angel used that chance to appear from the air vent and landed outside of Casey's cell.
"Angel?" Casey couldn't quite believe his eyes, he didn't even notice her until she was outside the cell. Angel looked a little distraught as she fished through one of her pockets for something that could undo the locks of Casey's cell and shackles,
"I heard the whole thing, Casey. I'm so sorry I got you into this mess. I'm gonna get you out! I swear!" she then began to pick the lock with a hairpin she had fished out of her pocket but her distress about the situation frustrated her and after only a few seconds of trying, she gave up.
"I can't do it! This is all my fault…" she then covered her face with her hands as a few tears escaped her.
"Hey, Angel, don't worry." Casey said as reassuringly as could manage in his predicament. At least it helped Angel calm herself somewhat.
"Casey, what are we gonna do?" she asked after she wiped her eyes.
"Listen to me, I have some friends who can help. Real good friends. Go to the abandoned warehouse at the corner of Eastman Land. Ask for Raphael. Hurry!" Casey ordered and Angel wasn't about to let Casey down and with that she made her way out.
Present Time… 7:32pm… Eastman Land Abandoned Warehouse…
It took a little bit longer than she originally thought, but eventually, she made it to the warehouse that Casey had told her about. She didn't know why he would direct her to this old unused warehouse of all things, but she didn't question it. She went up to one of the boarded windows and peered inside. She saw evidence of someone living inside and assumed it was the Raphael that Casey spoke of.
"RAPHAEL! RAPHAEL!" she shouted in the warehouse. She walked away from the window and began to wonder if she had the right address.
Half a minute later…
She was really beginning to wonder if she was in the right place at all. But then the warehouse doors opened up. She waited anxiously about Casey's friends but when they revealed themselves, Angel was momentarily thrown for a loop. From the warehouse, three humanoid turtles emerged from the shadows of the warehouse.
"Woah…" was her only response to the sight of them.
"Alright kid, this had better be good." Raph said as he approached Angel. She could only look on completely bewildered by the sight of them, but then remembered why she was here in the first place. She shook herself from her bewilderment and then said,
"Right! It's Casey! He's going to get killed for sport if we don't help him now!" Angel said and when she did, Raph and the other two turtles had their attention completely on her,
"Kid, tell us everything." Raph said.
Angel asked them not to judge her when she mentioned she was going to join the Purple Dragons, but that still didn't stop Leo from scowling at her. She winced but she continued on how Casey got blindsided by Hun, the leader of the Purple Dragons and got tossed about like a ragdoll and beaten almost to a pulp. And after failing to help him escape his cell, he told her about the abandoned warehouse they were in. All the while, Leo scowled, Raph looked ready to bash some heads, and Mikey looked as though he was paying attention but really, he was spaced out.
7:39pm…
The plan would be simple. Since the Purple Dragon's base would be too heavy guarded, sneaking in wouldn't be a good idea. Instead, they would use disguises and just walk through the main door. The they would find Casey, break him out and escape. Simple. Except for the disguises part. Luckily for them, the speakers were still on and Master Splinter overheard everything. He called them on their T-Phones and told them he had disguises ready to use. The turtles had wondered how Splinter had human clothes when he didn't use them but didn't question it.
Angel waited for the turtles to reappear and when they did via the elevator, she saw that each of them were carrying a set of clothes. They exited and Raph was the first to complain.
"No way am I putting these on! Don't tell me humans actually wear stuff like this."
8:00pm… Purple Dragon Base…
The run to the Purple Dragon base had been awkward for the three mutant turtles and exhilarating for Angel as they made quick work racing across the rooftops. Exhilarating for Angel because of her previous training as a gymnast before her introduction to the Purple Dragons, and awkward for the three mutant turtles because Leo had argued that they put their disguises on first. Orders were orders and besides, how hard can Rooftop running be with clothes on. Well apparently, the new experience made them to never want to wear clothes again. The three turtles had similar clothing on; Leo wore sunglasses, dark blue wool hat, red jumper, blue jeans, white trainers and a big black trench coat. Mikey wore sunglasses, blue hat, white hoodie, orange coat, blue jeans and black trainers. And Raph wore sunglasses, grey hat, an ugly coloured purple hoodie that helped cover his head, a big blue coat, beige trousers and black trainers.
They approached the Purple Dragon base entrance by foot on ground level and Angel reminded them to be cool and to follow her lead. With their disguises, walking right into the base was easy. The four mingled into the crowd easily enough.
"Dudes, it's like we just walked in on an ugly convention." Mikey commented on how the Purple Dragon thugs all around them as they were all badly dressed, and had horrible taste in hairstyles.
"Hey, then you must feel right at home, Mikey." Raph's comment caused Mikey to scowl at him.
"Guys, part of being a ninja in disguise is how to act like everyone else." Leo said and as Raph looked about him and then folded his arms, he could only comment,
"If you really want to act like a Purple Dragon, try getting your butt kicked by a ninja turtle." Raph said.
"I'm down with that!" Mikey said and then bumped fists with Raph.
"Okay guys, take note, we got exits there and there." Leo pointed to the exits in question, "Guards posted around the perimeter, everyone is pretty heavily armed, so can we please try to avoid a fight?" the moment Leo said this his brothers looked at him like he cracked a bad joke and then Leo realised why. So far, all their attempts to not get into a fight had resulted in them getting into a fight. "Right, what was I thinking?"
After Leo said this, all the lights went out except for the ones shining on the ring, with Hun in the centre as a large cage the size of the ring was lowered to the ring. Hun held a microphone to mouth and spoke,
"Tonight's cage match championship will determine which one will win the honour of ridding the Purple Dragons of a major pain in our backs." As Hun announced this, Casey was lowered down upside down on a piece of metal shaped in an X. he was held up by shackles on the X. When Raph saw Casey being lowered, he drew his sai from out of his disguise,
"Lousy thugs. I got your pain in the back right here." Raph said but not aloud, it was a quiet declaration so that no-one could hear him except for his brothers and Angel.
"Easy Raph. Let's not blow our cover just yet." Leo ordered as he lowered Raph's hands to make sure no-one saw his sai. It was then that Hun placed Casey's mask on his face so that all the Purple Dragons could recognise him and it worked. Now all the thugs in the warehouse were revved up for the chance at revenge for what he had been doing since he first appeared out of the blue.
"SO, ARE YOU READY FOR A SHOT AT THE VIGILANTE?" the crowd roared as several of them entered the cage ring. And Casey was raised up to the ceiling.
"How are we going to get him down from there?" Mikey asked and Angel answered,
"I know how to get to the catwalk." She said and then Leo gave his order,
"Okay, Mikey go with her. Don't do anything fancy, just stick to the shadows and cut him loose. Raph, you and I will make sure that spotlight stays on us." Leo ordered. He and Raph will provide the fights and make sure the lights stay on them and not on Mikey and Angel. Raph was itching for a fight anyway. The drawback? They had to keep their disguises on. "Let's go."
"LAST CHANCE TO RAGE IN THE CAGE! ANY TAKERS? ANY TAKERS AT ALL?" it was at this point that the two disguised turtles entered the cage ring.
"Are you sure this is going to work? We've been through your plans going south several times before." Raph asked.
"Can you think of a better way to stall for time? Besides, you need the practise." Leo reasoned.
"Me?" wondering why Leo would think that, Raph nonetheless entered the cage with Leo.
"TWO NEW INITIATES HAVE ENTERED THE COMPETITION! LET'S SHOW 'EM HOW PURPLE DRAGONS TREAT NEWBIES!"
Atop the catwalk…
As Leo and Raph walked into the ring, it provided a perfect distraction for them as they walked on the catwalk. As Mikey and Angel neared Casey, they saw he was guarded by two Purple Dragons. Easy. Mikey brought out his nunchucks and used the kusarigama extensions. As he did this, Angel looked down below and saw Leo and Raph knocking down thugs like it was practise. Mikey threw the kusarigama chains at the thugs and the chains wrapped themselves around their mouths, preventing them from making any noise. They tried to grab at and yank the chains off, but in response, Mikey yanked on his chains and dragged them towards him. The moment they were face to face with Mikey, the last thing they saw was either a green fist or a green foot to the face before they blacked out. After the guards were dealt with, Mikey and Angel approached Casey.
"Angel, your back! And you brought company!" Casey said.
"Dude, what are friends for?" Mikey said as levered Casey onto the catwalk and when he was safely above the catwalk, Angel undid the shackles on his wrists and ankles. Casey let a sigh and a groan as he was lowered down on safe footing.
"Okay, we got him. Now let's get of here." Angel said but Casey protested,
"No! Not until I settle the score with Hun." Said Casey even though he was wounded.
"But Casey, you're hurt. And you don't have a plan, or weapons or anything that can help you match that gorilla." Angel pleaded and when Casey didn't say anything, he silently admitted to himself that in the state that he was in, attacking Hun now with all of his thugs surrounding him would be suicide at best. Mikey looked over the railings of the catwalk and saw in the arena down below that Leo and Raph were knocking down Purple Dragons one by one.
"They look like they're having fun!" Mikey said and when he did, Angel walked down the catwalk to a nearby window. When she looked out, she saw a clear unguarded way out that would easily lead them into the dark alleys and out of danger.
"Guys, we have an escape route." She said to Mikey and Casey. And as she did, Mikey saw Raph had just lost his disguise.
"Uh… guys… it looks as though our cover has been blown!" Mikey said as he pointed down to the arena below. The audience looked ready to rip apart Raph and his antagonistic words didn't help any.
"We can use this thing to get them up here." Angel said as she pointed to the X shaped metal slab that held Casey upside down. Mikey got to work and used the crane to lower the slab to the arena below. Just in time as well since Hun had just ripped the cage door off its hinges and entered the ring.
"GUYS, UP HERE!" Angel shouted out and with that, Raph and a still disguised Leo hopped onto the slab and held on as Mikey levered them up towards the catwalk. Hun watched on as his plans for a fun night out went down the toilet. Or in this case, up to the ceiling. With the three turtles plus Casey and Angel now on the catwalk, Angel led them to the window.
8:13pm… Outside the base…
Even though the amount of noise coming from inside the building was a bit loud, it was still less disruptive than one would think. As such, no humans and therefore no Purple Dragons were around to hinder anyone. Thus, when one of the building's windows smashed outward and then three mutant ninjas and two human teenagers flew out and landed safely on the ground, they had a clear path to run and escape.
"You know, for a group of ninjas, that wasn't very stealthy!" Angel said as she and Raph carried Casey on their shoulders.
"One thing you should know about us; stealth usually goes out the window in favour of an all-out brawl." Raph said and then the group of five ran from the building and quickly into the darkness the city alleys provided.
8:39pm… Eastman Land… Abandoned Warehouse…
With an injured Casey in tow, it took a little longer to reach home losing their disguises when they entered.
"So, do you guys live here?" Angel asked as they stood inside the warehouse and noticed the elevator in the middle of the room. Though to her it just looked like an alien egg.
"Nah. We live underneath it." Mikey answered.
"Oh."
"But I do." Casey said which earned a solemn look from Angel.
"You've lived here since Hun… you know…" Angel said as she referred to when Hun killed Casey's dad. Casey's response was only a slight nod in confirmation.
"To think I was going to be part of that…" Angel said bitterly to herself,
"Yeah, how did you get mixed up with them?" Raph suddenly asked and as Leo neared the entrance to the elevator with Mikey, they stopped and turned to Angel, Leo expecting an answer and Mikey stopped to listen to story time. They helped her with this dilemma, she owed them an explanation at least. And she knew this would come up eventually, better do it now. Angel stopped in her tracks which caused Raph to stop with Casey.
"…I… I don't know… my Grandma died, and suddenly I was all alone… I don't know why I accepted their invite to become a Purple Dragon… but…" that was all Angel provided and going by the looks of it, it was the best she could manage as she held her head down in shame. But to Leo and Raph, it was clear; sudden loneliness made her not want to deal with it, and she wanted to be rid of it as soon as possible. It made her vulnerable, and going by the number of teenagers inside that building, they must have been vulnerable as well. If not, then they were most likely just common bullies before eagerly joining the Purple Dragons.
"Alright. We get it." Leo said solemnly. "Let's just get him inside so we can patch him up." He said as they ordered and with that, all five entered the elevator that would lead to the Lair.
8:41pm… The Lair…
Angel was more concerned about Casey than taking in the awe-inspiring looks of the Lair. But she did however take note a fourth turtle and another human girl talking with a tall humanoid rat. The humanoid rat in question took one look in her direction and scowled. She felt her nerves flaring up and the fourth turtle and the human turned in her direction. The group of four with an injured Casey walked to other three in the Lair.
"Sensei, please, allow me to explain." Leo pleaded as they approached the other three as they headed in their direction which was the makeshift living room.
"Indeed, please explain to me why you have brought a complete stranger into our SECRET HIDDEN LAIR!" Splinter all but demanded and suddenly everyone else felt very small. They all were also suddenly glad that they weren't Leo, as it became clear that it fell upon him to explain their latest new arrival and potential ally.
me: Hey there! I felt as though Angel was unjustifiably left out out of a majority or story arcs when her character could have been flushed out, considering her relationship with Casey in both the cartoons and the comics. At least here, her character can be flushed out. Hope it goes well!