Trust in the Shadows

Never Say Xever: Part 2

Alyssa's POV:

The turtles & I are standing on the edge of a rooftop across the street from a tattoo parlor. According to April, the parlor is the Purple Dragons' signature place to meet before going who-knows-where.

Leo: "April said this was the place."

Mikey: "Cool. Can we get tattoos? I want to get one of my face on my face. It'll be like I'm wearing a mask, and the mask is me."

We all stare at him in confusion as he crosses his arms and turns to us with a confident grin.

Mikey: "I just blew your minds, right?"

Donnie raises his index finger to point out something that might sway Mikey out of his request.

Donnie: "You know they use needles for that."

Raph signals for our attention as he turns back to the tattoo parlor with a 'tough guy' look.

Raph: "Can it, dorks. There he is."

We follow his gaze to see Fong walking out of the tattoo parlor and down the street into an old fortune cookie factory. We leap off the roof to break through the window and land in a defensive stance.

Leo: "Freeze, dirtbags."

Fong turns to us in surprise while Chris Bradford walks over to stand beside him, along with Xever.

Leo & I: "Uh oh."

Xever: "I think we can find them ourselves."

Mikey: "Oh, man. This is awkward. It's Chris Bradford, my ex-friend. And that other guy."

Xever: "The name is Xever. So you don't forget, I'll write it on your shells."

He pulls out a pair of butterfly knives with a menacing grin.

Xever: "With these."

{Time skip}

Since the start of our battle, we've managed to take down one of the three Purple Dragons, but Fong's still putting up quite a fight. He rushes to attack me from behind with a meat cleaver, but I dodge and kick him to hit the wall face-first. As he turns to face me, I hold him up against the wall with one of my kamas aimed at his neck.

Me: "You're making me very sorry I let you go."

I see Xever running to attack me from behind, and he succeeds and knocks me into a stack of wooden crates. I groan as I see him running toward me, but he pauses when my mask falls off.

Xever: "Chica?"

Luckily, Raph leaps over to shove him away as I pull myself together. They roll over one another before Xever kicks Raph into the air. Raph lands on the side of the wall, his feet & hands cushioning the blow as he slides down to stand in front of Xever. He pulls out his sais as Leo rushes to our aid with his katanas aimed at Xever from behind. Meanwhile, Mikey's fighting the third Purple Dragon while Donnie takes on Bradford. Chris dodges Donnie's attacks before kicking him as hard as possible. As Chris holds up a heavily injured Donnie, Mikey turns to him with a menacing look as he aims his nunchucks' blades at Chris.

Unfortunately, Chris catches the nunchuck as he turns to Mikey with a cocky grin. Mikey's eyes widen in shock as Chris leaps into the lair, pulling the nunchucks' chain to grab Mikey before slamming both turtles into the ground. As they both rise to stand. Donnie leans on Mikey for support, and Foot ninjas ambush the factory. Surrounded & outnumbered, we have no choice but to retreat to the lair.