It early in the morning, the sun hasn't even started to rise yet. In April's apartment, Raph slept on the floor with Donnie on top of the couch, and Mikey in it. Donnie's foot ends up in Mikey's face and he waved it away "Oh, jeez. What died?" He muttered in his sleep and rolled over on his side putting his face to the pillow . Yuuki slept in her sleeping bag that she brought over. She was sleeping silently with a few toss and turns. The brothers had texted her earlier saying that the sewers were being overrun with foot ninjas. And that they were staying at April's place for the time being until they have given up.
As they slept, Splinter who was sitting in a chair opened his eyes. He saw Leonardo standing in front of the window.
"Morning training my son?"
Leo turned to him "Yes sensei while the city's still quiet."
Splinter walked up to him "Your discipline is commendable Leonardo. Have a good run."
Just as he was about to step out of the window "But I trust you that you are not thinking about scouting the lair alone.
Leo freezed. He turned around and faced him "Why would I do that? Just because the sewers are overrun by foot ninjas, so we're forced to hide here at April's like cowards?" That last question being more angrier than dismissive.
"You ask a question that is not a question. If we are to succeed against our foes, we will need to act together as a team, not as rash individuals."
"I understand, Master Splinter. I am curious though. With the Shredder gone, what are the foot ninjas up to?"
Splinter got up from his chair and placed his hand on Leo's shoulder "Patience, my son. I have a feeling we will find out all too soon."
Yuuki groaned in her sleep and she woke up. She sat up rubbing her eyes and saw the two of them. She looks at Leo "Don't go." She replied sleepily
"I'll be back soon. You get some rest." Leo replied
Yuuki watched as she saw him leave then laid back down rolling on her side.
(I have a bad feeling about this. I just hope that I'm wrong.)
Leo ran across the rooftops on his morning run. As he was running, one person popped into his mind, Yuuki. Every time he closed his eyes, she was there. Every time he meditated she was there clouding his thoughts. Every time she entered the lair to visit him and his brothers and Master Splinter, she made his heart skipped a beat.
He came to only one conclusion. He finally admitted it to himself. He was in love with her. No matter how hard he tried to shake that thought from his mind. He couldn't.
Leo out a sigh in frustration and continued his run. As he jumped across a rooftop, he didn't notice a few foot ninjas in an alley. They started to follow him one of them drew their sword and lunges at him. Leo quickly ducked and kicked them away then quickly turned around facing the ninjas, glaring at them. He pulled his swords out. Suddenly, he senses something then turned and saw more ninjas. They gestured the ninjas to attack him. Leo looked and saw a rope. He quickly jumped landing on top of the fallen ninja he had kicked. He jumped off of them and grabbed the rope then cuts it and swings to another building.
The chase had begun.
back at April's, Mikey and the other brothers snored. He waved his hand in front of his face then slammed it into his face. He let out a yell in surprise waking everyone up.
"What?! What is it?!" Raph asked as he quickly pulled out his sais
Mikey chuckled awkwardly "Oh man. I slept on my hand and it got numb and it hit my face, I thought somebody slapped me. Don't you hate that?"
Everyone stared at him then Raph walked towards the bathroom "Words fail me." He muttered
Mikey quickly flipped over him beating Raph to the bathroom "First dibs on the bathroom!" He slammed the door in Raph's face. Raph let out a defeated sigh leaning his head on the door.
Yuuki snickered and let out a sigh in relief "Well at least I won't get to see you naked again."
Raph turned to look at her "Oh then how come your face turned beet red when you saw me in just a towel?"
Yuuki's eyes widened and she quickly blushed and looked away.
"Hey, why are you blushing?" Donnie teased
"Admit it, you liked what you see." Raph teased also
Yuuki rolled her eyes "You guys are so immature!"
Mikey made breakfast with the toaster burning behind him. April yawned as she walked in to see the others awake. "I really do have four turtles and a rat sleeping in my living room. I thought I was just having a really bad dream."
"You'll learn to live with it." Yuuki commented
April sniffed when she smelled a burnt smell coming in the kitchen "Hey what's burning?!"
"Mikey's cooking." Raph answered
Mikey accidentally breaks the yolk in the pan. He whines then scrambled it "Hey scrambled is okay with everybody, right?"
" Again!?" Everyone asked and he cringed. He noticed someone was missing "Hey where's Leo?"
"He is engaged with his morning exercise." Splinter answered .
Donnie walked over to the window and looked out "If he doesn't get back soon. He's gonna get soaked. That sky's looking angry. " He commented, worried
Thunder struck loudly as he finished. Yuuki looked over, concerned
(Please let me be wrong. Let him come back safe.)
Leo climbed up a building breathing and panting heavily as he did. He bent down to rest and take a breath until a ninja jumps out in front of him. Leo looks up and sees a small army of them. He backed up towards the edge of the building then pulled out his swords growling at them. They charged at him.
Leo quickly jumped stepping on two of their heads then kicked two down. He kicked and slashed with his katanas. He jumps down to see all of the ninjas defeated. He hears something nearby and turned to see more ninjas. He glared at them and thunder struck out. He looked up at the clouds as it started to rain. He stared looking at the ninjas armed with various different weapons. He lets out an irritated growl.
Raph catched a stray plate as it does at him "Got it. Thanks." Mikey threw some more dishes at him while April looks in worry "Ah, no!"
"One more!" Mikey throws another dish to Raph "Not the china!" April yelled out
She flinched as she heard it broke "Oops." She sighed and placed a hand on her head "Why should today be any different?"
"Kids." Splinter replied as he read the newspaper
"Sorry April." Mikey replied
" Yeah sorry. " Raph replied "Uh you got any glue?"
"Don't sweat it. I realize that it's tough for six people...to share a one person apartment." April replied as he fixed her hair. Donnie helped sit her down "Don't worry well be out of your way as soon as we can." He assured her.
"Don't get me wrong. I love you guys, I really do. It's just...my place too small." April explained " "We'll leave as soon as the foot ninjas are gone from the tunnels surrounding our lair." Splinter replied
Mikey walked past them carrying six plates of food and toast. "Uh can I help you with that very delicate china, Mikey?" April asked nervously
"No, thanks. I got it." Mikey replied and he threw them up into the air. April let out a shriek and covered her eyes, expecting shattering. But nothing happened. She looked and saw that the plates had landed on the table, neatly.
"Ninja training." Mikey laughed
He sat down and began to scarf down his food.
"Say what you can about Mikey, the guy knows how to scramble an egg." Raph replied with his mouth full. Yuuki frowned, "Don't talk with your mouth full." She replied a little grossed out.
"One would think that table manners would be part of their training." April replied
"One would think." Splinter answered
"Shouldn't Leo be back by now?" Mikey asked "Hey of the five of us, Leo's the one You never have to worry about." Donnie replied
"I hope you're right Donnie." Yuuki replied softly
Leo scowled as he faced the army of ninjas. He kicked one from behind and fends off with another. He kicks three ninjas then split kicks two more. Eventually they were all defeated. Leo panted heavily starting to feel exhausted. He backs away and sheathed his swords. He looks up on I top of the building to see two foot tech ninjas. They jump down towards him and he jumped back out of their way. He quickly pulled out his swords.
They activated their camouflage, now invisible. Leo looks around not being able to see them. But he could hear their footsteps in the puddles as it continued to rain. One bite him in the shell and he growled before he was kicked away. He grunted as he waited for them to approach. But they knock him back. They picked him up and began to carry him to the edge of the roof. They threw Leo off and he screamed as he falls. He quickly puts his swords away and managed to grab the edge of the other building just in time. He slammed against the wall hard as he did. He lets out an growl in anger then climbed up and positioned with one of his swords out. He sees the footsteps of the tech ninjas. Leo reached up and pulled his masked around covering his eyes. He waited.
Drip.
Leo kicked away one ninja and they become visible as they were knocked down. One more to go... Leo waited in silence. He hears more footsteps and jumped before swinging down his sword slashing the cloaking tech on the ninja. He kicked them knocking them out. Leo turned his mask back around to see both of the tech ninjas defeated. He bowed and running off. Two ninjas watched from afar.
Raph and Donnie washed the dishes from breakfast. Mikey peeked in from the doorway "Do you need any help?"
"Keep him away from the dishes!" April yelled out. Mikey grinned and pulled his fist in the air "Yes! It worked!" He laughed and walked away. "Is it me or is he getting worse?" Raph asked Donnie. Lighting struck outside. "Leo must be nuts to be out in this weather." Donnie replied as he handed Raph an dish to dry. "Ah you know Leo and his training. Nothing stops him."
Leo jumps back and takes a stance facing the ninjas. He stayed silent. Someone walks up from behind the group of foot ninjas towards him, Hun. He growled at Leo. Leo looked back completely unfazed. Hun cracked his knuckles and Leo gestured him with his hand. Hun charged at him and Leo jumps over him gesturing to Hun again. Hun grabbed a pipe next to him lunges at Leo. Leo jumped to strike him but was knocked back. Hun inched closer towards him. For a split second Yuuki flashed into Leo's mind. He was not going to go down like this. the
Leo jumped over Hun again as he charged then disarmed him. Leo kicked him into a chimney and it collapsed on top of turned his head looking at the other ninjas "Boo!" They backed away startled falling off of the roof. Leo runs off panting and stumbled as he did.
Raph and Donnie watched a football game on TV. "Panthers, Rams, Bears, they even have dolphins! Think they would have room for something little more...reptilian." Raph complained
" The turtles? My friend, unfortunately the lowly turtle has been saddled by society with the stereotype of being velocity unchallenged. "
"Say what?" Raph asked in confusion
Mikey walks in front of the TV "May I have your attention please!"
Everyone turned to look at him. He burped out loudly. Donnie and Raph stared at him then clapped "Cool. " Mikey bowed at them. "Eww!" April exclaimed in disgust and covered her face. "This is what I have to live with all the time." Splinter replied
" I'm so sorry for you." Yuuki replied as she shook her head
Donnie realized what he was doing and stopped " I can't believe i just clapped for that. " Raph stared at his hands before standing up "That's it! I'm gonna look for Leo so we can get this show on the road. No offense April but we need to get back to our lair. I'm going stir crazy."
"You are going nowhere until your brother returns! Sit!" Splinter replied sternly
"Man, what a ship. We gotta sit here on our butts while Leo's out there having all of the fun."
April got up as she heard the tea kettle whistled then poured some into cups. She handed it to everyone until she reached Yuuki last and handed hers.
As April handed Yuuki her cup of tea. The cup cracked in Yuuki's hands, spilling some of it, and she burned herself.
"Oh my gosh! Are you okay? April asked worried as she went to get a wet rag to cool the burn
"I'm fine." Yuuki answered as she rubbed her hand
Splinter stared at the cracked cup with an ominous look before continuing to drink his.
Leo jumped across the rooftops trying to escape the ninjas and Hun. He had enough of this. He turned around and faced them pulling out his swords. He panted as a dozen ninjas approached him. He jumps and kicked them away defeating them. Hun makes an angry look and charges at him. Leo uses an antenna to knock him back. Hun wiped his mouth then looks up. He smirked evilly and laughed and backed away.
Leo looks at them confused. He looks behind him and saw four ninjas, the Elite ninjas. They all wore same hats but wielded different weapons. He looks at them in shock. The ninjas stared at him. Leo jumped at them but they vanished as soon as he lands. They appear in front of Hun below. Leo positioned himself but all of them turned away from Leo and bowed in a different direction.
Leo looked in their direction and let out a gasp in shock "No." He replied in disbelief.
Standing in front of him was the Shredder, alive.
The Elite disappear then reappeared and they all cornered Leo in. He tried to fight them off but they quickly overpowered him. He kneels down completely exhausted and breathing heavily. Rain poured down on him and ran down his face. He gets back up and fights them again. But they were too strong. They knocked his swords out of his hands.
Back at April's everyone stared at the clock, it was 9:35. Leo should have been back hours ago. Raph punches his hands while Donnie pondered. Mikey scratched his head "Guys, I'm starting to get worried. Leo should've checked in by now."
"I know this is a first, but Mikey's right. " Donnie replied in disbelief
"Master Splinter?" Raph asked. Splinter sighed in defeat and nodded "Go."
"Geez, what if something really happened to him?" Mikey asked as they started to leave.
Leo crashes through the window and everyone looks in shock and horror. He lands on the floor, bruised. Yuuki felt her heart dropped and split in two as she saw him. She quickly rushed over to him "Leo!"
"Leo what happened?!" Raph growled as he demanded
Mikey kneels beside him and lifted his head up. Leo struggled as he opened his eyes. His vision was cloudy everything was spinning. "Who did this to you?!" Raph asked as his vision started to clear a bit. They all stared at him worried. Leo shuts his eyes as he drifted out of consciousness. Raph growled in anger and clenched his fist. "I'm gonna find out who did this!" He pulled out his sais and started to walk towards the window getting ready to jump out.
"No Raph...wait." Leo called out weakly to him. Raph returns to him and he bent down and Leo whispered "He's back...The...Shredder." Leo murmured quietly before his eyes rolled into the back of his head, closing them. His head fell back. Everyone let out a gasp in disbelief. They looked towards the broken window that Leo had crashed into.
The Elite bowed and handed the Shredder Leo's swords. He takes them and breaks them into pieces as they scattered into the air. He tosses them aside and laughing evilly.