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Fortunately they didn’t have far to fall before landing on a building. \n\n“That was most unpleasant,” the robotic voice of Honeycutt commented. \n\n“Fuck,” Raph grunted as he sat up.\n\nDonnie looked at him, “We really need to work on your diction.”\n\nRaph glared at him, “If I could flip you off, I would.”\n\n“Of that I have no doubt,” Donnie replied tartly.\n\n“Where are we?” Karai looked around.\n\nMikey looked over the edge of the building and pointed, “I see humans.”\n\nLeo pulled him back, “Be careful. We don’t need to be seen.” It was evening, but there was still enough sunlight to be seen and they were not on a very high building. He turned to Karai, “We need you to go down and find out where we are.”\n\nKarai nodded, “You five stay here. I’ll be back.” She disappeared over the side of the building. \n\n“Can we trust her?” Donnie asked.\n\n“I hope so,” Leo answered. \n\n“I’m getting sick of you guys not being sure of things,” Raph snapped. \n\n“This is a complicated situation, Raph,” Leo snapped back.\n\n“I’m a robot,” Honeycutt was looking down at his hands. “I’m in Sal’s body. What happened to mine?”\n\nDonnie walked over to the robot and placed a hand on the metallic shoulder, “It was burned beyond saving when you were struck by lightning.”\n\n“Oh,” Honeycutt replied in shock. “I’m a robot.”\n\n“Poor guy,” Mikey pouted sitting next to Raph who laid back. \n\n“I hope we’re not too far from home,” Donnie also sat. “I didn’t have much time to set the targeting systems fully.”\n\nRaph turned his head to look at Donnie, “Great.” \n\n“Raph,” Mikey whispered, “he did the best he could.”\n\n“We were being rushed by Federation troops,” Donnie explained. “They were probably going to detain us and take the transmat device for themselves. Then we would never have gotten home.”\n\n“Why did they start rushing the house all of a sudden?” Raph asked sitting up. “Did someone tell them about the transmat?”\n\nHoneycutt shook his head, “They have been watching me for some time now. When I got stuck by lightning and transferred to this robotic body, I lost all of my rights. I’m sure they did not know about the transmat device and that they were coming after me so that they could force me to build them one.”\n\n“You’re safe from them now, Professor,” Donatello reassured him.\n\n“Am I?” Honeycutt mumbled. “I wonder,” he looked up to the sky. “How far are we from my home world?”\n\nDonnie looked up at him, “Light-years away.”\n\n“When one can travel at light speed,” Honeycutt told him, “light-years is not that far away.”\n\n“If they can travel at light speed, what the hell do they want a transmat for?” Raph grumbled. \n\n“To be able to transport fusion bombs into the belly of their enemy’s ships,” Honeycutt answered flatly. “There is a great war going on between the Federation and the Triceratons. It has been raging for decades.”\n\n“Do you think they would follow us here?” Mikey asked. \n\n“Possibly,” Honeycutt nodded his head, “to get the transmat devise.”\n\n“Great,” Raph groaned. “Just great.”\n\nKarai returned to the rooftop, “We are in Northampton.”\n\n“Oh,” Raph stood up. “Let me give you my gran’s number. You can call her and we can wait out at the farm until someone can get us and take us back to New York.”\n\n“There’s that turtle luck,” Mikey smiled. \n\n\n**\n\n\nSteve’s phone rang. He and Carla were still at Foot headquarters waiting for Yoshi and Nagi to come up with a plan. He looked down at the caller ID, “It’s my mom.” He answered it, “Hello?.... Raph?!”\n\nEveryone stopped what they were doing and looked at him. Carla and Shen both approached him as he listened to Raph. Steve nodded his head, “We’ll be there as soon as we can…. Love you too, son.” He closed his phone, “They’re back at the farm.”\n\n\n**\n\n\nThey sat next to the fireplace to stay warm while Grandma Rose served them hot chocolate. Karai slept on a nearby sofa, she was suffering from ‘morning sickness’ at night. Mikey was soon humming in a blissful daze while he watched the flickering fire in front of him. “I could stay here forever.”\n\n“You are welcome here anytime,” Rose told him from her armchair. “You’re family now.” She was knitting a baby blanket for an expected great grandchild. “I’ve noticed a joy in Raphael that I haven’t seen in quite some time. I believe that I have you to thank for that.”\n\nMikey’s face split into a big grin, “He makes me happy too.”\n\nDonatello drank his hot chocolate, savoring the latest sweet that was a rarity for him to have, and then he finished his cup, “Is there any more?”\n\n“One should be enough, Donatello,” Leo said sipping his. \n\nDonatello licked the last remaining drops from his lips and looked down in his empty cup. Rose chuckled, “There’s more in the kitchen as well as cookies that should be cool by now, if you could get them for us.” He was on his feet in a heartbeat heading to the kitchen. \n\n“We really don’t need all those sweets,” Leo hollered after him. “Mother will be unhappy.” He sighed. \n\n“So you won’t be having any then?” Rose asked without looking up from her knitting. \n\nLeo sipped his coco and when Donnie returned with a plate piled high with chocolate chip and walnut cookies, the forest-green turtle helped himself to a few then got up for a second cup of hot chocolate. Together, the four Turtles finished the plate. \n\n\n**\n\n\nCasey watched the young dark haired woman in the Foot lab. She had some nasty red scars covering the parts of her body that he could see and he was sure that there were a lot more that he couldn’t see. Despite these scars he found her to be beautiful. \n\nShe must have noticed him watching her because she walked up to him then looked him in the eye, “Don’t I know you from somewhere?”\n\n“Um, depends,” he answered rubbing the back of his head. “Ever heard of Sticky Candy?”\n\n“I was there a few months ago for a friend’s bachelorette party,” she blushed. “You were on stage.”\n\nCasey grinned, “I only do it when I really need the money.” ‘Which is a lot,’ he thought to himself. “My name’s Casey.”\n\n“April,” she looked at the wall. “You’re a member of the Jones family.”\n\nCasey nodded. \n\n“I should get back to work,” she glanced at him briefly before walking away.\n\n“So, since I’m a Jones you’re not going to give me a chance?”\n\n“No. That’s not it,” she turned to look at him. “It’s just right now I can’t look at you without seeing you naked.” She continued to walk.\n\n“That’s not a bad thing,” he smiled. “I look good naked.”\n\nShe turned around and walked back to him, “You want a chance?”\n\nCasey nodded.\n\n“Like, a date?”\n\nCasey moved in close and whispered, “Yeah.”\n\n“Okay,” she backed up a little. “But only because you look so good naked.” A smile crept across her face, “I have to get back to work. We’ll set up the date later.” She turned to head back into the lab, “I’ll see you later, Casey Jones.”\n\n“Absolutely,” he grinned. \n\n\n\n**\n\n\nBy the time Nagi and their parents got to the farm, Grandma Rose had taught the Turtles to play gin and they were deep into a game. So they watched them from the doorway. Donnie picked the game up quick to the frustration of Raph, who had been playing since he was eight. Honeycutt was sitting with Rose, learning how to knit. He was still fumbling with his new robot body, so it was funny in a sad kind of way to watch him. \n\n“Fuck,” Raph slammed his cards down on the table.\n\n“Raphael,” Rose warned. \n\n“Sorry grandma,” Raph mumbled picking the cards back up.\n\n“You can’t beat a genius,” Leo shrugged placing his cards on the table. \n\nMikey stared at his cards, “I still don’t think I get it.”\n\nDonnie patted his arm, “That’s okay, Mikey. You can beat me at videogames when we get home.”\n\nMikey smiled, “Okay.”\n\n“Hey,” Shen got their attention.\n\nAll four sprang from their seats and charged towards their parents. “Mommy,” Mikey cried out before colliding with his mother.\n\nThe second Raph saw the look of concern on his mother’s face he knew that she knew and he lost it. He fell into her arms crying, “He cut off my tail.” He sobbed, “It hurt so much.” He hated that he was crying in front of the others but he couldn’t stop himself. He hated the idea that he would be see as weak, by them. \n\n“Was it Doctor Mathews?” Nagi asked. “We have reason to believe that he works for Shredder.”\n\n“He does, father,” Leo answered. “But it was Stockman who removed Raph’s tail.”\n\n“What a horrible man,” Carla said as she patted Raph head. “We’ll have your uncles take a look once we get back to New York.”\n\n“He is fully healed, ma’am,” Honeycutt said as he approached them. \n\n“Boys,” Nagi walked up to Honeycutt, “you have a robot?”\n\n“It’s a long story, Master,” Donnie said, “one that we can tell you about on the way home.”\n\n“Then let’s go home,” Nagi turned to them.\n\n“What about your lady friend,” Honeycutt pointed out. “She is still resting in the other room.”\n\nNagi looked at Leonardo, “Lady friend?”\n\nLeo bowed, “While in captivity… Karai presented herself to us. She helped us escape…, more or less.”\n\nYoshi started walking towards the other room, “Is she in here?”\n\n“Father, please,” Leo ran up to him. “She has been through enough.”\n\n“She owes us answers,” Yoshi threw the doors open. “Karai!”\n\nKarai got up quickly from the couch and kneeled at Yoshi’s feet, “Master.”\n\n“Give me one good reason I shouldn’t sever your head right now,” Yoshi growled. \n\n“Because it’s illegal,” Steve answered. \n\nYoshi turned to glare at him for a second before returning his attention to Karai, “Well?”\n\n“I beg your forgiveness, Master,” she began. “But you threw me to a rabid dog and told me to watch it.” Her eyes flicked behind Yoshi to land on Nagi, “Your brother is no longer human, he is a monster. He has spies in your organization and they had acquired mutagen for him, among other things. He has used it on animal and human alike, and when they displease him he kills them without mercy.” Her eyes dripped with tears as they drifted to the floor, “The horrors I have seen. That I have endured. I could not get away, he… favored me. I am sick with the memories.” She stifled a sob, “There were nights I wanted to die.”\n\nYoshi dropped to his knees in front of her and cupped her face in his hands, “I am sorry. We had no idea.”\n\nNagi stepped forward, “You said ‘spies’, more than one. Who?”\n\n“Doctor Mathews,” she answered. \n\n“We already knew about him,” Nagi waved his hand. \n\n“Riu,” she continued, “and Mako.”\n\n“Mako?” Leo gasped. “He’s my most trusted friend.”\n\n“That is what he was ordered to do,” Karai answered weakly. “He was the one who told us that you would all be here, at the farm.” Karai’s eye rose up to meet Nagi’s, “He also told us about the young man you are interested in. Takahashi, he is not safe.”\n\n“Are those the only spies,” panic was in Nagi’s voice. “Can I trust the other members of the Foot?”\n\nKarai shrugged, “As far as I know.”\n\nNagi pulled his cell out from his kimono and left the room. Steve pulled his phone out as well, “I’m calling Sean to find Parker now. I hope we’re not too late.”\n\n\n**\n\n\nParker turned the key locking up for the night. “Bye, Takahashi,” his coworkers waved as they walked the other way. It was a busy night at the bar and they were getting out extremely late. The apartments were within walking distance so he decided to hoof it. His breath could be seen in the cold night air. Winter was moving in quickly this year. \n\nHe had walked the streets several times in the past few years and not once did he feel frightened, until tonight. He kept checking over his shoulder to see if anyone was following, but saw no one. He considered a cab, but there were none on the street. \n\nHe checked behind him again and when he turned back around there was a man in front of him. Startled for a moment he moved to go around the man, but the man stepped in his way. A surge of fear spread through Parker as he looked up into the man’s eyes, “Can I help you?”\n\nThe man shrugged, “I’m just following orders.”\n\nParker backed away, “Please. Wh… who? Wh… why?”\n\n“Does that really matter,” the man grunted pulling a knife. \n\nParker backed up into another man and a small whimper escaped from his throat. Tears ran down his cheeks as the second man’s arms wrapped around him and the first man moved toward him. Then the first man grunted and a look of confusion and shock spread across his face as his legs buckled. He fell to the ground to reveal the arrow sticking out of his back. \n\nParker’s breath hitched as he felt something wiz by his face. The second man’s grip loosened as he fell to the ground. Parker turned to look down at him to see an arrow in his face. A scream caught in his throat. He backed away from the dead men and into another. The scream broke free as panic was renewed. \n\n“It’s alright,” the man behind him soothed. “Nagi ordered us to find you and to bring you to Foot Headquarters.”\n\nParker turned to see that the third man was dressed as a ninja. He looked around, “Us? I only see you.”\n\nDespite the fact that the man was wearing a mask, Parker could see that a smile spread across his face, “There are four others hidden in the shadows and will remain hidden until we make it back to Foot Headquarters.”\n\nParker looked down at the two dead men, “What about them?”\n\n“They will be taken care of,” the ninja reassured him.\n\nParker’s body shook from more than cold as they walked the streets to Foot HQ. The ninja hid in the shadows when they passed through busy streets. Parker didn’t like walking alone, he knew they were there but wasn’t sure that they would be able to come to his rescue fast enough. \n\nWhen they finally got to the large building two cars were also pulling up to its front. The driver side door of the first car flew open and Nagi rushed out. The second car had his Aunt Carla and Uncle Steve rushing out of it. Nagi threw his arms around Parker, “Are you alright?”\n\nParker managed to nod his head.\n\nThe ninja knelt on the ground in front of Nagi, “We got to him in time, Master.”\n\n“Thank you,” Nagi nodded. He held Parker tight, “I’m sorry. My brother wants to hurt me so went after you. You’ll be safe here.”\n\nNagi led Parker through the compound, up to the living quarters and into his room. Nagi helped him undress to his undergarments then numbly Parker let himself be guided to the tatami where he laid down. Nagi covered him with a sheet and kissed his head, “There is a guard at the door. I will have your uncles come in and check on you as soon as they get here.” Nagi stood, “Right now I have other matters to tend to, but as soon as I’m done I will lay down with you.” \n\nHe walked the halls of the compound to a room where they keep prisoners. Riu and Mako were bound and sitting in chairs, signs of their interrogation showed on their faces. He walked up and struck Mako across the face, “Traitor.”\n\nMako stayed defiant, “I never worked for you, so I cannot be a traitor. I am a ninja spy, loyal to your brother. I have done nothing wrong.”\n\nNagi leaned in close, “You will tell us everything.”\n\nMako looked Nagi in the eye, “I will tell you nothing.”\n\n“Everyone breaks,” Nagi growled. \n\n\n**\n\n\nDonatello looked over the components that Shredder demanded from the Foot and smiled. “Now I know why it didn’t work properly. This is the alien’s schematics. I corrected a plethora of problems to get the transmat device to work for them.” He pondered the words on the paper in his hand. “I wonder if he knows we’re back.”\n\n“As far as we know,” Yoshi replied, “no.” He sighed, “We don’t know if Mako or Riu had the chance to contact Shredder while we were away.”\n\n“I can rig these components to destroy the transmat that Shredder has,” Donnie said looking at his father. “Do you want to risk it?”\n\nYoshi nodded, “It’s the best chance we have right now to stop him.”\n\n\n**\n\n\nLeonardo stood with Karai as Billy examined her. The Foot medical ward was fully equipped for every kind of exam including sonograms. They all looked at the screen to see the baby that was growing in Karai’s womb. \n\n“You’re about twelve weeks along,” Billy told her. “Too early to see the gender, but it is healthy and I can’t see any abnormalities.”\n\n“Can you run more tests?” Karai asked. “If it is an abomination, I will want to terminate.”\n\nBilly nodded, “I understand. I warn you though, that there is a chance that you will lose the baby anyway. You’ve had several abortions already, and your body may just terminate it for you.” He took a deep breath, “I can do an amniocentesis test, but it will further increase your chances of a miscarriage.”\n\nKarai nodded, “Yes.”\n\n\n**\n\n\nRaphael woke up to the sound of Mikey laughing. His parents agreed to let Raph stay at Foot Headquarters and he stayed the night in Mikey’s room. Mikey chuckled again and Raph went over to see what his love was laughing at. \n\nMikey was watching television while eating a bowl of oatmeal, his tail thumping on the floor. Raph chuckled at the sight and walked over to sit next to Mikey. “What are you watching?” Raph looked at the TV. \n\n“Peter Rabbit,” Mikey answered past a mouth full of oatmeal. \n\nRaph looked at the youngest Turtle, “Isn’t this a show for kids?”\n\nMikey paused mid bite, “But I like it.”\n\nRaph sighed, “It’s moments like these that you make me feel like a pedo, you know that.”\n\n“We’re the same age,” Mikey glared at him. “It’s a funny show.” Mikey took another bite, “You don’t have to be an ass about it.”\n\n“You just said ‘ass’,” Raph smiled. \n\nMikey looked at him, “Yes I did. Now be quiet, I’m trying to watch my show.”\n\nRaph reached back and started to play with Mikey’s tail causing his love to churr. “You know,” Raph husked, “It’s your sweet innocents that I love the most, but when you talk dirty it really gets me going.”\n\nMikey churred again looking over at Raph, “I’ve seen this one anyway.”\n\n\n**\n\n\nNagi had made the delivery to the specified place and Shredder’s Dragons collected it. His scientists added the last components to his transmat device and set it to warm up, and Saki waited. \n\nSeveral hours passed before the scientists told him that the device was ready. “A simple test is in order,” Shredder ordered. “Place the pig on the platform.”\n\nA hogtied and gaged Bebop was dragged squealing to the platform by several Dragon goons. They left him there and distanced themselves from it. Scientists worked at the control panels, “Where would you like to send him to master?”\n\n“Send him to the moon and back,” he growled. 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A handful of others also managed to escape, including the Elite. He looked down at his two mutant minions, “It looks like you got a stay of execution, pig.”\n\n\n**\n\n\nDetective Sean walked into Foot Headquarters and was led to Nagi’s office. The ninja master was sitting at his desk going over a backlog of paper work. Sean cleared his throat.\n\nNagi looked up, “Do you have some information for me?”\n\nSean nodded, “There has been a massive fire in one of the warehouses on Ladmen Island.”\n\n“Why is this of any interest to me?” Nagi asked.\n\n“From what the investigators can tell, there was a large device of some kind. Complete with a platform,” Sean informed him. “There were also rooms that looked like they were used for interrogation, holding prisoners, and living quarters, all underneath the building itself.”\n \n“That’s fascinating,” Nagi smiled, “but what does it have to do with me?”\n\nSean placed his hands on Nagi’s desk and leaned in, “Don’t play games.”\n\n“I never play,” Nagi glared back. \n\n“Hundreds are dead,” Sean stood up. “Just so you know. If we find anything that might interest you, I’ll be sure to let you know.”\n\n“I seriously doubt you will find anything there that will, Detective.”\n","writing_bbcode_parsed":"The sensation of falling was not a pleasant one for Donatello. His stomach lurched and his muscles hurt in anticipation of impact. And for it to happen right after being teleported, only added to the discomfort. Fortunately they didn’t have far to fall before landing on a building.

“That was most unpleasant,” the robotic voice of Honeycutt commented.

“Fuck,” Raph grunted as he sat up.

Donnie looked at him, “We really need to work on your diction.”

Raph glared at him, “If I could flip you off, I would.”

“Of that I have no doubt,” Donnie replied tartly.

“Where are we?” Karai looked around.

Mikey looked over the edge of the building and pointed, “I see humans.”

Leo pulled him back, “Be careful. We don’t need to be seen.” It was evening, but there was still enough sunlight to be seen and they were not on a very high building. He turned to Karai, “We need you to go down and find out where we are.”

Karai nodded, “You five stay here. I’ll be back.” She disappeared over the side of the building.

“Can we trust her?” Donnie asked.

“I hope so,” Leo answered.

“I’m getting sick of you guys not being sure of things,” Raph snapped.

“This is a complicated situation, Raph,” Leo snapped back.

“I’m a robot,” Honeycutt was looking down at his hands. “I’m in Sal’s body. What happened to mine?”

Donnie walked over to the robot and placed a hand on the metallic shoulder, “It was burned beyond saving when you were struck by lightning.”

“Oh,” Honeycutt replied in shock. “I’m a robot.”

“Poor guy,” Mikey pouted sitting next to Raph who laid back.

“I hope we’re not too far from home,” Donnie also sat. “I didn’t have much time to set the targeting systems fully.”

Raph turned his head to look at Donnie, “Great.”  

“Raph,” Mikey whispered, “he did the best he could.”

“We were being rushed by Federation troops,” Donnie explained. “They were probably going to detain us and take the transmat device for themselves. Then we would never have gotten home.”

“Why did they start rushing the house all of a sudden?” Raph asked sitting up. “Did someone tell them about the transmat?”

Honeycutt shook his head, “They have been watching me for some time now. When I got stuck by lightning and transferred to this robotic body, I lost all of my rights. I’m sure they did not know about the transmat device and that they were coming after me so that they could force me to build them one.”

“You’re safe from them now, Professor,” Donatello reassured him.

“Am I?” Honeycutt mumbled. “I wonder,” he looked up to the sky. “How far are we from my home world?”

Donnie looked up at him, “Light-years away.”

“When one can travel at light speed,” Honeycutt told him, “light-years is not that far away.”

“If they can travel at light speed, what the hell do they want a transmat for?” Raph grumbled.  

“To be able to transport fusion bombs into the belly of their enemy’s ships,” Honeycutt answered flatly. “There is a great war going on between the Federation and the Triceratons. It has been raging for decades.”

“Do you think they would follow us here?” Mikey asked.

“Possibly,” Honeycutt nodded his head, “to get the transmat devise.”

“Great,” Raph groaned. “Just great.”

Karai returned to the rooftop, “We are in Northampton.”

“Oh,” Raph stood up. “Let me give you my gran’s number. You can call her and we can wait out at the farm until someone can get us and take us back to New York.”

“There’s that turtle luck,” Mikey smiled.


**


Steve’s phone rang. He and Carla were still at Foot headquarters waiting for Yoshi and Nagi to come up with a plan. He looked down at the caller ID, “It’s my mom.” He answered it, “Hello?.... Raph?!”

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him. Carla and Shen both approached him as he listened to Raph. Steve nodded his head, “We’ll be there as soon as we can…. Love you too, son.” He closed his phone, “They’re back at the farm.”


**


They sat next to the fireplace to stay warm while Grandma Rose served them hot chocolate. Karai slept on a nearby sofa, she was suffering from ‘morning sickness’ at night. Mikey was soon humming in a blissful daze while he watched the flickering fire in front of him. “I could stay here forever.”

“You are welcome here anytime,” Rose told him from her armchair. “You’re family now.” She was knitting a baby blanket for an expected great grandchild. “I’ve noticed a joy in Raphael that I haven’t seen in quite some time. I believe that I have you to thank for that.”

Mikey’s face split into a big grin, “He makes me happy too.”

Donatello drank his hot chocolate, savoring the latest sweet that was a rarity for him to have, and then he finished his cup, “Is there any more?”

“One should be enough, Donatello,” Leo said sipping his.

Donatello licked the last remaining drops from his lips and looked down in his empty cup. Rose chuckled, “There’s more in the kitchen as well as cookies that should be cool by now, if you could get them for us.” He was on his feet in a heartbeat heading to the kitchen.

“We really don’t need all those sweets,” Leo hollered after him. “Mother will be unhappy.” He sighed.

“So you won’t be having any then?” Rose asked without looking up from her knitting.

Leo sipped his coco and when Donnie returned with a plate piled high with chocolate chip and walnut cookies, the forest-green turtle helped himself to a few then got up for a second cup of hot chocolate. Together, the four Turtles finished the plate.


**


Casey watched the young dark haired woman in the Foot lab. She had some nasty red scars covering the parts of her body that he could see and he was sure that there were a lot more that he couldn’t see. Despite these scars he found her to be beautiful.

She must have noticed him watching her because she walked up to him then looked him in the eye, “Don’t I know you from somewhere?”

“Um, depends,” he answered rubbing the back of his head. “Ever heard of Sticky Candy?”

“I was there a few months ago for a friend’s bachelorette party,” she blushed. “You were on stage.”

Casey grinned, “I only do it when I really need the money.” ‘Which is a lot,’ he thought to himself. “My name’s Casey.”

“April,” she looked at the wall. “You’re a member of the Jones family.”

Casey nodded.

“I should get back to work,” she glanced at him briefly before walking away.

“So, since I’m a Jones you’re not going to give me a chance?”

“No. That’s not it,” she turned to look at him. “It’s just right now I can’t look at you without seeing you naked.” She continued to walk.

“That’s not a bad thing,” he smiled. “I look good naked.”

She turned around and walked back to him, “You want a chance?”

Casey nodded.

“Like, a date?”

Casey moved in close and whispered, “Yeah.”

“Okay,” she backed up a little. “But only because you look so good naked.” A smile crept across her face, “I have to get back to work. We’ll set up the date later.” She turned to head back into the lab, “I’ll see you later, Casey Jones.”

“Absolutely,” he grinned.



**


By the time Nagi and their parents got to the farm, Grandma Rose had taught the Turtles to play gin and they were deep into a game. So they watched them from the doorway. Donnie picked the game up quick to the frustration of Raph, who had been playing since he was eight. Honeycutt was sitting with Rose, learning how to knit. He was still fumbling with his new robot body, so it was funny in a sad kind of way to watch him.

“Fuck,” Raph slammed his cards down on the table.

“Raphael,” Rose warned.

“Sorry grandma,” Raph mumbled picking the cards back up.

“You can’t beat a genius,” Leo shrugged placing his cards on the table.

Mikey stared at his cards, “I still don’t think I get it.”

Donnie patted his arm, “That’s okay, Mikey. You can beat me at videogames when we get home.”

Mikey smiled, “Okay.”

“Hey,” Shen got their attention.

All four sprang from their seats and charged towards their parents. “Mommy,” Mikey cried out before colliding with his mother.

The second Raph saw the look of concern on his mother’s face he knew that she knew and he lost it. He fell into her arms crying, “He cut off my tail.” He sobbed, “It hurt so much.” He hated that he was crying in front of the others but he couldn’t stop himself. He hated the idea that he would be see as weak, by them.

“Was it Doctor Mathews?” Nagi asked. “We have reason to believe that he works for Shredder.”

“He does, father,” Leo answered. “But it was Stockman who removed Raph’s tail.”

“What a horrible man,” Carla said as she patted Raph head. “We’ll have your uncles take a look once we get back to New York.”

“He is fully healed, ma’am,” Honeycutt said as he approached them.

“Boys,” Nagi walked up to Honeycutt, “you have a robot?”

“It’s a long story, Master,” Donnie said, “one that we can tell you about on the way home.”

“Then let’s go home,” Nagi turned to them.

“What about your lady friend,” Honeycutt pointed out. “She is still resting in the other room.”

Nagi looked at Leonardo, “Lady friend?”

Leo bowed, “While in captivity… Karai presented herself to us. She helped us escape…, more or less.”

Yoshi started walking towards the other room, “Is she in here?”

“Father, please,” Leo ran up to him. “She has been through enough.”

“She owes us answers,” Yoshi threw the doors open. “Karai!”

Karai got up quickly from the couch and kneeled at Yoshi’s feet, “Master.”

“Give me one good reason I shouldn’t sever your head right now,” Yoshi growled.

“Because it’s illegal,” Steve answered.

Yoshi turned to glare at him for a second before returning his attention to Karai, “Well?”

“I beg your forgiveness, Master,” she began. “But you threw me to a rabid dog and told me to watch it.” Her eyes flicked behind Yoshi to land on Nagi, “Your brother is no longer human, he is a monster. He has spies in your organization and they had acquired mutagen for him, among other things. He has used it on animal and human alike, and when they displease him he kills them without mercy.” Her eyes dripped with tears as they drifted to the floor, “The horrors I have seen. That I have endured. I could not get away, he… favored me. I am sick with the memories.” She stifled a sob, “There were nights I wanted to die.”

Yoshi dropped to his knees in front of her and cupped her face in his hands, “I am sorry. We had no idea.”

Nagi stepped forward, “You said ‘spies’, more than one. Who?”

“Doctor Mathews,” she answered.

“We already knew about him,” Nagi waved his hand.

“Riu,” she continued, “and Mako.”

“Mako?” Leo gasped. “He’s my most trusted friend.”

“That is what he was ordered to do,” Karai answered weakly. “He was the one who told us that you would all be here, at the farm.” Karai’s eye rose up to meet Nagi’s, “He also told us about the young man you are interested in. Takahashi, he is not safe.”

“Are those the only spies,” panic was in Nagi’s voice. “Can I trust the other members of the Foot?”

Karai shrugged, “As far as I know.”

Nagi pulled his cell out from his kimono and left the room. Steve pulled his phone out as well, “I’m calling Sean to find Parker now. I hope we’re not too late.”


**


Parker turned the key locking up for the night. “Bye, Takahashi,” his coworkers waved as they walked the other way. It was a busy night at the bar and they were getting out extremely late. The apartments were within walking distance so he decided to hoof it. His breath could be seen in the cold night air. Winter was moving in quickly this year.

He had walked the streets several times in the past few years and not once did he feel frightened, until tonight. He kept checking over his shoulder to see if anyone was following, but saw no one. He considered a cab, but there were none on the street.

He checked behind him again and when he turned back around there was a man in front of him. Startled for a moment he moved to go around the man, but the man stepped in his way. A surge of fear spread through Parker as he looked up into the man’s eyes, “Can I help you?”

The man shrugged, “I’m just following orders.”

Parker backed away, “Please. Wh… who? Wh… why?”

“Does that really matter,” the man grunted pulling a knife.

Parker backed up into another man and a small whimper escaped from his throat. Tears ran down his cheeks as the second man’s arms wrapped around him and the first man moved toward him. Then the first man grunted and a look of confusion and shock spread across his face as his legs buckled. He fell to the ground to reveal the arrow sticking out of his back.

Parker’s breath hitched as he felt something wiz by his face. The second man’s grip loosened as he fell to the ground. Parker turned to look down at him to see an arrow in his face. A scream caught in his throat. He backed away from the dead men and into another. The scream broke free as panic was renewed.

“It’s alright,” the man behind him soothed. “Nagi ordered us to find you and to bring you to Foot Headquarters.”

Parker turned to see that the third man was dressed as a ninja.  He looked around, “Us? I only see you.”

Despite the fact that the man was wearing a mask, Parker could see that a smile spread across his face, “There are four others hidden in the shadows and will remain hidden until we make it back to Foot Headquarters.”

Parker looked down at the two dead men, “What about them?”

“They will be taken care of,” the ninja reassured him.

Parker’s body shook from more than cold as they walked the streets to Foot HQ. The ninja hid in the shadows when they passed through busy streets. Parker didn’t like walking alone, he knew they were there but wasn’t sure that they would be able to come to his rescue fast enough.

When they finally got to the large building two cars were also pulling up to its front. The driver side door of the first car flew open and Nagi rushed out. The second car had his Aunt Carla and Uncle Steve rushing out of it. Nagi threw his arms around Parker, “Are you alright?”

Parker managed to nod his head.

The ninja knelt on the ground in front of Nagi, “We got to him in time, Master.”

“Thank you,” Nagi nodded. He held Parker tight, “I’m sorry. My brother wants to hurt me so went after you. You’ll be safe here.”

Nagi led Parker through the compound, up to the living quarters and into his room. Nagi helped him undress to his undergarments then numbly Parker let himself be guided to the tatami where he laid down. Nagi covered him with a sheet and kissed his head, “There is a guard at the door. I will have your uncles come in and check on you as soon as they get here.” Nagi stood, “Right now I have other matters to tend to, but as soon as I’m done I will lay down with you.”

He walked the halls of the compound to a room where they keep prisoners. Riu and Mako were bound and sitting in chairs, signs of their interrogation showed on their faces. He walked up and struck Mako across the face, “Traitor.”

Mako stayed defiant, “I never worked for you, so I cannot be a traitor. I am a ninja spy, loyal to your brother. I have done nothing wrong.”

Nagi leaned in close, “You will tell us everything.”

Mako looked Nagi in the eye, “I will tell you nothing.”

“Everyone breaks,” Nagi growled.


**


Donatello looked over the components that Shredder demanded from the Foot and smiled. “Now I know why it didn’t work properly. This is the alien’s schematics. I corrected a plethora of problems to get the transmat device to work for them.” He pondered the words on the paper in his hand. “I wonder if he knows we’re back.”

“As far as we know,” Yoshi replied, “no.” He sighed, “We don’t know if Mako or Riu had the chance to contact Shredder while we were away.”

“I can rig these components to destroy the transmat that Shredder has,” Donnie said looking at his father. “Do you want to risk it?”

Yoshi nodded, “It’s the best chance we have right now to stop him.”


**


Leonardo stood with Karai as Billy examined her. The Foot medical ward was fully equipped for every kind of exam including sonograms. They all looked at the screen to see the baby that was growing in Karai’s womb.

“You’re about twelve weeks along,” Billy told her. “Too early to see the gender, but it is healthy and I can’t see any abnormalities.”

“Can you run more tests?” Karai asked. “If it is an abomination, I will want to terminate.”

Billy nodded, “I understand. I warn you though, that there is a chance that you will lose the baby anyway. You’ve had several abortions already, and your body may just terminate it for you.” He took a deep breath, “I can do an amniocentesis test, but it will further increase your chances of a miscarriage.”

Karai nodded, “Yes.”


**


Raphael woke up to the sound of Mikey laughing. His parents agreed to let Raph stay at Foot Headquarters and he stayed the night in Mikey’s room. Mikey chuckled again and Raph went over to see what his love was laughing at.

Mikey was watching television while eating a bowl of oatmeal, his tail thumping on the floor. Raph chuckled at the sight and walked over to sit next to Mikey. “What are you watching?” Raph looked at the TV.

“Peter Rabbit,” Mikey answered past a mouth full of oatmeal.

Raph looked at the youngest Turtle, “Isn’t this a show for kids?”

Mikey paused mid bite, “But I like it.”

Raph sighed, “It’s moments like these that you make me feel like a pedo, you know that.”

“We’re the same age,” Mikey glared at him. “It’s a funny show.” Mikey took another bite, “You don’t have to be an ass about it.”

“You just said ‘ass’,” Raph smiled.

Mikey looked at him, “Yes I did. Now be quiet, I’m trying to watch my show.”

Raph reached back and started to play with Mikey’s tail causing his love to churr. “You know,” Raph husked, “It’s your sweet innocents that I love the most, but when you talk dirty it really gets me going.”

Mikey churred again looking over at Raph, “I’ve seen this one anyway.”


**


Nagi had made the delivery to the specified place and Shredder’s Dragons collected it. His scientists added the last components to his transmat device and set it to warm up, and Saki waited.

Several hours passed before the scientists told him that the device was ready. “A simple test is in order,” Shredder ordered. “Place the pig on the platform.”

A hogtied and gaged Bebop was dragged squealing to the platform by several Dragon goons. They left him there and distanced themselves from it. Scientists worked at the control panels, “Where would you like to send him to master?”

“Send him to the moon and back,” he growled. He turned to look at Rocksteady, “As a lesson for his stupidity.”

Bebop struggled against his restraints, but they held tight. “Coordinates are set, Master,” one of the scientists informed him.

“Do it,” Saki nodded.

The scientists pressed the button and the panel exploded. Several others shot out sparks while other’s caught fire. The platform lit up and Bebop squealed in pain as it got hotter and hotter. Rocksteady left Shredder’s side and ran to pull his friend from the platform before it burst into flame.

He dragged his bound and whimpering friend to safety as more panels exploded. Shredder growled in anger walking among the scientists and throwing them into the fires. Taking advantage of the chaos, Rocksteady managed to pull Bebop free from the building as it began to burn down.

The rhino hoped that Shredder would also be lost to the flame, but had no such luck. Shredder casually walked from the building while screams of agony could be heard coming from inside. A handful of others also managed to escape, including the Elite. He looked down at his two mutant minions, “It looks like you got a stay of execution, pig.”


**


Detective Sean walked into Foot Headquarters and was led to Nagi’s office. The ninja master was sitting at his desk going over a backlog of paper work. Sean cleared his throat.

Nagi looked up, “Do you have some information for me?”

Sean nodded, “There has been a massive fire in one of the warehouses on Ladmen Island.”

“Why is this of any interest to me?” Nagi asked.

“From what the investigators can tell, there was a large device of some kind. Complete with a platform,” Sean informed him. “There were also rooms that looked like they were used for interrogation, holding prisoners, and living quarters, all underneath the building itself.”
  
“That’s fascinating,” Nagi smiled, “but what does it have to do with me?”

Sean placed his hands on Nagi’s desk and leaned in, “Don’t play games.”

“I never play,” Nagi glared back.

“Hundreds are dead,” Sean stood up. “Just so you know. If we find anything that might interest you, I’ll be sure to let you know.”

“I seriously doubt you will find anything there that will, Detective.”
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