"Sorry I didn't get there sooner, guys," a voice said apologetically. Donnie looked up and saw a woman walking over to them with long purple-streaked black hair, she had a young face but wore a stern expression. She was dressed in a long-sleeved black top, a violet leather skirt worn over black tights and knee-high leather boots like April's with flat soles. She wore a chain-necklace and had a light purple sash tied around her waist the hung down over her skirt.
"Were you tryin' to kill us or something?" Raph muttered irritably. "It's bad enough that Donnie had to save me from having my neck cut open but then we get rescued by you, of all people."
"Oh, stop your whining, Raphael," the girl snapped, smirking at him smugly before glancing at Donnie. "Hiya!" she smiled, her tone of voice a lot kinder than it had been a moment ago while she spoke with Raph. She held out her hand, which Donnie took and shook, "It's nice to meet you, little Donnie," she laughed.
"Ma'am," a young man wearing a similar uniform minus the violet skirt came running over, he too, wore a purple sash around his waist, as did her other team of soldiers. "O'Neil's condition is stable."
Donnie glanced over and watched as April was helped back to the team. Several of the soldiers had moved her elsewhere to apply first aid but she looked a lot better now that her injuries had been dressed correctly. "April!" he called, rushing over to her side. "Are you okay?"
"So, Red has her little fan-club," the woman chuckled to herself and then looked at Raphael and snorted at his facial expression. "You sure look happy, what's up with you this time?"
Raph grunted and looked away stubbornly. Donnie noted that Raph had some kind of banter-like relationship with this mysterious woman and smiled slyly before shuffling over and sitting beside Raph.
"Love is a strong emotion, young turtle," Donnie whispered as he nudged Raph after the woman left them to go and order her own soldiers around.
Raph tried not to smile at Donnie's teasing and nudged him back. "What?" he smirked a little as Donnie gave him the 'look' and shook his head. "Seriously, Don? Angel, of all people?" he faked a loud laugh. "Don't make me laugh."
"So that's her name? Angel?" Donnie looked back at her and leaned against Raph. He predicted the answer but changed the subject to ask; "Where did Mikey and Leo go?"
"Mikey went off with April and as for Leo, not a clue," Raph mumbled, pushing his head against the tree that he was sat in front of. "We got lucky tonight, Donnie. Usually when the Shredder catches you there are never any survivors."
"Like me?" Donnie said firmly before he could stop himself. Those two words caused Raph to flinch and look at Donnie sadly. He sighed deeply and rubbed his forehead with his left hand.
"Listen, Don. What was said back there-"
"It's alright," Donnie looked away wearily, "Shredder's the one who has the answers and I will eventually get them."
"It's not a good idea for you to learn this, Donnie," Raph muttered. "We don't even know all of it."
"Raph..." Donnie held out his hand but Raph simply shrugged and stood up. "If I know, I can change it."
"You should find the others," Raph muttered, not bothering to respond to what Donnie said and simply walked away. "But don't go off too far, you hear me, Donatello?"
"I understand," Donnie smiled at Raph as he walked away. Donnie knew his brother well enough to know that Raphael needed space. Raph was hurting underneath that stubborn attitude of his. Even though he wanted to follow his older brother, he obeyed Raph's instructions and stood himself up, heading in the opposite direction.
April was lying on the ground with a blanket over her body while Mikey knelt beside her. Angel had her arms folded and was leaning against one of the trees close to April, but when she saw Donnie, she unfolded her arms and walked over to him. "Everything okay?" she asked, placing one of her hands on her hip and narrowing her eyes when she realised one turtle was missing. "Did Raphael huff off again?"
"He wanted some time alone," Donnie answered. His eyes drifted on Angel's face in curiosity. "Quick question; who are you?"
Angel laughed while Mikey rolled his eyes and sighed at Donnie's words. "I'm a friend," she said softly. "You're younger than the Donatello I knew. When you get older, we'll meet."
"Angel was a close friend to Casey," April explained to Donnie as she sat up. "She was going to join the Purple Dragons years ago but Casey helped her make a better choice with her life."
"Yeah," Angel smiled at the memory. "I caused a lot of trouble as a kid but Jones lead me in the right direction. If I hadn't met Casey, I'd either be dead or serving the Shredder right now."
"Angel has her own division," Mikey told Donnie, glancing at Angel. "Specialises in the mutants in the city. She takes them under her wing."
"M-Mutants?" Donnie looked back at Angel in surprise. "You work alongside the other mutants?"
A/N: Hi everybody! Thanks for all the lovely reviews, favourites and follows :) I'm sorry this chapter took a few days to come out, I had trouble trying to introduce Angel into the story. She's one of my all-time favourite TMNT characters! :D Thanks for reading ^^