The Shadow's Secret│TMNT

56 || Floor 36

"Alright, there it is," I announced dramatically. "Sacks Tower is ugly as hell and about to get wrecked."

Mikey laughed. "Word to that, RaiyRaiy!"

I grinned at his excitement. "Drop off on the roof?" I asked, taking a wide turn toward a clear, large landing space.

"Sure," Leo agreed.

"The laboratory is on the thirty-sixth floor," Donnie said. "You should find Sacks there. I just disabled the security system so you won't have any problems getting there."

"Nice," I said, nodding appreciatively. "Thanks, D." I narrowed my eyes at a black figure on the roof, standing near the base of the tall spire. "Wait..."

"Is that Shredder?" Mikey asked, leaning forward in his seat. I glanced over, making sure he wouldn't accidentally hit a button, but he was careful not to.

"What!?" Leo demanded.

"I really hope not," I muttered, slowing our approach for landing. "Hold on to something back there, we don't have time for a smooth landing." I watched anxiously as the black figure turned, sunlight reflecting off of them. They moved suddenly and quickly, somehow sending small, shining projectiles toward us.

Mikey yelled. "Incoming shiny things!" He cried. "Erasing action!"

"Evasive!" Donnie corrected. I yelled for the turtles to hold on as I picked up speed to evade the volley of projectiles. Mikey screamed some more when I had to avoid another volley from the figure, who was now definitely Shredder.

"I can't land like this!" I yelled, maneuvering to dodge more flying blades. Where is he even getting all these from?

"Fly us over and we'll jump!" Leo ordered.

"Alright," I turned to make another pass over the landing space. "You'll have a short window so no hesitating."

"Alright."

"We'll try to clear a space for you," Donnie added.

I smiled. "Thanks, kick some ass down there."

"We will." Mikey opened his door, took off his headset and jumped. As soon as the others had jumped as well, I banked a hard right to evade more blades from Shredder.

"Bastard better not have scratched this thing," I muttered, spinning and heading back toward the tower roof. True to their word, the brothers were doing their best to keep Shredder occupied and had herded him away from the edge to create a space for me. Man, I love these guys. I hurriedly lowered the helicopter, landing it jarringly on the edge of the roof. I ripped my headset off and kicked open the cockpit door, jumping to the ground and rushing toward the elevator before the propellors could even stop spinning.

"Raiya!"

I felt the air shift and instinctively dove forward into a roll, narrowly avoiding another stupid, flying blade from Shredder. I whipped my head up and glared daggers at the armoured samurai. Raphael was staring at me with a mixed expression of horror and desperation and something else I couldn't exactly put my finger on. It must've been him who'd yelled my name.

"I'm fine!" I shouted, getting back to my feet and continuing toward the elevator. I was a distraction to Raph and probably the others as well, I had to get out of there before I was the cause of an injury.

The elevator doors were already open, thanks to Shredder, so all I had to do was rush inside and push the button for floor 36. The doors slid shut and I began moving downward slowly, an irritating ding sounding for each floor we passed. I leaned against the cold metal wall, trying to slow my breathing and pulse.

My wrist and shoulder ached beneath my hoodie, and I'm sure they were bleeding but I didn't care to check. It's not like I could do anything about it anyway. I pushed sweaty strands of hair off my forehead, annoyed beyond measure that I didn't have a hair tie with me. Standing uselessly inside the elevator, I began to worry for the brothers' safety. How the hell are they going to beat Shredder if Master Splinter couldn't? I tried not to think of the worst outcome that now seemed very likely in my mind. But if I wasn't worrying about the brothers I was worrying about Splinter and if he was okay. Or what the hell I was going to tell Olivia. Or how I was going to explain to uncle Tom that his car is at the Sacks Estate, covered in bullet holes and with no windshield. Or how the hell I was going to get the blood from Eric Sacks without getting killed.

The elevator dinged and the doors slid open. I drew a kunai from my belt and crept forward silently. Straight ahead, there was a sign on the wall with an arrow pointing right beside the word LABORATORY. So I went right and followed the signs until I entered a fluorescent-lit room with big lab machines, desks cluttered with paper and computers, and floor to ceiling shelves containing microscopes, test tubes and other expensive science stuff I couldn't recognize.

On the far end of the room behind glass windows, Eric Sacks stood at a huge machine. I quickly stepped backward, pressing my back against the wall and out of sight behind a tall shelving unit. From my position, it looked like the machine was already running, probably extracting the mutagen. Which meant I needed to do something fast.

Come on, Raiya. Use your brain. Think of something. I peered around the corner of the shelf, analyzing both the room and the man inside of it. He just stared at the machine as it worked, his back to me. It looked like there was a gun on the counter beside him, and I knew guns were faster than knives, so if worst came to worst I would be the first one dead. And the turtles would absolutely kill me if I died.

So I can't be seen... Well that's hella sketchy, he's totally gonna hear me open the door. I might even trip and get myself killed. I bit my lip, containing my frustrated sigh. I can't be quiet with this kind of pressure! Then I started to wonder if my acting skills might be better than my sneaking skills.

I took a deep breath, removing my kunai belt and stepping out from behind the shelf.

Time to find out.

AN: Lmao I love Mikey

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