Forever and Always

The Rescue

Emily gritted her teeth, pushing the piece of rubble off her leg. Flexing the appendage, she was relieved to find it wasn't broken, only severely bruised. Groaning, she sat up, blinking the stars from her vision. as her vision cleared, so did her mind.

"Splinter!" Forgetting her own pain, Emily ran towards the remains of the dojo. Her heart caught in her throat at the sight of an arm sticking out of the rubble. "No..."

Jumping over the wreckage, she tried vainly to remove the boulders from Splinter's body. Two more pale hands joined her. Glancing over her shoulder, Emily smiled at April. The younger nodded back, continuing to heave at the rock. It didn't budge.

Hearing footsteps, Emily whirled around, prepared to fight. She relaxed at the sight of Raphael, a wave of relief surging through her body at the sight alive. He looked past her, focusing on the body of his sensei. Jumping over the ditch, he flung the boulders tot the side like they were nothing. Picking up Splinter up, Raphael cradled him to his plastron.

"Get the first aid kit!, Second shelf!" Emily shoved papers, bottles, and everything else off the table, making room for Raph to lay down the rat. April came back, placing the kit next to Raphael. Emily laid her hands on Splinter's chest, feeling for injuries.

"He has internal bleeding." She pulled back, biting her lip. "He won't survive the night." Raph gaped at her.

"Raphael..." Both looked at the prone rat. "Save... your brothers." Raph swallowed, narrowing his eyes. "Stop... Shredder."

"Let's go save my brothers." As he left to get the dropped weapons, April placed a hand on Emily's shoulder.

"I'm going to make a call." Emily nodded. April left, leaving Emily with Splinter.

"Emily..." She looked down to see Splinter looking at her with some pained eyes.

Swallowing, she leaned down. "Splinter" Tears began to run down her face. She grabbed his hand in hers. "Please stay alive until we get back." Gathering her courage, she pressed a chaste a kiss to his lips, shocking him. She pulled away and stood up. "I love you." She turned around as he hand slowly left Splinters. She was in time to meet Raphael at the door. They left...

Completely unaware that Splinter was reaching his hand to Emily while tears were running down his face.

"Emily"

They didn't need have to wait long, before a news van pulled up. April talked to Vern inside as Emily and Raph snuck into the back. "Emily," Raph gently patted her shoulder. "Are you sure?"

"I have to... for him." Emily stated with a determined face.

It was taking too long as April argued with Vern, so the two made themselves known.

"Drive!" Raph ordered.

"Now," Emily added.

"You're a talking turtle," Vern managed.

"You're a nerd." Emily said. "Now, drive before I shove my foot up your ass!."

"You heard her," Raph barked "Hit it!"

With that, They drive off toward Sack's place. The ride wasn't fun as Vern wouldn't shut up. "Ram the gate." Raph said, once April said that they were there.

"Ram the gate?" Vern questioned. "This is Channel 6 property."

"Ram the damn gate!" Emily yelled.

"All right, everybody, strap in!" He warned, and rammed the gate. They were soon shot at, but Vern managed to run the soldiers over as they crashed into the building. Vern pulled back out as shots were fired. Raph literally jumped through the van and took out the shooter. Emily followed behind as April and Vern got out too. "Follow me," Raph told them.

They bolted into one of the more important looking buildings as alarms went off. Raph tore through the soldiers, and whatever door made the mistake of existing.

They finally reached a room, where the boys were being held in these weird see through cage things. It made Emily's blood boil. "Boys!" She yelled.

"Leo!" Raph called. They looked up at them, but were not looking too good.

"About time." Mikey said. Raph tried to smash into it, but was knocked backwards. That's when they heard it.

"Raphael," Shredder said. "Glad you can join us."

"You" Emily sneered. "Raph!, deal with him!"

"My pleasure!" Raph growled and charged at Shredder.

Emily gritted her teeth as Raphael fought against Shredder. April ran over to Donnie, banging on the glass of his containment unit. "Donnie!, What do I do?"

"Ad... renaline."

"What?"

"Adrenaline..."

"Adrenaline" Emily ran over to the monitor, and rapidly pushed the button. The gauge went up, but she continued pushing until the boys broke from their bonds. Jumping through the glass, she watched as they started running around like kids on sugar highs. "Guys!, Let's go!"

"Right!" They ran for Raph, falling the twenty feet, it was to the lower floor. They ran around Raph, all talking at once. He managed to throw out their weapons, allowing them to pick them up.

'At least, they have enough sanity left to remember what they're supposed to be doing.' Emily jumped down, wincing when she jarred her injured leg. Raph noticed, picking her up. She smiled at him as he followed his hyped brothers out the door.