Chapter 14: Infiltration

It was complete silence as a standoff was happening between practically everyone and Dragor who suddenly made an appearance. All that could be heard was the smoke clearing and the debris falling from the ceiling, and the growling from Xen that slowly intensified.

April and Leo both glanced up, he literally crashed his way through the rubble and into the sewers, this showed exactly how powerful this guy was. "How did you find us!" Xen growled angrily as she removed her cloak and grew in size, landing on all fours and spreading her wings that grew out from her back. "And what did you do to Kana!" April added.

Xen moved to the side a bit and in front of Donnie, protecting him. Mikey had made his way towards Splinter, Leo had also become defensive and protected April.

Dragor smirked as he stood on two's and directed his attention towards April, "Kana? Ohhh, you mean that girl at the park? Yes yes, now I remember." Dragor began but had started laughing loudly and moved his gaze to Xen.

His smirk became wider than ever, "Xen! My old companion and friend! I never expected you to be here! I see you're helping these mortals!" He laughed, Xen bared her fangs and raised her wings in defense, showing him he wasn't wrong as she protected Donnie. "I am, NOT your companion or friend no longer, not after what you have become and done to our home! Now answer our questions!" Xen raised her head and snarled.

Dragor let out a small sigh and dropped down on all fours, but suddenly made an attempted dart directly at Xen and Donnie, Xen saw this coming and quickly put strength into her back legs and darted at him and the two clashed into one another midway, Xen had managed to stop Dragor and slam him into the ground.

Dragor let out an angry roar and swiped at Xen who jumped back, he then leaped at her and dodged an attempted claw swipe attack from her, grabbing her and slamming her into the ground as well, keeping her pinned as she struggled to get free.

Dragor smirked once again and directed his attention towards Leo and April, Leo attempted to run in and help Xen, he had come to the conclusion he was capable of holding back and blocking a Den Na' Vor's strength, but not being able to defeat one because of the result to his cracked sword.

Leo didn't have his weapons with him, nor did Mikey or Donnie. Leo had suddenly collapsed midway as he attempted to go assist Xen, this surprised April as he collapsed and was on his knees and using his hands as support and struggled to stand, April rushed towards him and slid next to him.

Dragor had started laughing again, "Can't have the blue boy helping out!" April looked at Dragor in confusement, he had planned something for Leo because he most likely knew Leo had elder blood in him and could falter his plans.

April glanced down at Leo whose head was dropped down as he was panting slightly as if tired and out of breath. She noticed something in his shoulder and quickly pulled it out, it was a small dart. 'Poison?' She thought, April glanced around quickly and noticed a small drone that had fired the dart, it quickly flew out of the lair as her gaze followed it.

April turned the dart around a few times, 'No, it was a tranq.' She came to the conclusion, if it was poison, his condition would've been showing worse symptoms, especially with how fast it made him drop, it was most likely a somewhat powerful tranq and he was still managing to stay awake.

"Now, about that girl and how I found this place." Dragor began as he glared at April who looked at him as she held Leo with worry. Dragor then grew a small smirk on his face as he still held Xen down who had stopped struggling a bit to hear him out, "She was quite delicious if I do say so myself, she did attempt to talk to me about how evil my plans were. But you know what, I do not care what you see." Dragor laughed.

"First I got information from her, then that Jenna girl, then your beloved O'neil parents at some stupid farmhouse, and then some officer and followed his child. They wouldn't tell me where you were specifically, so I had to force it out of them one by one, and you all have something I need." Dragor growled angrily as his gaze moved back down at Xen.

Xen's expression became a surprised one, she had gotten along with Kana, Kana was the one who had decided to confront her and accept her, let alone believe her that she herself was here to assist, not kill like the beast in front of her. "You didn't...lies…" Xen sobbed slightly.

Dragor chuckled menacingly, "Oh I did, the moment she mentioned the gem was already gone, that's when I took action. Now, where is the gem!" Dragor growled angrily, Xen let out a angry roar and kicked Dragor off of her, she quickly recovered to her feet and charged at him, Dragor slid back from the sudden kick and quickly jolted to face her but she was already head first ramming her way at him before he could react.

Xen's head was lowered and her horns were up, she rammed into Dragor and sent him crashing into a wall. She stood chest out with a large snarl, "I will not allow you to harm these nice people! No more harm will come from you!" Xen slammed her tail into the ground as she growled angrily.

April was attempting to hold back her tears as she fell limp slightly full of sadness as she still held Leo, she was still gazing out where Dragor last was pinning Xen as she was lost in thought. First Kana, Jenna, then her parents, a officer which she came to the conclusion was Adam, Dragor must've kept watch over Casey and Raph when they went out and followed them back here when they returned before leaving the lair a second time to get supplies.

April was drowning in sadness and regret, she has lost her loved one's, the people she cared about and knew since she was a little girl, she lost her home, her apartment...

April's eyes started to stream with tears, but she jolted in surprise as she snapped out of her thoughts from a sudden touch. She gazed down and noticed it was Leo, he placed a hand on her heart and only looked at her with his tired eyes, head still down slightly.

"Kana….Jenna… Adam… the O'neils… they'll always… be with you in heart and soul, so long as you…. Remember them…" Leo said weakly. April only sobbed and hugged him, she may have lost the people she has known since she was a little girl, but she had also developed a new family, new people to care about, new people to appreciate, to care for, to live for, they have already provided her a place to call home.

Leo could hardly move at all, he felt numb, way too drowsy and light headed, the tranq was definitely a strong one and he didn't know how he was still capable of staying awake himself, any normal person would've been knocked out by now. Dragor must've had someone controlling the drone, ready to fire when Leo was about to take action, now everyone knew why Dragor feared Leo, and they knew he still did, especially if he were to assist Xen.

Dragor had planned ahead, he was not just powerful, but also smart. Considering Leo was down for the count, he just let April comfort and hug him as she sobbed, he was pretty much doing the same for her as she had lost loved one's and was completely devastated.

Dragor crashed his way out of the rubble from the wall after being thrown, he stood on his hind legs and let out a menacing roar at Xen, Splinter and Mikey stayed out of the fight as they knew they didn't have a chance, this included Donnie as he backed up into his lab and ran inside.

Donnie glanced around for the gem and remember it was placed on the table. Xen roared back at Dragor and the two rushed each other and clashed with one another once again, Dragor smacked Xen with his tail which sent her to the ground slightly, he grabbed her by the throat strongly and swung her around.

Xen cried out in pain, but took action, she grasped her front and hind claws onto him, and wrapped her tail around his right hind leg and yanked it off the ground, causing him to lose balance and let go of her throat.

Xen used one of her arms and force slammed him into the ground, causing debris to fly from the impact. She quickly also bit down into his upper shoulder and neck greatly, Dragor cried out immensely as Xen ripped a chunk of his skin and scales off, causing blood to quickly rush out.

Dragor wiggled around aggressively attempting to break free, he finally became much more pissed as his throat began to light up a red glow. Xen noticed this and attempted to slam his face into the ground to prevent and stop his breath attack, but failed. Dragor grabbed Xen by the neck with his tail and yanked her off of him, he threw her to the side and he instantly recovered to his feet as he did and directed his attack at her.

He quickly blasted out a fire breath attack at her, Xen didn't have time to react as she had to recover from the previous attack, she quickly also did a fire breath attack and stop his midway but Dragor had already countered it and was already beside her, Xen quickly looked beside her and she instantly had a surprised look on her face as Dragor's face was directly in her own with a wide smirk on his.

Dragor used a massive amount of strength and rammed his forward horns into her shoulder, causing her to cry out greatly and be sent flying into the wall.

Xen didn't recover as she was knocked out from the impact, blood rushed from her shoulder after being pierced by his horns. Dragor chuckled weakly, Xen worn him out immensely but he didn't stop, but he knew he had to retreat, he glanced at the lab and remembered that Xen and that turtle had come from it, which must mean they must've been working on the gem in there.

Dragor panted heavily and coughed up some blood as he used up too much strength, he was weak, the sewers were a cold place. Splinter was about to take action as he noticed how weak Dragor seemed to be but was stopped by Mikey who looked up at Splinter with a worried look and shook his head telling him not to. Mikey had remembered what Kana said, Den Na' Vor's were still strong even if they showed weakness and were still in their weak environments.

Leo attempted to stand once more but couldn't, but he was also forced back down by April who only clung to him, she was sick of losing people and she didn't want Leo to go fight in his condition. Leo glanced at April worriedly, she only shook her head as she still cried, Leo understood this, but there was no one else here who could most likely finish Dragor off.

Leo moved his look back towards Dragor and became surprised a bit as he noticed Dragor glaring at him with a smirk on his face as he swung his tail aggressively and then turned and walked towards the lab. 'Donnie….' Leo thought, giving a worried expression, Leo already had a hand on April's arm that was wrapped around his neck, he clutched her arm tightly as he glared down at the floor, "Damn..!" Leo growled weakly showing anger, he hated how pathetic he looked from a stupid dart that had greatly weakened him.

Dragor entered the entrance of the lair, he glanced back quickly and noticed everyone else stood still, they knew they didn't stand a chance against him, even in his weakened state.

Dragor got a surprised look on his face as he noticed Donnie, Donnie stood right by his monitors with the gem in hand as he glared at Dragor. Dragor noticed he had a remote in his other hand, he quickly took action knowing the turtle had something planned, he quickly darted at Donnie, Donnie didn't have time to react, Dragor grabbed Donnie by the scarf and also grabbed the gem from his hand and threw him to the side.

Donnie crashed to the ground with a roll but recovered as he quickly gazed up at Dragor. Dragor gazed at the gem in his hand with a large smile, he started to let out a large laugh but stopped as he heard a voice.

"Hope you like piercing and .700 Nitro Express rounds, freak." Donnie said angrily as he raised the remote in his hand that he still had and pressed a button, Dragor glared at him in confusement, the Shellchargers minigun on top raised from the roof and turned facing Dragor and the barrel began to spin.

Dragor noticed this and stared at it in confusement, but he knew it was a gun as he already encountered many of those. "Foolish turtle, do you really think-" Dragor began but was cut off as the gun began to fire, the bullets actually hurt, they actually hurt him, Dragor let out a cry of pain as he jolted back and raised his arms in front of his face attempting to block them but it also hurt his arms as well.

Donnie pressed another button and purposely aimed the gun at his injured shoulder as it was still rushing with blood, the bullets pierced through his already opened wound as he didn't have scales there to protect it, Dragor cried out loudly and quickly turned around, gem still in hand as he would not let it go even in the amount of pain he was in. He crashed out of the lab and spread his wings as he cried out, he jolted upward from where he previously came crashing into in order to enter the lair and flew out the way he came in.

Donnie came and stood at the entrance as almost everyone looked up as Dragor left, Donnie slammed his fist against the door of the lab angrily, "Damn! He managed to get the gem, he wouldn't drop it either after being fired at and in great pain." Donnie growled angrily but quickly raised his head and looked towards where Xen was.

Donnie rushed to Xen who laid in crashed debris and rubble, Mikey had also rushed over to help, Splinter had come over to Leo and April, "Splinter...?" April sobbed weakly as she looked up at him as he approached, Leo was pretty much semi-conscious now and limp in April's arms, April was worried as she was still unsure if the dart was poison being slow with its effects or a tranq.

Splinter crouched down to the two as his focus was on Leo, he placed a hand on Leo's forehead and checked his pulse to see for himself. "Is he…?" April questioned worriedly as she began to ask if it was poison or something bad. "He's fine. It was a powerful tranq, but there is something inside of him that was injected with that dart that's making him this way as well." Splinter said with slight confusement.

"It's probably regular Den Na' Vor blood." Donnie stated as he heard Splinter from where he was, he was crouched down next to Xen treating her. April and Splinter looked at him in confusement, Donnie shrugged in surprise as he remembered they didn't know after what Xen had explained to him. "A regular Den Na' Vor's blood is poison to us if it were injected into us, but in Leo's case, it won't harm him unless it's a very large amount injected into him, which doesn't seem to be considering he is fine but extremely weak at the moment. So it must've been a decent amount of blood in the dart as well in order to slow him down and tire him so that he wouldn't assist Xen in the fight, because he knew he would most likely have a chance of being defeated by Leo." Donnie explained.

"Dragor didn't know Xen was here, he was probably going to use the dart on Leo and then kill him and the rest of us, but he never expected Xen to be here and help, so his plans changed and he had to fight Xen, and in that process he got weakened badly by her and had to retreat." April added as she realized his attempted plan.

Donnie nodded in agreement, "Yep, Xen pretty much just saved us." He added. Xen woke up and already realized what had happened as she noticed Donnie helping her and patching her wounds, she slowly sat up as Donnie and Mikey eased her to slow down.

Xen clutched her shoulder slightly and gave a small whine in pain, she glanced around at the disaster and chaos that Dragor left. "My friends… are you ok?" Xen questioned as she looked at both Donnie and Mikey and then glanced over at Splinter, April and Leo who was limp in her arms. "Is he…?" Xen began, "Were all fine, but you on the other hand…" Donnie began, giving Xen a worried look.

Xen moved her gaze at Donnie and then at her shoulder, "I will be fine. We heal faster than you mortals. Xen also had a few cuts on her, but they weren't in any means serious.

"We must leave, cops and ambulances are sure to show up and investigate the large hole soon." Splinter said as he stood and gazed at the three. "What about Raph and Casey?" Mikey questioned, "They are already here." Splinter stated as he sensed them just arrive.

Splinter was correct as Raph and Casey approached the entrance with tons of bags of food and supplies. They both dropped the bags after noticing the destruction before their eyes as they stood at the entrance, "What the shell happened!" Raph shouted in shock.

"Long story…" Donnie said as he and Mikey helped Xen stand. "Let's get to the Shellcharger guys." Donnie said as the three began to walk towards the lab. Raph rushed over to Splinter and the other two and Casey followed, Raph had to literally lift and carry Leo as the small group followed Donnie and the other two towards the Shellcharger.

Sirens could be heard up above as they all entered the vehicle. Donnie took over the wheel and powered on the Shellcharger and quickly opened the garage door and drove out. "What's the plan now?" Mikey asked worriedly as he sat in the back seat next to Casey.

Everyone moved their look at Xen, Xen was leaning against the wall at the very back close to Mikey and Casey. She noticed this and glanced around in surprise, "Well… we have to find out where Dragor is staying and building the teleporter."

"Do you have any idea where he could be? And how long does it take for the teleporter to be built?" April questioned as she sat on the floor next to Leo who was unconscious as Raph sat on the other side. "Mmm, a day." Xen said.

"A day!? That's hardly enough time to search! You're injured and Leo's unconscious for who knows how long!" Raph growled angrily as he glared at Xen.

"He will be fine after a few hours of rest, no need to worry…" Xen began, "How can I not worry! He's my brother!" Raph shouted about to stand up angrily but was stopped by a sudden touch. Raph glanced down at his shoulder and noticed it was April who leaned over and placed a hand on his shoulder with a small reassuring smile. "Calm down, I'm worried too, ok. But right now, we gotta find a way to stop Dragor, if not for Leo, I would most likely be broken right now after what I heard from Dragor." April stated.

Raph sighed and lowered himself and took a breath to calm down, Raph glanced down at Leo, April reminded him of Leo, now he knew why the two seemed to be getting along very well. "Fine… what happened." Raph questioned moving his look back at Xen.

Xen shrugged slightly, "Well, in short. Dragor showed up, crashed through the ceiling, destroyed the place, knocked out Leo, he hurt me, I hurt him, he grabs the gem and retreats." "How did he find us?" Casey asked as he leaned using his elbows as support on his knees.

"He followed you and Raph on your first little stroll top side." Mikey said as he pointed at Casey, Casey glared slightly at Mikey in confusement. "But how did he know about me?"

"Adam." April said sadly as she lowered her head. "He forced Adam to talk and then….killed him…including my parents…" She added. Casey stood up in both shock and surprise, Casey wasn't much of a baby in terms of crying but when it resulted in his dad, the tears had begun to form in his eyes. "That's not true….!" Casey sobbed.

Everyone just looked down with sad looks and didn't say anything, marking that it was true. Casey was about to angrily flip out but Mikey shot upward and hugged Casey to comfort him as the two both fell to the floor with Casey sobbing.

Donnie had parked in a tunnel pretty far from the lair and turned to face everyone to discuss what was going to be planned next. Donnie pretty much came in second in charge with plans because of how much of a genius he was when Leo was gone or out of it, or worse if it ever happened. But he also knew Splinter was here, so he didn't call the shots, all he did was look at Xen who had glanced at him and he nodded at her.

Xen nodded back at Donnie and gave a small sigh. "We rest for a few hours. Dragor will not build the teleporter right away knowing him, he will first tend to his injury and rest as well and then build. So at the most, we have a day. I will be able to fight again after a few hours as well, and Leo should be awake by then too." Xen stated, "I know where we can go in order to find the whereabouts of Dragor as well." Donnie added.

Everyone moved their gaze towards Donnie, giving him a confused look. "The Purple Dragons." He remarked. Donnie glanced at Splinter who sat on the small couch to see if he was ok with this, considering he was also forced out of the lair and included into this incident making Donnie feel bad.

Splinter noticed this and only gave a small sigh, "I agree. I expected something like this to happen, my sons being heroes and saving lives. I will help to stop this Dragor and his plans with this teleporter, but after we get a few hours of rest. There is a held up storage unit not far within the sewers where I have stashed weapons of ours as well in case of emergencies such as this, we can grab those later on."

It was official, everyone gave Splinter a small smile. After a few hours of resting, they would head out to the storage, requip their weapons, go to the Purple Dragons and find out where Dragor was hiding out and building the teleporter in order to stop him and his attempted invasion.