A/N: Wow I didn't realize this chapter was this long. I had to write a lot of information because its important. It's leading to a huge fight scene and someone will become injured or hurt to a point of death almost. Read on to find out who! Also would anyone like to read any more TMNT stories, this one is almost to an end and if anyone wants more... comment and let me know.
Chapter 11
I pulled out of the garage carefully and slowly. The truck had so much power in it that the slightest touch of the gas made it fly.
"Okay, I think I got this," I said pulling on to the road.
"So I was thinking, Manhattan," I said and smiled.
"Manhattan?" Mari asked leaning in towards me.
"Yup, we'll drive the streets," I said to her. Yuri looked at the CD book Donnie had on the dashboard.
"Put something interesting on," I said to her.
"They have good taste in music," Yuri said flipping through the CD sleeves.
"Raph and Mikey mostly," I said to her.
She pulled out a CD and slide it into the player.
"Nice," I said as the music played throughout the truck.
I pulled on to the main road and let the truck roar to life.
We drove through New York and in to Manhattan for a solid hour. The girls chattered mostly and asked a lot of questions, mostly about buildings, Manhattan history, and about the different types of people that lived there.
"So tomorrow at dawn again ladies, there's a military base camp out of town, not far from the pier, we'll meet there," I said to them.
"Alright," Yuri said as she looked out the window.
"Miss Alex, thank you for your patience in helping us learn and live in this city," Aki said leaning in towards my seat.
"Aki, it's no problem, I was like you once…. I know the fear you may have and how in the back of your mind your still worried about what people think of you," I said to them. I stopped at a light and waited for it to change.
"Yes, I sometimes feel like people fear us, or look at us as only mutants and nothing more," Nina said admiring some of the objects in the truck.
"Then we meet your brothers, I was actually scared of them, you spoke so much of them and I was scared that they wouldn't accept us," she said again.
"My brothers were always hidden, underground, lived beneath the city. I am grateful for April to have found them and helped them become members of this city," I said to her I pulled on to a long dark road.
"Trust me, you will become just like them, people will respect you and accept you, just as them…" I said to all of them. I slowed down the truck looking at the road I was on.
"I think, I took a wrong turn," I said rather slowly.
"Its dark outside there is no signs," Yuri said looking at the long stretch of road as well.
"Donnie has a GPS, let me punch in our address it'll take me to the right road," I said tapping on the navigation screen.
"Here we go," I said and turned around.
As we connected back to the main road, I kept checking the mirrors and noticed a black car follow us. It was behind me the whole time since I took the wrong turn.
Yuri titled the mirror a little and noticed the car as well.
"I think we are being followed," she said trying to see if she could see any figures.
"I noticed that too," I said to her.
I turned onto a different stretch of road toward April's apartment hoping to lose them. The car shifted left and right behind the truck. I kept my eye to the mirror trying to see if I can see any figures. All the windows where tinted and I couldn't see anyone in the car.
"Hang on," I said to the girls as I swerved the car around and to the front of April's apartment. I parked and turned off the truck.
The car stopped far behind us for about a minute and drove around us. Their window was opened and I could see three girls screaming and shouting, with their music blaring.
I shook my head.
"Wow, they're just crazy girls," I said taking in a deep breath.
"Everyone in town knows this truck," I said as I pulled away from the apartment.
"So do many girls do this always?" Yuri asked curious. Her tone seemed agitated.
"Yes, girls stalk the guys sometimes, we had one crazy girl sleep at my apartment door thinking the guys lived with me, she scared me…" I said pulling back on to the main road.
"Huh," I heard Yuri say. I wasn't sure if her tone was jealous or angry.
We had been gone for about three hours when I pulled the truck in to the gate and to the garage.
"That was a nice ride," Mari said as I turned off the engine.
"Thank you," Aki and Nina said together.
"No problem," I said and twirled the keys in my fingers.
Yuri closed the door.
"Miss Alex," she said and came around to my side.
"Yes," I said to her and walked through the garage.
"Wait one moment," she said pulling me by the arm. I stopped near the door and looked at her.
Her sisters looked to her then walked through the door closing it behind them.
"Your brother Leonardo," she said.
"Yes?" I said.
"I find him rather interesting," she said looking at the ground. I smiled and waited for her to finish.
"He doesn't seem interested in me," she said again.
"Leonardo is like that, he doesn't show emotion, trust me… I mean Raphael I thought he was like that, but he is a huge baby," I said rolling my eyes and crossing my arms.
Yuri looked up to me.
"Have you talked to him?" I asked her.
"No, we rarely talk, it's mostly issues about crime, but not a real conversation," she said.
"Tell you what, after training tomorrow I'll have a talk with Leo, find out why he's being this way towards you…. okay?" I said trying to reassure her.
She nodded and smiled, then came around me and opened the door.
"Donnie," I said and came towards his work space.
"The truck is a beast," I said tossing him the keys.
"I see you made it back safely," He said pulling up his glasses.
"Should let me drive it more often," I tapped his shoulder and winked at him.
"No way, don't think just because I let you drive it one night that you can take her out anytime you want…" He said sitting down on his rolling chair.
"Her huh," I said and smiled. I walked around him to the couch.
I noticed Mikey had gone to bed early he was shifting in his bed and his gate was down.
"Is Mikey okay?" I asked.
Raph came around his bench and sat down next to me.
"Yeah we were playing some basketball, he got tired, Splinters starting some training tomorrow," Raph said flicking on the TV.
I noticed the girls had hovered around the fridge and were chattering quietly amongst themselves.
"Raph, where's Leo?" I asked him looking to his room.
"He's in the dojo with Splinter," he said. I stood up and shifted in front of him.
I came towards the dojo doors and heard Leo and Splinter talking. I couldn't make it out and I wasn't about to be rude and barge in on their conversation, so I leaned against the door trying to listen.
I turned around and went back to the couch.
"Rapheal," I said to him. He looked at me.
"I think I'm going to my apartment tonight, I'll be taking the girls out at dawn so it might be easier for them to be ready for the morning," I said to him.
He looked to the TV then back to me and shrugged his shoulders.
"Do what you want," He said.
Everyone seemed on edge tonight, I wondered why.
I came towards Yuri and Mari and told them that I wanted to go to my apartment. The girls went to their rooms and packed what they needed.
"I have to tell Splinter I'm leaving," I said.
I took a deep breath and went to the dojo door.
I pressed my hand against the door pad and the doors slide open.
"Splinter," I said to him as I came through the dojo.
"What do you want?" Leo asked me agitated.
"Uh, excuse me…" I said surprised at his tone. He seemed angry or upset over something.
"Leonardo…" Splinter said to him.
"I have something to say to her," Leo said crossing his arms, he came towards me. I took a step back, I felt a lot of aggression from him.
"Uh, did I do something wrong?" I said a little nervous.
"Michelangelo," He said to me sternly.
"Look, I know you brought these girls here with the intention of helping them, but that's it, nothing more… once they are trained they leave," he said to me sternly.
"Wait a minute what is this about," I said to him noticing Splinter hover near me.
"You know exactly what this is about," He started to say.
"Donatello like's Nina and he's very interested in her, Mickey admitted he had a crush on Aki, and Mari was somewhat wearing off on Raphael," he said to me I could hear the tension in his voice.
"We can't have relationships Alex, regardless if they are mutant turtles or ninja's or whatever they are, we can't." He said to me.
I felt like I was about to cry, I've never seen him this angry before.
"Donatello told you already once, he mentioned the reason why at the library, and yet you didn't even bother telling your friends that we weren't interested in them," he said again.
"Leo, I wanted to do something for you guys… to…. Make you see what it feels like to have someone in your lives…. To experience every experience," I said slowly, I was hiding behind tears.
"Leonardo that's enough, there is no need to lecture Alex…. She did this out of the kindness of her heart, I agree with her wanting to have you all experience everything in life," Splinter said stepping in front of me.
"I too want that for my children," he said again.
"Why don't you keep them at your apartment," he said to me coming around Splinter.
"… Know what, stay with them…." He said as he headed for the door. It opened and he walked out.
I looked around me and then to the ground.
"He didn't mean that Alex," Splinter said to me. He lifted my face to his.
"Alex," he said again.
"I'm sorry Splinter, I thought…. Maybe I could…." I stuttered out. I dried my eyes.
"Alex, your heart is pure…. Kind and caring, Leonardo needs to understand this on his own, he needs to realize that your intentions are pure…." He said taking my hands in his.
"This is your home, there is no need for you to stay at your apartment," he said again.
"No, I'll go…." I said to him. I dried my eyes and turned to the door.
"Did he say anything to Mikey?" I asked Splinter before I left.
"Michelangelo became upset over their discussion," Splinter said to me. I said nothing more and walked out.
I noticed Yuri and Mari standing near the table. Aki and Nina waited with them. I went to my room and packed a bag, I put most of my clothes, my journal and a few other trinkets in it.
"Let's go," I said to them and threw my keys to the table.
Raph noticed my mood and turned off the TV.
"Hey where you going?" he asked from the couch.
"Ask Leonardo," I said to him.
I walked towards the door as the girls waited near it.
"Don't you need your keys, you'll be locked out tomorrow," Donnie said coming around his desk towards me.
"No, like I said as Leonardo," I told him and walked out as the girls followed.
"Miss Alex, is everything okay?" Yuri asked pressing a hand to my back.
"Yes, I'm fine…" I said to her as we crossed the road. My apartment was three blocks away, which wasn't far. We hurried across some alleys and to the parking lot of my building.
"Is Alex okay?" Nina half whispered to Yuri as they followed up the steps.
"I don't know," Yuri said to her.
I didn't say anything future as I walked down the hallway to my door, I pressed my hand against the door pad and unlocked my door.
I flicked on the light and threw my jacket to the stool.
"Help yourselves to anything," I said to them as they came in. I closed the door and locked it.
I came over to my large patio window and closed the curtains.
"I have a spare room, its quite large, I put a double queen sized bed in there, you all can have it…" I said to them pointing to the hallway.
"Thank you," Mari said as she put her bag down on the couch.
"You can put your stuff there too, consider it your room you can use the closet and dresser whatever you like," I said to them as I hovered to the kitchen.
"I'll be in the other bedroom if you need anything," I said to them lifting my sleeves.
"Miss Alex," Mari said as I turned for the hallway.
"Did you have a fight with Leonardo?" She asked noticing my mood.
"No Mari, its fine… get some sleep, we'll be up at dawn," I said to her and walked down the hall.
I closed the door to my room and slide down to the floor.
"I know he's right, I hate it….." I said to myself.
"But why can't he see what I see, or understand my reasons….." I said again pulling my hair out of the bun.
"Maybe…. I should leave," I thought out loud again.
"Leonardo…. You're such an idiot," I said to myself and pulled out my cell phone.
I wanted to text April, but then I decided not to…. Instead I threw my phone to the bed hoping it would smash against the railing.
It didn't.
Back at the subway station….
"You did what?" Raph half shouted to Leo.
"Why did you kick her out Leo?" Donnie asked agitated.
"Look, we've discussed this, as long as those girls are around we can't fight like we need too. We'd be to busy trying to protect them, and keeping them out of danger that we wouldn't be able to concentrate on anything else," Leo said trying to be quiet.
"Mikey is not going to like this," Raph said pacing in his spot.
"Then kick them out Leo, not Alex…" Donnie said crossing his arms.
"I didn't want Alex to leave, she gave me no choice, she's training them… if they go out there on their own they wouldn't survive, wouldn't know how to live… at least with Alex, they'll have a chance," he said to them.
"They had a chance here Leo," Raph huffed at him.
"Splinter do something," Donnie said throwing his hands in to the air.
"I respect Alex very much and her decision to train these girls, I also understand her reason for bringing them here, I also feel… she is right in wanting you to experience everything in life. However, this can not be forced upon you, your decision to have these girls leave and live with Alex Leonardo…. Was not the right one," Splinter said coming around the boys.
"Bring her back Leo," Raph huffed.
"However," Splinter said loudly silencing Raphael.
"We must understand Leonardo's decision, it might not be the right one…. but for right now, it might be the only one," Splinter said again, heading towards his room.
"Leonardo," He said turning to face him.
"This decision, better be the right one… for your sake and Alex's, those girls… they respect you, all of you, and even admire you….. but you are the one who needs to make the right decision for everyone Leonardo." He said to him entering his room.
"Leo, you're my brother…. I respect you, but Alex has been a part of our family… just like April, for a long time now… sending her away, is a mistake," Raph said to him again.
"I know, I know… this is the only way…. They won't be hurt, or targets, or even victims…. it's the only choice I can make," he said and walked around Raphael to his room.
I shifted around my room thinking, I didn't really change my clothes or anything, I just paced around my room mostly. I could hear the girls in the living room talking.
I opened my door and went out to the living room.
"Yuri, Mari…. Aki, Nina," I said to them.
They turned and looked to me.
"We need to talk," I said to them. I told them about the conversation I had with Leonardo and how I was giving Mikey and Donnie advice about them. I also told them that for now, we can't return to the subway station.
"I see," Mari said.
"Miss Alex," Yuri said.
"I respect his decision, he is a leader after all… it is his decision," she said coming around me.
"He may think we would be targets, or our lives be put in dangerous because we know them… or become involved with them," she said again.
"This is why we wanted you to train us, so we can be like them, help fight alongside them, help them protect this city and the people they care about…" Nina said placing her hands on Aki's shoulders.
"Yes, I agree… when you told us about other mutants like us, we knew we had to learn everything we could…. Not just to be like them, but to understand them, to become one with them," Aki said with a smile.
"…. We respect them, and you Miss Alex, if his choice is to have us live here, we will do so…" Mari said coming around the couch to the kitchen.
"I'm glad you all think this way, I just wish Leo can see it this way…. I love those guys more then they'd ever know and all I wanted was the best for them," I said to them.
"They know that, and I'm sure Leonardo does as well," Yuri said from the kitchen.
"Give him time, he will see your ways Miss Alex," Mari said to me again.
I took in a deep breath and nodded.
"Alex, I'm so sorry," Leo said to himself from outside my balcony window. He heard everything, the entire conversation. That's when I heard a sound from my balcony. I cautiously opened my curtain and looked outside. No one was there.
"It's a little chilly," I said to myself as the girls lined up near me.
"Wow, there's an obstacle course here, " Yuri said looking at all the outdoor equipment.
"That's exactly why I choose this place," I said to her.
"It's a full work out station, it'll build your upper body strength and your lower at the same time, your speed and endurance as well," I said to them blowing at my hands.
"Let's start," Mari said rolling her arms in the air.
"Alright," I said and pulled out my phone.
"The object is a race, the four of you have to try to complete this entire course, including climbing the wall, getting over it, and making it to that barrel. Speed counts, don't slow down and keep up, help eachother if needed," I said to them. I held up my phone.
They were starting at the bars, they had to cross them without touching the ground using their arms only and make their way through the entire course.
"GO!" I shouted setting the timer.
I followed the girls as they went through the bars, under the netting and through the barrels.
"Come on, come on, Aki move it," I said to her.
"The obstacle course isn't that long, there are 6 objects to get through before the wall," I said to them as they jumped through the tires.
"Keep up Nina," I said to her following them.
"YES, COME ON OVER THE WALL," I said as all four of them all managed to reach the wall together.
"Alright," I said as they made it over the wall and to the barrel together.
"Yes," I said stopping the time.
"Well time wasn't great. Catch your breaths and let's do it one more time, this time work together and help eachother. Keep up together at the same level," I said to them.
The girls lined up again.
"Ready?" I said to them. They looked to eachother and tapped eachother on the arm.
"GO!" I said again watching their moves.
"COME ON, WATCH EACHOTHER'S BACK," I said to them as they made it through the second part of the course.
"Yuri, Mari…. Aki and Nina are lagging behind," I said to them before they made it through the tunnel.
They slowed down and helped their sisters.
"TEAMWORK, COME ON…." I said to them. All four of them had made it to the tires and all four of them matched eachother as they jumped through them.
"Yes, keep going," I said to them as they made it to the wall. They climbed it together matching eachothers speed.
"OVER," I said as they all reached the barrel.
"What's our time?" Yuri said catching her breath.
"Not good," I said to her stopping it at 15:00 minutes.
"Time," Mari said to me also catching her breath.
"15:00 minutes," I said to them.
"We go again," Yuri said to her sisters. Aki and Nina tapped their fists together and took in deep breaths.
"Okay one more time, then we cut for break…. We will learn something else after," I said to them as they all ran back to the beginning and lined up again.
"TEAMWORK THIS TIME, Match eachother… keep up the pace." I said to them. I held my finger to the timer.
"Yuri, lead them… watch your sisters and make sure you work together," I said to her. She nodded.
"GO!" I shouted as they all went through the obstacle together.
"YES, YES…." I said nearing the end. They all worked together, matched eachothers pace and were helping eachother.
"GO!" I said excited as they climbed the wall together.
"TIME," Yuri said as they reached the barrel at the same time.
"10:00 minutes," I said.
"Yes," Aki and Nina said as they rolled to the ground.
That's when I heard other voices and shuffling coming from the other side of the base. It was all a wooded area, tree's and shrubs nothing but a dense forest environment that soliders use for training as well.
"Yuri, I'll be right back," I said to her as she opened her bag and passed around some food and water to her sisters.
I pulled my phone to my pocket and swung my staff around my body.
I followed the voices through the trees, to a small clearing.
I peered through some bushes and ducked down. The guys where there with Splinter, combat training.
I sighed deeply, and stood to my feet trying not to make a sound.
"Hey, I think that was Alex…." Raph said hearing a twig snap.
I half turned and looked back at them carefully trying not to trip over anything.
Leo looked over to where I was quickly and then back to his brothers.
"Everything okay?" Yuri asked coming towards me as I came through the trees back to where they were.
"No, its fine…" I said.
After taking a small break I wanted to teach the girls about making powders, using natural ingredients around them to cure any injuries or poisons.
"What are we looking for?" Yuri said as they all crouched down around me.
"This here," I said touching a leaf growing from a yellowish green shrub.
"This is called sage…" I said picking of three of the leaves.
It can be manipulated and ground down to a powder. I said to them. Yuri smelt the left and touched it.
I stood up and walked through the trees towards some barriers I had seen earlier.
The girls followed behind me observing their surroundings.
"This here," I said to them.
"These are juniper berries, they are extremely poisonous," I said to them carefully touching the stem.
"These can be made for poison?" Mari asked.
"Yes, mix these with some tree sap, ground them with a leaf of sage and you have the purple poison I use for shadow fighting. This berry by itself is extremely dangerous," I said to them.
"If it has a soft outer shell, it's poisonous, if its hard outer shell its safe," I said to them. Aki seemed very interested in this, she was intently looking at the berries.
"Here's the idea, find leaves that have ridged edges, that have a sweet smell to them, and berries like these, and I'll show you how to properly use them," I said to them.
"I think we can do that," Mari said tapping her sister's arms.
"DON'T TOUCH THE BERRIES, PULL OF THE STEMS," I said to them as they scattered from my view.
I turned around and shifted through some of the shrubs looking for other berries I could use for medicinal treatments.
We were pretty close to where Splinter was training the guys, I could hear his voice as he coached them. I didn't bother looking for them or what they were doing.
I bent down and noticed some purple berries growing from a small shrub, I smelt them and touched the outer shell.
"Perfect, I can use these," I said to myself as I pulled a few berries off their stems and put them in my pouch.
I clapped my hands together and half turned walking backwards through the shrubs. I could still see the girls intently looking for leaves and berries.
That's when I felt some wood under my feet.
"What?" I said and before I even noticed it, the wood broke underneath me.
"AAAAH," I screamed crashing through the wood down an old wood mill chamber.
"Alex?" Yuri said looking towards the sound.
"Guys that was Alex," Mikey said looking towards the sound too.
"ALEX," I heard Yuri and Mari shout to me. They ran towards the sound of breaking wood.
"ALEX," Leo shouted, the guys ran as well.
"Oh my god," Yuri said leaning over the hole in the ground.
"Alex can you hear me," her voice echoed.
"Mari the rope," Yuri said pointing to the rope Mari had around her waist.
"What happened?" Splinter asked as the guys shifted near the girls looking down the hole.
"It's an old mill, they built these back in the 1700's," Donnie said pulling down his gear over his eyes. He turned on the light to see if he could spot me.
"I can't see her she's too far down," he said.
"Hurry tie the rope," Yuri said to her sisters helping them tie it to eachother.
"No, I'll go down," Leo said extending his hand towards them.
"It would be easier for one of them to go down, it's a tight fit down there, there might not be a way back up, you'd have to go through the mill and come out the other side," Donnie said scanning the area.
"We need to get her out of there," Raph hissed.
"Alex," Mikey shouted down to me.
"She's not answering," Aki said tieing the rope around her waist.
"Tie it around yourself too Nina," Yuri said helping her sister.
"Get her out of there Leo," Splinter placed a hand to his shoulder.
"I'm going down," Leo said to Yuri. She nodded to him as he tied the rope around himself.
I coughed and coughed.
"Alex, I'm coming down," Leo said shouting to me. I couldn't see anything it was dark, all I felt was a huge surging pain in my leg.
"Here take this light, it'll be dark down there," Donnie said handing Leo a flashlight from his kit.
"Here are some water, and an emergency kit," Yuri said handing it to Leo.
I sat up, I couldn't move…. I rubbed my head looking around me. There was enough light peering through the opening that I could tell I was in a mine shaft.
"Leo," I shouted to him.
"She's okay," Mikey said to everyone.
"We don't know that Mikey, it was a long fall," Raph said placing a hand to his shoulder.
I saw Leo come down the shaft tied to a rope, I couldn't stand or move to get out of the way.
"Alex," he said looking down at me.
"I can't move," I told him covering my hand to my bleeding leg.
Leo jumped down and pulled of the rope.
"DONNIE, SHE'S HURT REAL BADLY," he shouted up to them.
"WE CAN'T PULL HER BACK UP, YOU'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE MINE, WE'LL MEET YOU AT THE OTHER END," Donnie said back to him.
Leo looked to me and bent down.
"Ah," I said as he looked at the piece of wood that I pulled out of my leg.
"Alex," Leo said carefully ripping my pant leg.
"Aaah," I said covering my hand over the wound.
"It's deep," He said looking to me.
"I have something," I said to him reaching into my pouch. I had brought some powders I had made months ago with me to teach the girls how to make them.
"Powders?" he said looking at the two red round viles of powder.
"My bag," I told him. He reached around me and pulled my bag off my shoulders.
"There's a little bowl in there and a press," I told him. He searched in it and pulled them out.
"Mix this, with some water two parts powder and three caps of water," I told him. I felt like passing out but I tried to keep awake.
"Alex, I don't know how to do this…" he said to me looking at the vile in his hand.
"….. Splinter, wanted me to teach you….." I said to him. He looked to me then opened the cork off the vile.
"Two parts," he said tapping the powder carefully over the bowl.
"Three parts water," I said to him.
"Mix it with the press," I said to him. He swirled it around with the press until it formed a paste.
"Okay," he said.
"You'll have to use the press and press the paste onto my leg," I said to him trying not to cry from the pain.
He took a deep breath and pressed the powder against the wound.
"Aaahhh," I stuttered and then held my breath as the paste burned through the wound stopping the bleeding.
"Wrap it," I said to him.
He wrapped it with the bandages in the kit.
"Thanks," I said to him.
"Can you stand now?" he said pushing everything back into my bag.
I slowly shifted myself to my feet using my staff for support.
"Aaha," I said tipping over against my staff.
"Here," Leo said bending down.
"What?" I said to him.
"Climb on my back," he said to me.
"Leo, I can't do that you won't be able to carry me through the mine," I said to him.
"You can't walk," he said.
I carefully pulled myself on to his shell.
He turned on the flash light and passed it to me.
I held it up.
"Your heavier then you look," he said.
I pulled my staff to its holster.
"We'll have to go through there," I said waving the light through a small corridor made of wood.
Leo carried me carefully moving his way through the tight shaft of the mine.
"Alex," he said to me as he stopped at the end of the tunnel and looked around.
"Yeah?" I said leaning against him, I was dizzy and it felt like my leg was on fire.
"I heard your conversation with the girls this morning," he said shifting his arms around me.
"Oh…." I said, I figured it might've been him on my balcony.
"I'm sorry," he said again.
He took the left tunnel and shifted his feet through the rubble and rocks.
"I couldn't stop thinking about your reason behind all this, why you wanted them trained, why they were here…." He said.
"I didn't mean for all this to turn out this way," he said again. I tried to pay attention but I felt very dizzy.
"I'm sorry," He said again.
"Leo," I whispered to him.
"I want you… Mikey, Raph and Donnie to experience what I never got to in life…. Everything," I half whispered to him.
"I know, and I was scared of that…." He said to me. He stopped near the end of the tunnel and looked up.
"I think we're at the end," he said looking up.
"LEO YOU DOWN THERE," Raph's voice echoed.
"YEAH, BUT ALEX IS REALLY HURT, I DON'T THINK SHE CAN CLIMB," he shouted up to them pulling me off his back.
I hobbled on one foot using my staff as support.
"Tie this into a harness, she'll need to sit on it and we can pull her up," Yuri said. Mari took the rope from her and helped her tie it.
"How'd you learn to do that?" Donnie asked.
"We lived in Japan near fishing docks, we watched fishermen make these knots and harnesses," she said as the girls wrapped the rope around themselves.
"LEONARDO," Yuri's voice shouted.
"HERE, LET HER SIT ON THIS AND TIE IT AROUND HER WAIST," she said passing down the rope.
"Leo, I don't have the strength to do that," I said to him as he pulled the rope around me.
"Just hang on okay," he said.
I passed my staff to him and he pulled it to the belt on his shell.
"Okay pull her up," Leo said to everyone.
"Pull," Yuri said to her sisters as they pulled the rope over the wood.
"I got her," Raph said as I reached the top. He grabbed me and I fell to the ground and passed out.
"She's really hurt," Splinter said, they reached for some first aid treatments out of their kits.
Leo managed to climb up the shaft.
I don't know what happened much after that, I heard a truck's engine roar and then stop.
"Alex, hey?" I heard someone say to me.
I placed my hand over my eyes.
"Hey," the voice said again. I opened my eyes and noticed Vern sitting next to my bed.
"Hi," I said to him sitting up.
"Hey Alex," Mikey said as he came through my room. He put down a plate on my bedside table.
"Mikey," I said to him.
"You okay?" he asked pulling up a stool next to Vern.
"Yeah, I think so," I said and looked at my wrapped leg.
"I was worried about yeah," He said rocking on the chair.
"The legs broken on that stool," I said waiting for him to tip over.
"Its cool, I'm good," He said and rocked again. Vern shook his head at him.
"So April came with you?" I asked watching Mikey rocking on the stool again.
"Actually no, she's got a date night with Casey, the guys called me and told me what happened…." He said.
"Sorry, guess our date night…." I was about to finish when Mikey hit the floor.
"I meant to do that, I'm cool," he said standing up.
I couldn't help but laugh at him.
"Mikey," Donnie shouted to him.
"I'm cool, I'm cool," he said composing himself.
"Sorry Vern about our date night," I told him.
"Actually doll face," Mikey said with a huge grin.
He extended his hand to me.
"What?" I said to him.
Vern and Mikey helped me shift out of bed to my feet, I used my staff as support.
"Ta da," Mikey said as I came through the door.
"What's this?" Vern said looking at our decorated picnic table. The girls were putting the final touches to the table by lighting some candles.
I shook my head and blushed a little.
"Hehehe, least we could do for yeah," Mikey said and tapped me on the arm.
"We, are going out…. We're taking Splinter with us," Leo said coming around the table to me, he pulled me by the arm and helped me to the table.
"I see," I said to them.
"Bye," Nina said pushing her sisters towards the garage.
"Hehehe," Mikey said and waved at us.
"Come on idiot," Raph said pushing him to the garage.
"Enjoy you guys," Donnie said. Leo and Splinter followed out behind him.
"Well," Vern said.
"This is not what I planned for tonight," He said and sat down.
"What did you have planned," I said to him.
"Well dinner and maybe a basketball game after," he said.
"Mikey would be so jealous he'd probably want to come," I said to him looking at the dish.
"Haha, well I gave them the tickets; that is probably where they are going right now," he said.
I poked at the pasta on my dish.
"Did they cook this?" Vern said surprised they had made Italian pasta.
"I'm afraid to try it," I said swirling my fork in the pasta.
"Hey, it's not bad at all…" I said tasting the pasta.
The date had gone by rather quickly, it was interesting…. We talked mostly and I learned some new and interesting stuff about Vern I didn't know about.
"So you never finished high school?" Vern said as I shifted the plates to one side.
"No, actually I lived here with my mom until I was 10, then… well she died, and after that I mostly did things on my own, I went to school until I was about 13, then I left for Japan." I said to him pulling my hair out of my face.
"Oh, how long did you live in Japan for?" He asked intently curious.
"Well, see I went there with the intention of figuring out my past, instead I found the Shinto temple in Hinto region…. The monks there were training teenagers in discipline and martial arts," I said.
"I found it interesting, so I stayed there, for four years I trained with them, never really went to school during my training… I had jobs though, I worked in lots of different places….." I said to him.
"That's actually…. Pretty cool," Vern said taking a sip out of his glass.
"Oh? Thought maybe you'd like girls with brains…." I said to her tapping on my glass.
"Hahha, brains… you've got brains… and skills, honestly when I first meet you and saw you actually take down bad guys, I was kind of a little scared of you," he said and laughed.
"Good, that was my intention," I laughed and took a sip of my drink.
"What is this?" I said looking at my glass.
"Mikey," I said with a deep sigh.
"What?" Vern asked.
"He mixed a bunch of cola's together," I said to him swirling my drink around.
"Hahha, revenge for the pink slupie you put in his drink," he said and shook his head.
"Mine's normal, want to try it?" he asked.
"No, its fine it's not that bad actually, I'll just plan something special for him later," I said and took another sip of it.
"I hear firecrackers work great," he said.
I went quiet for a minute and thought about it.
"Niceee…" I said and nodded.
I think we had spent three hours actually talking, it was a good and interesting night, Vern helped me to my feet as I leaned against my staff using it for support.
"I... have to pick up the new News van tomorrow morning, and its already past midnight," he said and chuckled.
"New van, sweet….." I said.
"Yeah, the news station got us a new one with new equipment, I'm actually excited to see it," he said as I leaned against the door.
"Hey, let's plan something again for next week," he said.
"Sounds good actually, this time a real date…." I said to him and nodded.
He leaned in and gave me a kiss on the cheek.
"Good night," he said awkwardly.
"Good night Vern," I smiled and watched him get in to his car, then closed the door.
"Hey," Mikey's voice chimed behind me.
I jumped and turned around.
"You startled me," I said.
"You guys are like mice; never hear them sneaking around….." I said and shook my head.
"We just got in hahaha," he said and tapped my shoulder.
"Mikey…. Buddy, pal," I said pulling my arm around his neck.
"Let's talk," I said to him.
Even though the night was late the guys seemed to have a lot of energy in them, they spent the entire night with the girls, talking, showing them different things around the place. Teaching them how to use the security system, Nina even suggested a modification to the system. The whole time I was in the TV area watching some movies on the couch.
"So girl," Mikey said and slide on to the couch next to me.
"Its 1AM Mikey, isn't it past your bed time," I teased him.
"Naw, so…. Girl, how was your date?" he said. He was wearing the most ridiculous hat I'd ever seen, it looked like a modified cowboy hat with feathers on it, and a large band that went around his face. I tried not to laugh.
"See Mikey," I said leaning in towards him.
"I'm not telling you," I said to him and tapped him on the cheek.
"Awe, how come?" he said and adjusted his hat.
"Your hat is ridiculous," I said again.
"I like it, it's fun…." He said adjusting the band under his face.
"Right, well I'm going to bed…" I said to him and stood up. The wound on my leg had healed and wasn't painful anymore.
"Hey you're walking…." He said.
"I heal faster now that I'm not sick anymore," I reminded him.
"Hehe, well night doll face," he said and took off his hat twirling it on his finger.
"Oh wow, yeah it's past your bed time," I said noticing how wildly energetic he was.
I shook my head as I walked to my bed room.
I slide opened my door and turned on the light.
"Wow, what a night…" I said to myself and took off my belt throwing it to the broken stool.
I looked around my room. Something was definitely off, something felt wrong and I wasn't sure what it was. I jumped up on to my bed and looked around. I had three lockers that were stacked on top of eachother in the corner of the room, they weren't out of place, not even the pad locks looked like they were touched.
I scanned over my small closet and dresser, I even scanned over my bed side table, I jumped off the bed and bent down on the ground.
I pulled up sheets and looked under the bed.
"Huh," I said.
Nothing, absolutely nothing, but yet something still felt out of place…. Awkward.
That's when I heard something unusual. I never had an alarm clock in my room and something sounded like it was ticking.
I followed the sound and shifted in my room trying to listen to see where the sound was coming from.
I had a small standing closet wedged near the lockers. I opened the door to it and shifted between my clothes.
"Oh my god," I said.
"DONNIE," I shouted to him. There was a ticking clock taped to the back of my closet, and it had a timer on it.
"DON," I shouted again.
"Alex, what is it?" He said coming through my room.
"What….. is that," he said pulling me away from the closet by my arm.
"No one come near it," Leo said also pulling me away from it behind him.
Nina came towards it and looked at it.
"It's not strapped to an explosive or anything, but…. There's a camera on it, and a timer," she said noticing a small moving piece of lens.
"Someone watching us?" Donnie asked carefully touching the circuit panel.
I looked at the panel carefully and then it struck me, in training class we were taught to build a makeshift device to trick our enemies in to thinking an explosive was in the building when yet it was a camera and listening device.
"WAIT," I said and pushed past Leo. I came between Donnie and Nina and pulled at the camera, then entire camera came apart including a hidden microphone.
"What? Someone was listening in and watching us…. You?" Donnie quickly said as I held the pieces in my hands.
"Why?" Leo asked.
"I haven't a clue Leo," I said to him.
Nina pulled off the entire panel.
"Examine it, whoever planted this must be watching Alex," Raph said crossing his arms. We all piled near Donnie's desk as he started to take the device apart.
"In training the monks taught us how to create these," I said to Donnie pointing to the circuit panel.
"They're harmless, we used them to trick people, or our enemies, mostly other ninja's into thinking an explosive device was in the vicinity, yet all we were doing was watching their every move," I explained to them.
"So, you were always one step ahead of them?" Raph asked leaning over the desk.
"Yeah, we always knew exactly what someone would be planning before it happened, the monks used this tactic to ward off unwanted trespassers to the temples, especially other ninja's." I explained.
"Well… there was a listening device and a camera," he said pulling out a small microphone.
"I figured that much," I said to him.
"But why was it in your room and who put it in here?" Leo asked holding the panel in his hand observing it.
"I'll check the camera's and see if anyone was in here while we were out training, or how this happened," Donnie said tapping on his keypad.
"Miss Alex, get some rest tonight, we will figure this out…" Aki said to me placing her hand to my shoulder.
I looked to them and nodded.
I couldn't sleep, I didn't know why, the entire night I shifted in bed. I would look through the window of my door to a dark station. No one was awake, no movement or anything.
I wasn't too worried about the device, it wasn't on my mind, but I still couldn't sleep.
I had a weird unsettling feeling in the pit of my stomach, something was going to happen… I was sure of it. Something was going to happen to someone close to us, or even me…. I wasn't sure, but I knew something bad was stirring.
I slide out of bed and slide opened the door to my room.
I pulled together my robe and looked around. Splinter was asleep in his room, I shifted around towards the guys, all asleep as well…. Mikey was talking in his sleep like he always does.
I looked to the train carts, even the girls asleep as well, there was no sound or movement.
I shifted to the couch and sat down.
"Nothing is wrong Alex, your just paranoid," I said to myself. I shifted the pillows around on the couch and fell against them. I looked up to the Christmas lights that decorated the ceiling.
"It has to be the same ninja's that robbed those jewelry stores," I said to myself.
"Shinto warriors, why would they be here in New York, and why would they target me…." I thought out loud again.
"Hm," I said and closed my eyes.
I think I slept the night, I wasn't sure, I woke up before dawn and the entire place was awake.
"Thought you slept in your room last night," Raph said holding a large box in his arms.
"I did but I couldn't sleep," I said to him shifting off the couch I threw the blanket to the side.
"What's in the box?" I said to him standing up.
"Stuff for your car," he said and lifted the box so I couldn't see in it.
I narrowed my eyes to him and walked him around towards Donnie's desk.
"If there's any dice in there I don't want it," I said to him.
"Why don't you go do something productive and get lost," He said to me.
"Hey Raph," I shouted at him as he was balancing the box in one hand and reaching for a stereo system off the wall collection.
"What is it kid?" he said.
"You're an idiot," I said to him and twirled around in Donnie's chair.
"Speak for yourself kid, so red dice or blue," he said and placed one of the stereos in the box.
"No dice, I'm serious, I will kill anyone who puts dice over my mirror," I said to him I flicked on the screens.
"Great idea blue then," he said sarcastically and headed for the garage, I was about to throw a ninja star at him but it hit the side of the door.
I started mumbling to myself as I flicked through the screens looking at yesterday's security tapes.
That's when I heard Mikey's voice coming from the garage.
"I'm good, I'm good, I so meant to do that…" his voice said.
I shook my head and laughed, he probably fell over again, or did something stupid like usual.
My phone started to vibrate against Donnie's desk. I looked under some of his papers and found it.
"Hello," I said fumbling with it against my ear.
"Hey Alex," Aprils voice said cheerfully.
"Hey April, what's up?" I said to her.
"I work until five today, we're covering a report, want to hang out later?" she asked I could hear Vern's voice in the background.
"Sure, where do you want to meet?" I told her clicking on the keypad.
"Well how about the mall, I'm in the mood for Chinese," she said.
"Okay I'll meet you there," I told her.
"Later girl," she said and clicked the phone.
I turned around and looked to the garage.
"Hmm," I said hearing music blaring.
I went over to the garage door and leaned against it listening.
"Hm," I said and opened the door.
"You are not allowed in here," Donnie said waving a tool at me he pushed up his glasses.
"Huh, oh hey come on," I said to him as I looked around.
The car was lifted onto a platform and I couldn't see the interior.
"Wanted to talk to Splinter," I said to him.
"Splinter, and Leo took the girls out for training," he said again standing in front of me blocking my view.
"I was going to train them today, that's why I came here looking for them…." I said trying to look around him.
"Scram kid," Raph said and also stood near Donnie.
"Also they wanted to give you a break from training," Donnie said again. I saw Mikey hovering behind them.
"Come on let me see," I said standing on my toes.
That's when Raph picked me up over his shoulder and pulled me out the door.
"You are an idiot," I said and punched him in the arm. He didn't flinch.
"Ow," I said and waved my hand.
"Get lost, don't come in here until it's done," he said.
"FINE, I'M GOING TO MY APARTMENT THEN," I shouted through the door as it closed behind him.
I hovered in my bedroom getting dressed and picking up my laundry I pulled my belt to my waist and picked up my jacket. I grabbed my staff and left my room.
"Keys," I said to myself searching the message table.
"There it is," I said and picked them up putting them in my pocket. I ran over to Donnie's desk and grabbed my phone.
I swung my bag over my shoulder and crossed the road. There was a lot of traffic today more then usual and I noticed a lot of people on the streets. I saw a gang of people hovering near a building, they didn't seem like they were harming anyone or doing anything illegal. I usually don't bother with gangs unless they're messing with people or doing something wrong, but I have to pass them to get to my apartment.
I sighed and took in a deep breath. I pulled my staff around my back and walked casually down the block.
I kept my eyes open and aware of my surroundings, I didn't want any confrontation today with anyone.
"Hey there gorgeous, why don't you come over here," one of the gang members said as I walked past them.
I didn't even say anything to them, or look at them , I picked up the pace and ran towards a small store. I went around the corner and towards the apartment complex.
I didn't look behind me to see if anyone was following me, but I did notice their shadows.
"Great," I said to myself. I need to lose them so they wouldn't follow me to the apartment.
I turned onto a different street with the apartment in view.
"Hey sweetheart, come on we just wanted to talk," one of the gang members said from behind me.
I turned around and put my bag down near me.
"I'm not in the mood to talk gentlemen so turn around and leave," I said to them. They stood in their spots and looked to eachother.
"What's a hot babe like you doing in these parts?" the main leader said.
"What's it to you?" I asked crossing my arms. I pulled my staff out of its holster and twirled it in my hand.
"Woah, okay okay chill out doll," he said coming towards me. The other's followed behind him.
"Look, I'll say it one more time, get lost and stop following me," I said to them looking at my staff.
"Awe come on sweetheart, why don't you put that stick away and hang out with us," he said reaching for me. I swung my staff around and hit his hand away.
"Hey," He said. The other's seemed agitated by this, and tried to grab me. I swung my staff around my body and to the ground hitting their legs knocking them all down.
"I told you boys to leave me alone," I said twirling my staff over my head.
I reached for my bag and swung it over my shoulder.
"Hope you learned your lesson," I said to them and turned to the road.
All five of them where still on the ground when I crossed the street, so I sped up my pace and disappeared into an alley before they could recover enough to follow me.
I climbed up the back side of my apartment using the fire escape to the fifth floor.
"Whew," I said to myself on the roof of the building.
I opened the door to the roof and ran down the stairs.
I pressed my hand against the pad and opened the door.
"Wow," I said and leaned against the door closing it. I threw my jacket to the stood and the bag to the floor.
"That was eventful," I said to myself and lifted my sleeves.
I turned up the music on my phone and put in a load of laundry; I closed the door to the machine and went back to the kitchen.
I opened the fridge.
"Wow, I actually have groceries," I said to myself. I didn't remember buying anything, maybe the girls did when they were over.
I pulled out all the vegetables I had, and put them in the sink.
I started to hum the song to myself that was playing on the phone while washing and cutting the vegetables.
I reached up over the sink for a bowl when I heard some news reporters near the building. I climbed up over the sink and looked out the window.
"Huh, April's out there," I said sliding opened the window so I could lean in.
There were three news teams out there, Channel 6, 9 and a new team I've never seen before.
I could hear April pressing for an interview with some men, she was asking a lot of questions. I tried to make out what she was saying but being so high up I could barely make out anything.
I slide off the sink and jumped down.
I finished off the salad as I heard the news vans pull away. April and Vern were still down there I could tell because she seemed angry or agitated. I could hear her and Vern discussing the interview.
I tapped on my phone and sent her a simile face text message and the words, "chill out girl I can hear you all the way upstairs… oh and Hi Vern," the message said.
After a few moments I heard her voice and Vern's near my door.
Then the handle clicked.
"Oh hello April, Vern," I said coming around the counter with my bowl.
"April he wouldn't give you an interview its not the end of the world," Vern was saying to her as they came in.
"Come in," I said to them leaning against the counter.
"You don't get it, we've been chasing this story all week, I've got information linking him to the organized crime in the city…" she said arguing with Vern.
"Salad?" I said to them.
"Hi Alex," April finally said and came around the counter.
"April really," Vern said and sat down next to me on the stool. I turned around and looked at her placing the bowl on the counter.
"Vern, he wouldn't give us an interview because that stupid Jessie from Channel 9 wouldn't stop questioning him," she said pulling out a fork from my drawer.
"He's going to be at the science center tomorrow discussing a new ancient sculpture he's donating to the center," Vern said to her checking tomorrows schedule on the clipboard. I leaned over looking at it.
"We can get there before anyone else, so you can still get your interview," he said to her.
"Arugh, I hate my job sometimes," she said leaning over the bowl.
"So how's it going?" I said breaking the tension.
Vern looked at me and tried not to laugh.
"What?" I said mumbling.
"We're still on for Chinese right?" April said as I put the bowl in the sink.
"Yup," I said to her.
"Chinese huh," Vern said standing up, he gathered the clipboard and papers he had scatter over my counter.
"I'll catch you tomorrow April," Vern said coming towards the door.
"And try to keep your cool huh," he said to her. She threw her fork at the door as he left.
I shook my head.
"Chinese?" April said again. I nodded as we left my apartment.
We walked downstairs to her car and I noticed Channel 12 team still packing up.
"Who's that?" I asked her never seeing them before.
"Apparently channel 12," she said starting her car.
"Never seen them before," I said to her.
"Yeah well apparently they have a team now that goes out and does their coverage's," she said pulling away from the building.
We pulled out to a long stretch of road towards Manhattan.
"Manhattan?" I said looking at the sign as we passed it.
"Yeah they have a big mall that just opened wanted to try out the restaurants there," she said on the freeway. There was so much traffic our car ride was slow.
"Guess everyone's going there," I said to her noticing the line ups.
"No, there's probably an accident or something," she said leaning out the window.
"April," I said to her noticing Vern's van.
I opened the door and ran out, she turned off the car and followed me.
"ALEX," she shouted.
The channel 6 van was tipped over and it looked like a truck or car hit it.
"VERN," we shouted as we got up to the police tap. Casey heard us and came towards us.
"Woah, woah," he said pushing us back.
"What happened?" April said panicked.
"Vern's okay, he's okay," he said to her calming her down.
"Casey what happened," I said panicked as well.
"He got hit by a black car, he was being followed so he went to Manhattan instead to lose them, and they plowed into him," he said explaining things. I lifted the police tape and ran towards the ambulance.
"ALEX," he shouted after me. April followed behind me.
"Hey you okay?" I said to him. He was sitting in the ambulance with his arm in a sling.
"Yeah I'm fine," he said quickly.
I looked over to the van and came towards it, that's when I heard the guys truck roaring down the street.
I shook my head and looked to them.
"Alex, don't touch anything," Casey said behind me.
I looked at him then back to Vern. The guys pulled up near the yellow tape, Casey came towards them.
I looked around surveying the scene and noticed a black car with tinted windows and a damaged side door parked far away from the van.
I narrowed my eyes and tried to make out the figure in the front seat. The window was rolled down so I tried to see if I can see a face from the mirror.
"Vern, who did this?" I said to him. He jumped out of the ambulance and came towards me.
"A black car, I didn't see who they were, I couldn't see anyone in it, the windows where tinted, they followed me from your apartment." He said.
"I'll get them," I hissed and ran towards the car. They saw me coming and pulled in to traffic.
"ALEX," I heard Leo shout after me.
"WHAT IS SHE DOING?" Casey shouted to them. The guys piled into their truck, and Casey into his cop car.
April and Vern came around to her car and followed Casey.
"I'm getting this scoop," April said pulling out her cell phone.
"You're just as crazy as she is," Vern said pulling in behind Casey.
Casey turned on his sirens as traffic cleared.
"HEY," I shouted jumping onto the roof of a moving car.
"She's crazy," Mikey said looking out the window of the truck.
I jumped up onto another car as it swerved through traffic trying to knock me off. The black car sped up trying to divert me.
"HEY," I shouted to them again as I noticed Casey pull around the car I was on.
"ALEX WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" he shouted at me from the window.
"CLEAR THE TRAFFIC, I'M GOING AFTE R THEM," I said to him. I jumped up on to the roof of his car. He swerved.
"ARE YOU CRAZY," he shouted at me.
"JUST KEEP GOING," I said to him.
"ALEX WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" Leo shouted at me pacing us.
"Go Donnie," Leo said to his brother as he sped up.
"Speed up Casey," I said to him sliding down the front of the car. He swerved trying to divert traffic.
"SHE'S FREAKING INSANE," he said trying to control the car. We got close enough to the black car that I managed to jump on to its trunk.
"GO RAPH," Donnie shouted at him as the back of the truck opened. Raphael jumped out and on to the roof of the truck.
I climbed up to the roof of the black car and used my staff to try to open the sunroof.
That's when a ninja jumped out of the passenger side window and on to the roof.
"We meet again," the voice said. It was the same female ninja from the other day that tried to rob the store.
"Who are you?" I said to her.
"Someone you shouldn't mess with," she said and swung her staff around.
I swung my staff around my head and struck her, she used her staff as a shield.
"Get off," she said and swung her staff to my feet, I jumped so she couldn't knock me down.
I threw my staff to the air and around my body then struck her with the tip. She jumped back holding her stomach.
"GET OFF," She shouted angrily she swung her staff around so fast I could barely see it and struck me in the side.
"UUuuhhh," I said and fell to the roof.
I rolled over to my knees and stood up.
"Why were you trying to kill my friend," I said to her.
"It's my mission," she said and reached in to her pouch.
"ALEX, GET OUT OF THERE RIGHT NOW," I heard Splinter's voice shouting at me from the roof of the truck. I looked up at him and that's when she struck me with her staff knocking me off the car.
"Aaah," I shouted rolling in to traffic.
I shifted to my knees and looked at the car.
"VERN," April shouted at him.
I looked up and noticed April's car coming right at me.
"ALEX," Raphael's voice shouted as he grabbed me before Vern struck me. He rolled in to traffic and to the side of the road.
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU," he shouted at me shaking me.
"You let them go, why didn't you guys stop them," I said to him pushing him away from me.
The truck pulled over near us, and Casey swerved around and pulled over.
"Oh my god are you okay," April said running to me.
"What is wrong with you guys, why didn't you stop them?" I said to everyone. I looked to Leo and the girls.
"We don't do things this way," Leo said coming towards me. I pushed him and walked around him.
"Hey, we'll go after them," Leo said following me.
"Too late we probably lost them by now," I said going to the truck. She struck me pretty bad on the side I had to treat it.
"Hey, I've never seen Alex do anything like that," Casey said grabbing Donnie by the arm.
"I know it's like she lost all her inhibition and judgement, she was fighting like a warrior... its like she didn't even care if it cost her her life," he said looking over to the truck.
"April," Donnie said to her.
"Yeah?" she said checking her phone for the video footage.
"Send me that footage…." He said to her.
"Also, can you Casey and Vern see what you can dig up on the licence plate," he said tapping on his minicomputer.
"On it," she said heading to her car. Vern followed behind her.
Casey came over to Splinter and the guys as they hovered around Donnie trying to figure out where the car was going.
I pulled up my shirt and pulled out the first aid kit.
"Aaaha," I said looking at the large bruise that was forming.
"Miss Alex," I heard Yuri's voice outside the truck.
"What?" I said to her as I dug in the box for some bandages.
"Why did you do that?" she asked jumping into the truck.
"I wasn't going to let them get away Yuri," I said to her again.
"You could've gotten hurt or injured," Aki said to me helping me with the bandage.
"There's one thing you girls need to learn, that I haven't taught you yet, fear nothing… when someone messes with your friends or family, you do anything in your power to find them and get them," I said looking up to them.
Nina kneeled down next to Aki and pulled out the ointment from the box.