<Chapter twenty—four>
|Replica|

"No word. No contact. Where are my kids? If only I had a clue is to where they are." Splinter worried, pacing back and forth.

Behind him, a portal opened up as April fell down tied up. Splinter still didn't notice her though.

"Someone send me a clue! Anything! A hint, a whisper, A well timed crash!?" He begged. April crashed onto the ground as she tried crawling over to him. He turned around to find april struggling to speak and break out the ropes. "April!"

He placed April against a wall, while she tried to speak. Unfortunately, her mouth was still covered.

"Don't worry, I will free you with my helping toe!" He lifts his crusty old toe. April let out a muffled scream as his toe came closer. He took a deep breath as he finally took it off.

"Okay, First, ew..." she hurled. "Second...WE'RE DOOMED!" She cried. "Draxum captured the guys and (Y/N)!"

"My sons!" He gasped in horror. Sure, he was worried about you too. But, from he's learned from you, family comes first.

"He said that we need to give him the one of last piece of the dark armor, or else. And he says you have it!" April explained anxiously.

"What!?"

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"How did we get captured? We did exactly what pop taught us." Raph frowned as he looked around the cage they were all currently locked inside.

"Maybe this is what dad wanted, Maybe this is our destiny." Mikey grinned.

"Locked in a cage, failed in our mission, held ransom by the foot, not get married to (Y/N), and none of us gave him grandchildren!?" Leo ranted. "Somehow I think he wanted more." He held his knees close to him. He was worried about you, he has no idea what Draxum could be doing to you right now.

Donnie glared slightly at his twin when mentioning you. "I begeth your Pardon?—"

"Maybe we didn't stay true to the Hamato ways. Dad taught us wisdom is within us. We just need to focus, meditate deeply and our path will be revealed." Raph sat crisscrossed with his brothers, meditating.

"OhM's LaW." Donnie meditated loudly. His brothers turn to him how an annoyed expression. "Sorry can you guys hear that?"

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Locked in a cage, while Draxum was bathing in mystic energy.

Disgusting.

Why is it that when someone finally come into your life and makes you happy, they have to go.

It's like a curse. And now Oujirou was gone because of you.

"So this is the last descendant of the (L/N) clan? I pity you." Lieutenant Foot snickered.

"The (L/N) clan?" Draxum questioned as he bathed in mystic energy, while Brute massaged his legs.

"Yes, they are an ally of the Hamato clan. Well, more like their protectors." Lieutenant explains with his raspy voice. "They are to protect the Hamato's from any harm, but from what you've told us, she tried to terminate them instead!" He cackled along with Brute. "How convenient!"

So that's the clan I was to protect? You thought. Why did Otou—san never tell me?

"She was close to killing them." Draxum spoke up. "Until she got attached to those stupid turtles." He sneered as he glared at you.

"Go f*ck yourself, Draxum." You muttered under your breath. You noticed he ignored you and payed back down so the other two could massage him.

They're distracted. You thought. Now is my chance.

You pull out your pocket knife to try to open the lock. You headed a soft click come from the lock. Just as you were about to open it, someone snatched your knife and locked you inside again.

"Nice try." Brute snickered, showing your knife in front of your face. "Thanks for the armor piece though." He walked away to place the knife in front of the chest plate, sucking it up. "Now we're down to one more."

You stood quiet. There wasn't anything you could do anymore. They only need one piece left, which Splinter has.

I have failed and dishonored my clan.

I failed you father.

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"They think I have a piece of the dark armor?"

Splinter heated up his kettle to boil some water while they look for the last piece of armor.

"The Foot Lieutenant said it's the possession of Hamato Yoshi, the last descendant of the Hamato clan. AKA Lou Jitsu, AKA you!" April elucidated.

"Oh, sure!" Splinter rolled his eyes. "I bet it's just lying around the house somewhere. Maybe it's this bacon press, this trivet, or my number one buggy pillow!?" He shoved his Lou jitsu body pillow towards April.

April pushed him of as she hear the kettle whistle.

"Hey, Splints, what about the freaky tea kettle?" She pointed out the purple kettle, sounding weirdly.

"You mean old Skully? No, he's been a delightful member of the Hamato family for generations. Isn't that right Skully?" He coed as he turned it around, only to see its eyes glowing creepily. "Uh oh..."

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"I can't give the Foot the tea pot, it would doom humanity." Splinter hugged the kettle close.

"But they have your sons AND (Y/N)." April reminded.

"You're right. my family must come first, I will give them the tea pot." He stood firmly. Remembering your family advices.

"But that would doom humanity." April warned.

"You are no help April!" He snapped, not knowing what to do. Both things are important to him.

"Well this is a tough one!" She fell on to her knees. "Maybe there's an answer is those dusty old scrolls of yours!"

"That is it! The scrolls will solve my dilemma! And whatever they tell us to do, it's not our fault." He grinned. He took out the scrolls from his room, spreading them out in the living room. A green light emitted from the paper, souls emerging from them.

"Hamato Yoshi." One of them spoke. "You are blessed with the glorious honor. You alone can keep the world safe from the dark armor. Your task is simple. Guard the final piece by remain hidden of all time. Isolated, alone, a complete hermit. Enjoy service to your clan. The (L/N) clan will be protecting you if anything was to go wrong."

(L/N)? Isn't that (Y/N)'s last name?, April thought.

"Can I at least go out for froyo?" Splinter asked.

"No!"

"Okay okay fine. But what about my sons?" He worried. "The last (L/N) as well?"

"They will be fine." One of the ancestors answered. Splinter sighed in relief as he sipped on some soda. "The finest mortals in the history of our clans, destroyed by the Foot!" Splinter's heart dropped, spitting out his drink. "Their sacrifice will never be forgotten."

"What? No...Stupid scrolls! WHY DIDN'T I LISTEN TO YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE?!" He glared at the as he shredded the scrolls with Donatello's shredder. He turned to face April. "We are not giving them the evil teapot. We are going to rescue my beloved son ourselves. We will need to assemble a well—oiled team of commandos."

" I have just the guys." April smirked.

"Let's go get my boys and (Y/N). Hot soup!"

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"That. was. USELESS!"

Raphael grew irritated. The meditation wouldn't work.

"I gotta say, I'm not feeling this Hamato Clan stuff at all." Leo droned.

"Me neither." Mikey agreed.

"Yeah, no one is." Donatello stated. "But Papa will chew his tail off if we don't stick to the rule book."

"WELL LOOK WHERE THE RULE BOOK LANDED US!" Raph snapped. "I say we ditch this Hamato jazz and just be ourselves."

Donnie and Mikey high five, while Leonardo dabs in celebration.

"We be we, baby!" Mikey smiled.

"So what are you gonna do boss man?" Leo questioned.

"I'm smashing us out." Raph glared at them.

*CRASH*

His brothers cough from the smoke that was created from the impact. Leonardo stared at his older brother, deadpanning.

"Wait a second! You could've done this the whole time?"

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You lean onto the bars in hope that you'll think of a way to escape. You've been looking all over the place for some kind of escape route or plan, but there was nothing.

You sensed two familiar auras coming close. You perked up slightly as they came closer and closer.

April and Splinter

Lieutenant and Brute must have seen them coming, they brought over a whole army of soldiers. You felt someone pick your cage up, taking them with you.

"What the hell!?" You turn to see Draxum taking you somewhere else. "Dammit." You turn back to see April and Splinter confronting the soldiers. "APRIL! SPLINTER! OVER HERE!"

"Don't worry (Y/N)! We're coming!" April promised.

"Get them!" Lieutenant ordered.

You watched as April beat the sh*t out of the soldiers with her baseball bat. You also watched as Splinter preformed the Macho Gazpacho Fury Kick! From one of his movies!

"Whoa. The Macho Gazpacho Fury kick." Brute stared in awe.

"Mesmerizing to see it in person." Lieutenant cried as he was kicked into the ground by Splinter. He panicked when he saw his shoe on fire.

"Oh sh*t!" He muttered stomping his feet to turn the fire off. "Now. Where was I?" His eyes widen when he saw you locked in a cage next to Draxum, who was sitting on a throne.

"Ah, the great Lou Jitsu." Draxum smirked. "I guess the camera adds five feet."

"Burn." Muninn laughed as Huginn chuckled.

"I am here for my sons and (Y/N). You will release them to me immediately!"

"That won't be happening. Unless you are here to give me what I want."

Splinter used the Foot soldier spears, launching himself towards Draxum as he dodged all his vines. Draxum lost track of him as he hid. He suddenly appeared behind Draxum. He blocked his attack. You hate the feeling of being so useless, so vulnerable. It's horrible. You could only watch the fight until Draxum was thrown towards the throne.

"Very impressive. I see you still have that warrior spirit. Too bad I can't say the same for your sons."

"No more games" Splinter demanded.

"They must be so frightened, trapped alone. in a place you'll never find them." Draxum smirked.

"And without their weapons."

He dropped the turtle's weapons right in front of splinter. Splinter fell onto his knees as he stared teary eyed, picking up Leonardo's odachi.

"We can do this two ways. You can either give me the final piece now or I can torture your sons AND (Y/N) until they tell me where it is. Make your choice." Draxum menaced.

"Splints?" April's lip quivered as she watched Splinter use Leo's sword to open a portal. "What are you doing?"

"Splinter. Close that damn portal up right now." You shook your cage in hope he'll look at you. "Splinter!"

"I'm sorry April and (Y/N), but they are my sons." He muttered. As much as you're proud, now was not the time.

*CLICK*

You turn to see the cage unlocked by both Huginn and Muninn. They opened the door with sad and apologetic expressions.

"We don't want to hurt you." Muninn started. "It wasn't our idea! It was Draxum."

"Yeah!" Huginn admitted. "We're so sorry." They cried, tears flowing down their tiny cheeks. They know you won't forgive them, but this is the least they could do for you.

You pulled them in for a hug, your tears spilling down your (S/C) cheeks as you held them close. You can't stay mad at them. They are like your little brothers.

"I...I forgive you two..."

They never did anything wrong.

You let go quickly as soon as you see Draxum walking closer the the armor with the last piece of armor.

"Dad!"

You, Splinter and April turn around to see Raph and his brothers all together safe and sound. You felt tears prickle at the corner of your eyes now that you know they are alright.

"The last piece of the dark armor!?" Raph stared at Draxum wide eyed.

"No!" Splinter called out to Draxum.

"You're gonna kill us all!" You yelled.

You and Splinter try to run after him in hope to stop him on time.

He laughed as the armor pull the kettle, complete it. A shock wave pushed both you and Splinter away towards April, groaning once you hit the floor.

Raph helped you and his father up, while Donnie checked to see if you had any injuries. Their attention was caught when you all saw the Dark armor placing itself on Draxum, completely covering his body up.

"Starting today." He grinned under his mask. "At last, I can end the human threat once and for all."

"NOT IF WE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY!" Raph launched himself towards him activating his mystic powers. Draxum was protected by the dark force from the armor. He flicked his finger towards Raph, sending him far, crashing into all of you.

He sliced some pillars, now swinging them around towards all of you.

"Okay question, was he always strong enough to do that?" Leo sweatdropped.

"Uh. Good question." You looked at him with a nervous smile. "NO! NEVER!"

The stone pillars crashed upon all of you, the air covered in smoke.

"I have never felt anything like! Sheer exhilaration! Intense energy! Focus of power." Draxum smirked, staring at his new power he now held in his hands.

"And perfectly tailored!" Huggin grinned.

"Yeah somebody got a celebrity makeover." Muninn muttered. "Ha cha!"

Draxum smacked them away from his face. No need for them anymore. Now where are you—

"Master shredder." Brute and Lieutenant bowed down to him. "We await your orders."

"Shredder? I'm not shredder, I am Baron Draxum." He confirmed, confusing both the foot soldiers. " With the armor, do you know what I will do to the humans?"

"Uhh...shred them?"

"NO!" He smacked brute. "What's with you and shredding? I will destroy them."

He basically turned himself into a drill, now drilling himself out to the surface.

"...This is not what the legends forefold. Something's gone wrong." Lieutenant muttered jumping into a portal with Brute as the place came crashing down.

The turtles get themselves out the rubble checking on each other.

"Everybody ok?" Raph asked.

They all hear a loud feminine groan under some rubble. Raph quickly jumps into action and picked it up to see you on top of Splinter. You tried to use yourself as a shield to protect him, and now, you're in f*cking pain, but that doesn't matter. As long as the Hamato's were alright.

It's your duty after all.

"(Y/N)! Dad!" They all called out.

"My sons." Splinter weakly smiled to see his sons alright.

"Sh*t." You groan as you get yourself of him.

"(Y/N)!" Donnie and Leonardo kneel beside you, helping you sit up. Donnie immediately took action and used his goggles to check for broken bones. "Do you feel any pain?—"

"Of course I'm in pain! A giant rock fell on me!" You shout.

"You saved me." Splinter smiled.

"Never again." You eyed him.

"Thank you..." Splinter tried to be positive.

"I'm never doing that again."

"You are ruining the moment!"

"Whatever...your welcome I guess." You turn your face away, avoiding his grateful gaze. Raph sighed in relief to see his father safe thanks to you. You saved his love one, now he owes you so much more.

Maybe even his own life.

He now knows...He needs you in his life . He has to depend on you. Without you, they could die.

He needs you.

A shiver ran up your snide as you felt Raph's aura change dramatically. It was very much like Leo and Donnie's whenever your around, only his reason seemed different....

He turned back to his father with a sad face. "Dad we do apologize. We tried to follow the way of the Hamato clan, but it just didn't work for us."

"No, no it is I who should be apologizing to you. The scrolls were wrong, and I was wrong to make you follow them" splinter frowned for trying to change his sons to something they are not. This was one of your advices!

"Love your kids for who they are"

And now he will.

"So you're not mad at us?" Mikey asked quietly.

"No. It is not training, or rules or tradition that makes you special. It is being yourselves. If I had faith in how special you each are, none of this would've happened." He smiled lovingly as he remembered their childhood.

"Good job." You praised him quietly, giving him a quick head pat.

"Aww—" Mikey cried as he hugged you and Splinter.

"I don't normally feel things, but that one got though!" Donnie wiped the tears threatening to fall. They all come in for a group hug, crushing your broken bones.

"Oi! Get off me! F*Ck!—" you groan in pain.

"Here, I brought you something." Splinter pulled out their normal masks.

The turtles stare at their father wide eyed as they rip out their clothes in less than a second. You covered your eyes, not expecting that to be honest. They grab hold of their weapons again, ready for action.

"Now go! Be your bad b*tch selves!" You shout out, and for the first time, Raph let it slide.

Mayhem teleported besides you and April, cuddling April.

"Mayhem!" April smiled.

"...Mayhem..." you smiled awkwardly. He only glared at you. "Be happy I didn't kill your stupid furry as—"

"Okay! You guys stop the Baron, and I'll take care of Splinter and (Y/N)!" April smiled determinedly.

Donnie pressed one button on his gauntlet, summoning his drill.

"Alright! Time to finally see what this baby can do!" Leo smiled excitedly.

"Again, the drill is in beta. But it does contain the backup copies of all my tech." He grinned as him and his brothers used his tech to fly to the surface. "So what's the plan?"

"We Don't have one, cause we're being our bad b*tch selves!" Leo exclaimed, quoting your words.

"We be we, baby!" Mikey smiled.

"That's how Mad Dogs roll!" Raph grinned.

"No plan!"

"Hahahaha..." you laugh nervously as you watch them them fly up. "They're gonna die..."

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You and Splinter helped each other while April went back with the guys in her foot clan disguise. Mayhem then appeared, teleporting you two where April was since they figured her out. Now both you and Splinter are fighting off soldiers with sprained or broken bones.

"You alright, April?" You asked placing your hand on her shoulder causing her to blush a bit.

"Ye—Yeah!" She stuttered out. You rose a brow, confused on why she stuttered. You weren't even flirting.

"Alright, now let's go help the guys out." You wink as Mayhem teleported you three out of here.

Splinter was teleported to rest near the benches, while you and April appeared in the Battle field.

"(Y/N)! APRIL! DUCK!" Leo shouted as he was swung towards both of you.

"What's a duck?—" you asked before April pulled you down. "Oh, he meant get down. My bad bro."

"Guys! I was trying to tell you that the armor has a flaw!" April shouted, pointing at the screen where she typed a while ago.

"Oh! That makes more sense." Mikey spoke calmly as Draxum swung him around.

"So there's a flaw? But what?" Raph wondered, also being thrown around.

You saw Donnie falling, so you caught him quickly. He seemed to remember something.

"Guy!" He called out to his brothers. "Hey, do you guys remember the time. We were playing sportsball and we couldn't find a ball? Could it be?..." He placed his goggles on to get a closer look at the back of the armors head. There was a Jupiter Jim figurine stuck inside it. "Yes! Our Jupiter Jim action figure is the flaw!"

"How convenient." You sighed.

"Oh so that's why my tea always tasted of plastic and evil." Splinter chuckled.

"So if we can hit it, we could destroy the whole armor?" Mikey dodged an attack.

"Well that's how it works in all your favorite sci fi movies." Leo laughed. He heard you chuckle, making him feel butterflies again.

"Alright guys, what's our approach?" Donnie questions as you set him down. His brothers land around him. You noticed something weird going on with the armor, it was...

Glitching...

"Well there's two schools of thought.  We launch a precision attack with pinpoint accuracy on a target that's possible small. Or we do we!" Raph suggests.

"Uhhh....let's go with the first choi—" you tried to convince him.

"Total chaos!" Mikey exclaimed.

"Jazzed! I will recklessly keep him busy" Donnie used his staff to launch all of you towards Draxum. "Entropy!"

"We be we, baby!"

"Hot soup!"

"SURPRISE!"

All of them jumped off as you and Donatello fought off Draxum as a distraction. You didn't think you would leave him to fight Drax on his own now, did you?

You watched as Leonardo finally got the hang of using his odachi, who came your way. You pick Donnie up, letting Leonardo do his thing.

A bunch of baseballs were being thrown at Draxum at high speed. You all celebrated, only it was too early.

"Oh do you children wish to play?"

"Ah sh*t, here we go again—"

A bunch of metal snakes emerged from the ground, capturing all of you. He almost missed you, but he caught you leg on time.

"You know, this is the perfect time to do this." Draxum smirked taking out a syringe with the same yellow substance he had back in New Jersey. Your eyes widen in realization.

"No. No NO. GET THAT SH*T AWAY FROM ME—" you scream trying to get out his metal grip.

You felt a pinch on the back of you neck, the liquid now flowing through your veins.

It was burning.

"(Y/N)!" The boys called out to you.

You couldn't hear anything from the ringing in you ear.

You only remember seeing April with a baseball bat before blacking out.

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You opened your eyes to see Draxum in front of you, weakly backing away with wide eyes. Raphael was trying holding you back, he noticed you weren't attacking anymore.

"(Y/N)... are you ok?"

"...my head hurts." You sigh shakily as he set you on the ground.

"Maybe it's because of that horn on you hea—" Leo spoke up, only for Raph to smack his head.

"Leo!"

"What?" You jolt. You remembered what Draxum did to you and the ooze. "Wait—what happened!? What did this f*cker do!?" You gestured Draxum. You noticed all your injuries were healed as well.

"I finally made you into my masterpiece." Draxum groaned. You noticed the armor was destroyed. You find your knife and picked it up. You turn back to him with a glare. "An exact replica of me." He grinned weakly.

"Wait—you're saying I'm a sheep?" You walk up to him, stepping on his tail. He groaned loudly in pain. "I'm a damn sheep!?"

"No!" Donnie spoke up. "I think...I think your—"

"You're a meta—human." Draxum finished. "A demon."

"You—" Raph held you back once again while the others try to calm you down. You heard a portal open up to see Cassandra come out of it. Draxum, I'm his weak state, used that opportunity to escape. He used his vines and got away quickly going through the portal.

"At least we defeated shredder." April smiled nervously.

You stopped to think for a moment. She was right...you guys did. You smile, for you were free, no more fighting.

"What the hell!?" Cassandra stared at two bodies afar. You turn to see the foot lieutenant and Brute both lying on the ground,

Dead.

"Ok, did I do that!?" You asked.

"Yup." Mikey replied.

You held back from smirking. They were finally gone.

"You'll pay for this!" Cassandra glared at you. "ALL OF YOU." She ran back into her portal.

"Let's...let's just go home." You sigh tiredly. You need to process all of this...

Raph picked you up bridal style, already walking home, his brothers, april, and Splinter following behind. He needs you in order to survive, he can't and won't leave you alone now.

"Yeah, home."

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AUTHOR—CHAN SECRETS

► As you saw, you are a giant influence on Splinter. He saw you cussing one time without a care in the world and thought, why should I care?

►All pieces are needed for the Dark armor to be complete, but since you took back your knife, shredder never came back. some episodes from season 2 won't even be happening as well.

►You changed the timeline a long time ago...

►[AUTHOR—CHAN SECRETS FROM CHRISTMAS SPECIAL AND CHAPTER 20]
►Leonardo's and Donatello's obsession are based on pure obsession and jealousy.

► Raphael's obsession is based on debt and dependence.
►[WARNING]
►[APPROACHING CAUTION]

►[RAPHAEL HAMATO HAS REACHED:> 73%]

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FAN—ART

Fan—art made by @running4urlife
No gonna lie, (Y/N) looks good with glasses😳
Ah, yes. Oujirou and (Y/N) cussing like it's another Tuesday morning for them :)

Ah yes, my favorite chapter so far. Chapter 23 :)

I was actually :) good dance👍