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Chapter 2: Rescue – Part 1

The turtles kneeled in front of Splinter. They had eventually lost the van, leaving no choice but to return home. Leo was given the honor of explaining everything to Splinter, since he was the oldest. However, it didn't stop the others from adding their input.

To say Splinter was displeased would be an understatement. "And so your inability to work together allowed them all to get away!" Raph growled.

"Well maybe if I didn't have to waste time arguing with… Hero Boy I could have saved them!"

"Hey if you hadn't got in my way I could have done it." Leo whirled on Donnie. "And you went flying off on your own! How smart was that?"

"Well it would've worked out great, if somebody hadn't hit me in the head with their nunchucks!"

"Well… none of this would've happened if-" Mikey broke off, not having anyone next to him to blame. "Somebody hadn't trusted us to go up there in the first place!" All of the turtles froze. Mikey blanched. "Oh jeez. Sensei… I didn't mean ta-"

"No, Michelangelo. You are right."

"I am?"

"He is?"

"You were not fully prepared for what was up there. I trained you to fight as individuals, not as a team. And as your teacher, your father, the responsibility for that is mine." Splinter sighed. "Perhaps in another year we can try again."

"Wha- another year?! Ha- Has everybody forgotten that people were kidnapped?! They don't have a year! Sensei! We have to do something now!" Splinter glanced at Donatello.

"You weren't there, Sensei. You didn't see the way that girl looked into my eyes. She was scared. And she was counting on me - us! -to save her!" Splinter turned around, thinking. As he stared at a picture, memories of a fire ran through his mind.

"Yes." He looked back at his sons. "You must save her." Leo spoke up.

"I agree, Sensei. But in that fight, we weren't exactly a well-oiled machine."

"Like the robot with the brain thingy." Raph rolled his eyes at Mikey.

"Give it a rest already!" The ninjas glanced back at their teacher.

"Hm. If you are to fight more effectively as a unit, you are going to need a leader." Leo immediately raised his hand.

"Can I be the leader?"

"Why should you be the leader? I kicked your butt. I should be the leader!"

"Hey I'm smarter than all you guys put together. It should be me!"

"No way! It should be me!" Everyone stared at Mikey. "I don't really have a reason. I just think it would be me." Splinter walked towards his room.

"This is a difficult decision. I will meditate on it." Two seconds passed before the door opened again. "It's Leonardo." Raph groaned.

"No hard feelings, Raph?"

"Ah stick it in your shell."

~ *.* ~

Fallyn groaned, sitting up. She rubbed her head. "Ow, ow, ow. That hurt a lot more than I remember." Hearing a gasp, she looked around.

"Fallyn! You're okay!" April flung herself at her sister. "Thank goodness!" Fallyn tried not to wince. She looked around, not liking what she was seeing.

"Where are we?" April pulled back, shaking her head. Kirby stood up, placing a hand on his eldest daughter's shoulder.

"I don't know."

"Okay… what happened after I was knocked out?" Sighing, the female redhead crossed her legs.

"I was thrown in the truck after you. We were driven here by the men that kidnapped us, and thrown in this cell." April looked around her. "Don't freak out, okay. But the guys that kidnapped us? They're not human!" Fallyn nodded, standing up.

"I know." April gaped at her sister. Kirby's face exactly resembled hers. April recovered first.

"You… you know?" Fallyn made her way to the door. She looked out the window.

"Yeah." Glancing over her shoulder, she sighed at her family's dumbfounded expression. "You remember nine years ago… when Mom and I disappeared?" The redheads nodded.

"Barely." April looked away. "I was only six then." Fallyn rested her forehead on the sill, looking out the glass.

"Yeah. Well… long story short… these aliens, the Kraang, took us. They did some things to me, and… well… let's just say I became… different." Fallyn closed her eyes, her fists clenching. "Mom… she… mhm." Fallyn didn't finish her sentence. April's eyes widened in realization.

"That's why you wanted me to run." The white-haired O'Neil turned to her younger sister.

"I know who they are, and what they want, and… I didn't want you to go through the hell Mom and I did." April gulped, standing up. Kirby still resembled a fish out of water.

"How… how long did this go on for?" Fallyn's eyes closed as she placed a finger in between her nose and upper lip, resting her chin on her thumb. She decided to take advantage of her father's stupefied demeanor.

"Five years." Fallyn sighed. "I guess that's why you assumed I was dead. I disappeared when I was a mere eight years old. Coming back at age thirteen…" a soft scoff escaped her nose, "Coming back at all, is practically unheard of." Not knowing what else to do, April wrapped her arms around Fallyn's left arm. Fallyn was never one for hugs, but she allowed this occasionally.

"I'm so sorry, Lyn. I… I never knew."

"Only because I didn't tell you." April sighed, resting her forehead on Fallyn's shoulder.

"I guess this explains a lot. Like why you're so protective, or why your body temperature is higher than most. Among other things." Fallyn chuckled.

"I still remember your reaction when I told you. You looked like a fish out of water." April frowned, butting the older girl's shoulder with her head.

"Thanks for that. But what did you expect when you find out your sister has a body temperature of 113 degrees Fahrenheit?"

"I said 45 degrees Celsius, April. And don't forget the ability to raise it." April rolled her eyes at Fallyn's teasing tone. Even both knew she was dead serious.

"Whatever." April leaned back, looking into her sister's piercing gold eyes. "So what are we going to do?"

"We'll figure something out." April nodded.

"We always do." Fallyn smirked.

"Always."

複

The cell shook from an explosion, throwing Fallyn from her bunk. "What in blazes?" She looked out the window as Kirby whimpered, covering his head. Fallyn tried to not growl. 'Sometimes I cannot believe I am related to you.'

"What's going on?" Fallyn shrugged.

"I have no idea." She smirked as she heard fighting going on. "But I think someone's here to rescue us." April stared for a few moments before shaking her head.

"I'll take your word for it." Fallyn smirked, tapping her left ear.

"Hey. Super hearing, remember?" April sighed.

"Yeah." The sisters jumped as an alarm blared throughout the facility. "Oh what now!?"

"No idea." Fallyn kneeled down, looking over the door. "But I'm not waiting any longer." She growled to herself. 'Slag it. I'm not going to be able to break out of here.' Before she could break the news to her family, the sound of footsteps made her stand up.

Turtles ran by the door. Immediately after, a purple-masked face returned. "We found them!" Blaster fire shot past the him.

"We'll hold them off! You pick the lock!" Fallyn's eyebrows narrowed minutely at the second voice.

'He sounds familiar.' The first terrapin turned back to the human family.

"Don't worry! I'll have you out of there in a second." April stepped up next to Fallyn.

"Okay, giant, lizard thing."

"Turtle, actually. I'm Donatello."

"April."

"Wow. That's a pretty-duiigh!" Fallyn snickered as Donatello's face was sandwiched against the glass. The cause was his friend being thrown into him. Fallyn recognized him as the blue-masked ninja from before.

"The lock Donnie!"

'That's why he sounded familiar. He's the one who jumped over that Kraang droid.'

"Oh! Right. Yeah, sorry." Both moved to their separate positions, Blue-boy fighting, Donatello picking. April placed her hands on the glass.

"Not to rush you but, HURRY UP!"

"Hey! You think it's easy to pick a lock with these hands?" Donnie waved both of his three-fingered appendages for emphasis.

"Sorry." Fallyn looked up as the red-masked turtle stomped over to Donatello.

"Oh for the love of-" He grabbed the other turtle's shell, flinging him aside. "Get out of my way!" Taking out a sai, he jabbed the lock three times. A buzzing sounded, right before a door opened. It wasn't the one they wanted though.

~ *.* ~

The door opened in time for Donnie and Raph to see the family taken away. Following April's screams, they burst through some doors and into the courtyard. "Get the door!" Raph started to close it, but not before a Kraang droid was halfway wedged in between. Thinking fast, he broke off one of the robot's arms, sticking it in the handles.

"That'll hold 'em." He turned, only to be met with the slightly horrified faces of his brothers. "What?"

"You… are seriously twisted."

"Thanks." April's shout broke the moment. The ninjas saw the family being led away, towards the helicopter on the roof.

Episode: Rise of the Turtles, Part 2

Alright…RECAP!

April has an older sister, who was mutated by the Kraang, and has the ability to raise her internal body heat to and above a temperature that would normally be fatal (No joke. I did the research.) and enhanced hearing because of it. And April and Fallyn have a psychic link. Any questions? No? Good! Keep an eye peeled for the next chapter. I'm fairly close to finishing it, so it might actually be posted late tonight. By late, I mean around midnight for me (that's Pacific time). If not, it will undoubtedly be up tomorrow. Thanks for reading!

P.S. When words are in italics with apostrophes, they are thoughts. When they are in italics with these things (" "), they are April and Fallyn's psychic conversation.

P.P.S. Fallyn's powers will slowly emerge in the book. Take notes! Because I'm not going to just come out and say them yet! MUAHAHAHA! No seriously, try and figure them out on your own. I want to see if you can. Gihehe. *Backs into shadows* On to the next chapter!

P.P.P.S. *Still talking from the shadows* I'll have an official list of Fallyn's revealed abilities after every chapter, so be sure to check the notes!

This little thingy (複) means ninja in Japanese. I use it for time lapse, versus scene change ( ~ *.* ~). *Checks mental list* Okay. Now I can get back to finishing that other chapter for ya'll. Again, thanks for reading and please send me more reviews! I love insight.