Forever and Always

Home Invasion

"Perimeter breach. We've got incoming!"

Everyone gathered around Donnie's monitors. Emily's heart was in her throat. "Oh no, oh no. We've go two breaches: Fan room, and weapons wall." Emily looked at Leo.

"We need to get you guys out of here."

"We don't have time." Leo looked at his brothers. "Mikey, left flank. Donnie with me. We gotta go. Go, go, go!" The turtles ran towards the dojo. Emily grabbed April's hand.

"Come on!" She dragged the younger woman to the kitchen.

"How do you know your way around?"

"I've been living here for the past few months, remember?, Now get down!"

"No!" Splinter's shout rang through the home. "Get back!" A blast destroyed the weapons wall. A katana wedged itself in the wall between the girl's heads.

"Stay here." Emily grabbed the sword, twirling it behind her. "I'm going to find the guys." April just nodded, her fear evident in her eyes. Emily smiled comfortingly, resting a hand on April's head. "Hey, don't worry, alright?, I'll be fine."

With that, Emily jumped out from behind the desk. She circled around, sticking to the shadows. Glancing in the dojo, she saw Splinter taking out several armed men. 'He's fine.' She saw Leo, Raph, and Donnie fighting next. Hearing clanking, Emily glanced over her shoulder to see Mikey, spring up from the floor.

"I meant to do that!, I meant to do it!"

"We've got a breach in the fan room!"

"Raph!, Get to the fan room!"

"Why are you always telling me, what to do!?" Raph punched a man behind Leo.

"Just go." Leo picked up his katana. "Mikey!, We gotta get the girls out of here, now!"

"I got this!" The orange-masked terrapin jumped on his skateboard. He landed on a man. "April!, Come with me" He grabbed the woman's hands.

"I got a safe place for you to hide, and in case you get thirsty, I got a secret stash of Orange Crush behind the fridge." April stared at him. "Don't tell Raph!" She nodded. She ran with Mikey, ducking into his hiding spot. From here, she could watch everything.

A man in armor jumped into the dojo. "All these years, I've been trying to recreate the mutagen. And you... you just handed it to me." Splinter took off his sandals.

"You will not lay a hand on my sons." Splinter grabbed a katana, twirling in his hand. A chuckle sounded behind the metal mask.

"You sons?, You think you're their father!?" Shredder unsheathed his blades. Emily's heart dropped, but she didn't allow it to faze her. Instead of sitting by and doing nothing, she made her way through the rubble, trying to get to Splinter.

Splinter grunted as Shredder threw him into the ground. Just as he looked up at what he thought would be his death, a flash of black came into his vision. Emily jumped up onto the grate and slammed a katana into Shredder's power bank. The apparatus sparked and shuddered, allowing Splinter to crawl to his feet, as Shredder whirled around.

"You stupid girl!"

"Emily!" Splinter jumped up, wrapped his tail around her waist. He flung her back into a room. She gasped in pain as she made contact with the cement. He winced slightly at the thud she made, but he knew it wasn't fatal.

Standing, Emily limped her way over to a table. She rested against the wood. As her eyes lifted, her heart dropped. Splinter had locked them out of the dojo. Leo reached through the metal bars.

"Sensei!, Dad!, Dad!, What are you - What are you doing!?"

"Run!, Hide!" Shredder jumped across the gap, grabbing Splinter by the back of his kimono. "Save yourselves!" He threw the rat across the dojo. Leo and his brothers were able to lift the grate. They face off against the intruders, weapons at the ready.

Shredder picked up a now unconscious Splinter. "Children, drop your weapons. or your... father... will die." Gritting his teeth, Leo threw down his katana. Donnie and Mikey followed suit. Emily could only watch as Shredder slammed his fist into Splinter's torso... and as the boys were electrocuted. Her whole body wouldn't respond... no matter how much she tried to move.

As they walked out, Shredder noticed that he had one less mutant quarry than he had originally come for. "Where's the fourth?" The Foot solider next to him looked up.

"He's dead."

"Destroy this place." As soon as they were out of range, they blew up the sewer home.