TMNT: I Fight Alone

Chapter 23: The Climb

(Y/n) moved to her knees, keeping her gaze at the ground. She didnt care what Shredder wanted, or cared what he would do to her.

Her family was gone, so was her friends, what more could he do to her?

"Come here, child" Shredders voice reached her ears, but seemingly empty words floated through her head. They meaned nothing to her.

"Now!" He bellowed, the guards shook at their posts and each person in a mile radius held their breath because they knew just how destructive Shredder is, and dont want to be the one he takes his anger out on.

But (Y/n) sat there, unmoved, unfazed, staring forward into the darkness, her mind elsewhere.

Shredder jumped to his feet and began a ferocious rage towards the girl, although was stopped short when a feeble hand was placed over his shoulder lightly.

The anger shed from Shredders body as the woman stepped forward, even he dared not step in between her and her sister.

"Hello, (Y/n)," she didnt need to speak loudly, her voice carried throughout the room and further. Her sense of authority rang from her lips and bounced off the dark, filth-covered walls. (Y/n) looked up slightly, catching the womans eye and held her gaze until she recognized who she was looking at.

"(S/n)? Is that you? What happened?" She began to move to her feet, but her legs where not yet strong enough and let her fall back to the ground.

Out of breath, (Y/n) lifted herself up and tilted her eyes back to her younger sister, who showed no sign of joy or longing at their labored reunion. Instead, (y/n) recognized a quiet flame flickering behind her sisters eyes,

And it scared her.

"Are-are you ok?" (Y/n)'s voice quivered as she rose to her feet shakily. Her sister didn't move, didn't even bat an eye as her older sister struggled to stand.

Shredder watched amusingly from his throne, his guards had vacated the room moments earlier, leaving the three alone.

Along with the turtles unknowingly beneath their feet, waiting for the right moment to make their entrance.

"Alright? Is that what you are worried about, (y/n)?" (Y/n)'s little sister began walking around (y/n), slowly, studying her frame with a disgusted snarl implanted over her lips.

(Y/n) stood awkwardly, more trying to keep herself upright than anything else, following her sister with only her eyes as she tracked her way around (y/n).

(S/n) kicked her sisters knee in from behind quickly, sharply, forcing (y/n) to topple to the floor, her forehead smacking the cement loudly.

(Y/n) groaned and rolled to her side, her eyes clenched shut in hopes that this was all a dream, that it would all go away, that maybe there was a chance she could open her eyes and she would be back in her apartment with her father, brother, and sister, and everything would be ordinary again.

The word ordinary didn't even seem ordinary anymore.

"You never cared about any of us! Father, (B/n), me! It was all about you, always fathers favorite, center of attention, well..." (s/n) trailed off, placing her heel over (y/n)'s fingers and slowly adding pressure, watching her face twist in pain.

"That'll change." She finished, letting her coat fly through the air dramatically as she retreated back to Shredders side, a snarky smile tugged at her lips as she watched her older sister squirm before her, the feeling of control spreading through her body like a drug, blinding her better judgements.

"What more can you do to me? I have nothing left. You killed (B/n), father, and my friends. I have nothing..." (y/n) groaned, shakily lifting her chest off the ground and pushing her arms back to sit herself up once more.

Shredder laughed. A loud, booming laugh that shook the room violently, and (s/n) couldn't help but join in as they mocked her. A tear fell from (y/n)'s cheek, but it wasn't from embarrassment,

It was from betrayal.

To the Turtles

The three turtles stood just below the throne room, listening in on the voices echoing down the tunnels.

"Three heat signatures, five outside the doors." Donnie reported, looking up from his phone and at Leo, who nodded grimly before turning back to the ladder leading to the manhole above their heads.

Quickly, the fearless leader reached up to his ear and pressed the com button and whispered silently,

"Everything good, April?"

"Everything's fine, Leo. I still don't understand why I couldn't come with you guys, I've been training my-

"It's too dangerous, I've explained this. Have you located Mickey yet?

April sighs before a symphony of keyboard clicks flew through the radio, "he is in a room just two floors above you guys, 2A."

"And what about-" Raph stepped in, placing two hands over his com as if it would help him hear better.

"Raph, she is gone, we need to focus on finding Mickey, then we can worry about-"

"Wait!" Raph held his finger to his lips and placed the side of his head against the manhole as a couple new voices arose from the room above.

Seconds later, a body falls over the cover and groaned painfully as they rolled onto their side.

"Is that-"

"(Y/n)?" The turtles fell silent as they listened closely to the beings above them.

They could distinctly hear (Y/n) shifting her stiff body over the man hole. There was another unfamiliar woman there with her, but they couldn't quite make out what she was saying.

Then they heard Shredder's booming laugh, echoing down the tunnels and rattling through their skulls. Leo watched his brothers skin turn from dark green to almost ghostly white.

He was scared too, out of his mind, but they had a mission to complete, and it just got a whole lot more complicated.

"Alright guys, new plan," Leo grabbed his brothers by their shoulders and pulled them in close, dropping his voice down to barely a whisper.

"Raph, do you think you and Donnie can handle getting Mickey?" His eyes furrowed together in concentration and worry, he really did care for his brothers' well being and didn't want to put them up against anything they weren't comfortable with.

Although disappointed, Raph and Donnie nodded and headed off down the maze of tunnels, following Donnie's gps on his phone.

And that left Leo alone to deal with Shredder himself.

He took a deep breath, calming his racing heart as to reduce the amount of mistakes he might make, because every second counted now. It was up to him to get (Y/n) and his family out safely, all him...

Leo stumbled backwards into the wall as his head spun, all the pressure of his desisions weighed over his shoulders.

"Are you alright, Leo?" April buzzed in, her psychotic abilities proving to be in check. Leo nodded, even though he knew she couldn't see him, and wipped a few beads of sweat from his forehead before pushing away from the wall and gripping the metal ladder, begining his climb.