Ava screamed as she fell, Raph's magic form hugging his brothers as they plummeted towards the ground. She looked down, her brain calculating how fast she would get there. Could her shield take it? No, her shield could barely take being slapped by a Kraang, how would it take a hundred foot fall? Even if it did she would still die from the impact… She needed to make a portal. Ava hadn't made a portal since she arrived in this universe a few years ago. She wasn't sure if she had enough power. Enough will.
Ava closed her eyes. The nice thing about falling was that it felt like forever from the adrenaline. She thought about her last home. The snow on her friend's house that didn't melt, even in the summer, her friends that sold stuff in the alleyway, the salesman that sold ice cream in the snowy seasons. Her robot friend, the one with a human soul. Her policeman friend, the one who noogied so hard it left bruises. Her adoptive mom and her love for snails. Her kingly friend who loved tea. Her nervous friend who loved anime. Her energetic friend and his love for puzzles, and… and his brother. The one she had let down. The one who wanted to kill her. She wondered if they were mourning her departure. Or if they were still looking.
Then, she thought of her new home. April and her inability to keep a job. Splinter, managing to be equal parts lazy and equal parts the best ninja she had ever known. (And the only ninja she knew). Raph, his adorable care for his brothers, Donnie and his emotionless passion for tech and himself, Mikey with his optimism… And Leo. Leo with his pickup lines and humor, with his nonchalant-ness even when it caused the end of the world.
Ava wondered if they would miss her, how would they react to her death? She imagined all of them would be crushed. Not to be egotistic, but judging from all their interactions, the brothers cared about Ava as much as she cared about them. They had found her when she was in an unfamiliar place. They had welcomed her when they hardly even knew her. And Leo convinced them to do so. Leo was the one who said "Lets give her a chance, you never know when she might become another human friend like April." And she never thanked him for it. She never told him how she felt, she never told him how much she cared about him, that he was worth something more than his brothers, that he was so much more than just a funny face and some action quips… And Ava intended to tell him that in person.
She rolled around in the air, facing the ground. She stretched out her limbs in a X shape, looking at the ground. Below her was Staten Island, racing towards her. The will to live surged through her veins as she formed a bullet-like dome around her. It might take some of the impact, but at least it would slow her fall. Ava focused, energy crackling around her hands like lightning. Home. She focused her thoughts to her destination. *I want to go home.* She had only opened a portal once in her life, and it spat her out in another universe. But right now, it was her only hope.
As she plummeted to the ground, she got closer and closer. Why wasn't it working?! 20 feet. Ava braced herself. 15 feet. Her life flashed past her eyes. 10 feet. Ava didn't want to die. Not like this. 5 feet. Ava felt her shield shatter, cutting her arms as she felt gravity's force flip. She was blinded by light as she was thrown into a forest, branches of pine needles whipping her shoulders as she flew backwards. She tumbled, rolling and bouncing as she hit the ground.
Ava laid in the snow, trying to gasp back the air that had been knocked out of her. Her arms were bleeding, freezing in the snow. But she was alive. Ava sat up, whooping. "WOOOO! I'M ALIVE! I-..." She paused, looking at the freezing white snow beneath her. Snow? But… but it was June. Why was there snow in New York during June? New York only had snow during…
Ava staggered to her feet, running through the forest. "Nononononononono." She protested as she ran towards the lights in the distance. Because she wasn't in New York. Not anymore. Tears pricked at Ava's eyes as she reached the lights, her heart dropping as fast as she fell to her knees. Ava felt the cold snow biting at her legs as she stared at the quaint village that was Snowdin town.