"Faster!"
Lana lands and takes a breath before quickly flipping up again and stumbling on her landing. Splinter watches her and frowns on the stumbled landing.
"Lana stick your landings!"
Lana looks at him before flipping again. She lands forward and puts her hands down.
"Stop!"
Lana breathes heavily and looks at him.
"If you are too tired to train then take a break."
Lana breathes angrily before punching the ground. She stands up and gets ready to start again but Mikey looks at her worriedly. He whispers making her glare at him.
"Lana it's okay to take a breather…"
"I'm fine."
Mikey watches her but nods unconvinced. Splinter waits for them to be in position before nodding. They each flip in succession. All three boys land it perfectly and Lana takes a deep breath before flipping herself over. She sticks it and stands continuing until Splinter motions for them to stop. Lana calmly walks out of the dojo before running to the trash and puking.
"Lana?"
She holds her hair back before going to the sink and washing her mouth out.
"What?"
"Maybe you should-"
"I'm fine."
Donnie watches her walk back into the dojo and sighs. He follows and leans in the doorframe as she goes back to doing her flips. Raph walks up beside him and watches her too.
"She's gonna hurt herself."
"When she falls on her face let me know."
Raph nods to Donnie as he walks away. She continues to flip before she eventually falls on her knees and just sits there. Raph starts to walk over but stops when he sees Splinter.
"Lana-"
"I can do this Sensei. I'm just having an off day."
"I know you can. Do not push yourself. It takes more than a day to learn everything."
She nods and looks up at him.
"I saw my father today."
He nods and sits kneels in front of her.
"How was that?"
"He offered me his company after he dies…"
"But?"
"I'll have to work for him a couple of months if I sign and I don't know what to do."
Splinter nods and waits for her to continue.
"…I just don't want my life to be decided right now."
"That's understandable."
"I'm just not sure what to do."
Splinter sighs and nods.
"You will figure it out…if you sign the contract it does not mean your life is over. Know that."
Lana sighs and nods before standing up on shaky legs. Splinter rises too before disappearing into his room. Lana watches him go before looking in the doorway and seeing Raph. He looks surprised and opens it further.
"Didn't know eavesdropping was your thing."
"If you didn't want people to hear you then you shouldn't be in the dojo."
She looks at with a small smile before walking past him.
Back at Winterscorp, Winters sits at his desk sorting some papers. He stops and looks up at the stone statues and sighs sadly. He slowly stands up and walks over to examine them all up-close. A small noise makes him stiffen before he smiles.
"If you've come to kill me, could you do it fast? I've got a shareholders meeting at 10. I'd rather miss it."
Karai and a few soldiers drop down on to the ground silently.
"If we had come here to hurt you, you'd be hurting already. The Foot clan and I have come to here your offer."
He nods and turns around.
"Well, it appears that today is my lucky day."
"I must warn you, we do not ocme cheap."
He laughs and looks around.
"Does it look like money is of any concern to me? Only time is off the essence my dear."
Karai watches him cautiously and notes all of her escapes.
"Since you're so rich and powerful, what is it we could possibly have to offer you?"
He looks at her. She looks barely older than his daughter but the swords on her back promise a deadly outcome if crossed.
"I need you to be my eyes and ears. I have some friends coming to town…I'd like to roll our the red carpet. Greet them warmly and bring them to me."
Karai looks at him with distrust but nods.
"And how will we know these friends?"
"Don't worry they're impossible to miss…"
Karai nods and hands him a contract.
"A contract? I thought you were more of a verbal group."
Karai smirks and nods.
"Don't break the contract and you won't have to find out how we handle our debts."
Winters nods before signing it.
"How many friends?"
"13."
"When do you need them by?"
"6 months from today."
Karai nods and they're suddenly gone. Winters looks at where they stood and then turns back to the statues. He grabs a wooden case and opens it revealing stone pendants. He grabs them and gently places them onto the chests of the soldiers and presses the stone in the middle.
"Arise my brothers and my sister."
He takes a step back and watches their fingers slowly move as they come to life. The generals all stumble as they gain their bearings.
"Where-where are we?"
"Brother."
Aguila turns and sees his brother dressed in odd clothing.
"Yaotl?"
Winters smiles and nods to him. Serpiente steps forward and looks down at her brother.
"What year is it?"
"2007."
Her eyes widen and she shakes her head.
"Impossible."
Gato jumps forward and looks his brother over.
"You have not aged a day."
"The curse of immortality my dear brother."
Gato looks at all of them and Mono stretches out.
"Why now?"
"The portal opens in a few months."
Aguila nods.
"The monsters."
Winters nods and motions to the city.
"They are all here…we just need to capture them."
Serpiente looks at herself before flipping her weapons out.
"Let's go get them."
"No."
They all look at Winters in surprise.
"We must wait until they appear…surprise is the only way we will catch them."
Serpiente growls but nods. Her swords flip back up and she walks away. Aguila watches her go before looking at his brother.
"…it has been a very long time brother."
Winters nods.
"Soon we will be joined together again."
Serpiente looks at her older brother and sighs angrily.
Lana laughs aat the table with the brothers. Donnie rolls his eyes and smiles happily at Mikey.
"Your impressions are horrible Mikey."
"Oh really? Then why're you laughing?"
Donnie shakes his head and pushes his brothers face back making Mikey giggle. Raph watches them and smiles as he continues to eat. These were his favorite moments. Mikey was doing what he knew best, making people laugh, and Donnie wa trying to act like the grown up older brother but he could be just as weird as Mikey. Raph takes a bite of his food and looks at Lana. She's smiling and laughing as Mikey badly portrays another famous celebrity. It was good to see her like this too. Not caring, and not worrying about anything. That was rare nowadays. Lana looks at him and smiles before looking back at Mikey and laughing. Raph watches her for a few more seconds before finishing his pizza and putting his plate in the sink.
"You going out Raph?"
Raph nods to Mikey before heading up the stairs and grabbing his gear. He disappears out the door quickly.
"Where does he go at night?"
"Eh sometimes it's better not to know."
Mikey shrugs at her and grabs her plate before walking over to the sink.
"I can do dishes guys. You both look exhausted."
Donnie shakes his head.
"No we can do the dishes. We're not that tired."
She looks at him and gets up.
"The bags under your eyes say differently. Really, it's dishes. I'll do them."
Donnie nods with a smile before yawning. She looks at him pointedly before laughing.
"Go to bed."
"But I have work-"
"Then sleep on the couch."
Donnie rolls his eyes before shaking his head and walking off. She watches him go before turning back to the dishes. Mikey is laying on the counter acting sexy.
"Well, it's just you and me dudette."
She laughs and rolls her eyes before going over to the sink and starting the dishes.
"You should get some sleep too dude."
"Nah I'm fine."
He smiles at her and sits up swinging his feet off the counter.
"So that's a nice necklace."
Lana shrugs and keeps cleaning the dishes.
"Where'd ya get it?"
She smiles and shrugs.
"My father. Early birthday present."
"Oooh he's got some style."
"You'll have to tell him that."
Mikey rolls his eyes.
"Ya whatever."
"…thanks for worrying about me Mikey."
"That's what brothers are for Lana."
She nods with a neutral face.
"Can I ask you something?"
She glances at him and nods.
"Of course."
He takes a second before looking at her.
"…why'd you go to California?"
She takes a breath before picking up the plate again.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, you disappeared for 4 months dudette."
Lana looks up at him.
"I went to see my sister."
Mikey looks at her and shrugs.
"Oh…okay."
"It was just to relax Mikey."
Mikey makes a face before shrugging.
"I thought you were mad at us."
She looks up at him sadly.
"Why would you think that?"
He smiles down at her.
"You know why."
He hops off the counter and waves before disappearing into the living room. Lana sighs and continues with the dishes.