**Setting:** The dimly lit hallway of Big Mama's hotel. The air is tense. Mizuki, Nishamura, and Splinter stand facing Venus, who is poised for a fight.
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**Venus:** (eyes narrowing) Look who we have here. The little lost turtles. What do you want?
**Mizuki:** (voice shaking) Venus, it's us! It's Mizuki and Nishamura! Don’t you remember?
**Nishamura:** (stepping forward) You know us. Stop acting like you don’t.
**Venus:** (clenching fists) I don’t know you. Not anymore. That was a lifetime ago.
**Mizuki:** (pleading) We thought you were gone! We’ve been looking for you!
**Venus:** (snaps) Looking for me? Or looking to save me? You don’t understand. I’m not the same.
**Nishamura:** (voice low) We can help you. You don’t have to fight for Big Mama.
**Venus:** (scoffs) Help? You think you can help me? You don’t even know what I’ve been through!
**Mizuki:** (voice breaking) We know you’ve changed. But we still care about you! You were family.
**Venus:** (pausing, then charging) If you want the old me back, show it!
**Nishamura:** (defensively) I’m not here to fight you, Venus!
**Venus:** (taunting) Then what are you here for? A reunion? How sweet.
**Mizuki:** (crying) It’s not sweet! It’s painful! We thought you died that day!
**Nishamura:** (glaring) We watched you get hurt. I couldn’t save you then, but I’m here now!
**Venus:** (lowering her guard slightly) You think that matters? I survived. But I had to become strong.
**Mizuki:** (softly) Strong or not, we miss you. You don’t have to do this alone.
**Venus:** (hesitating) Alone? I don't even recognize you.
**Nishamura:** (voice thick with emotion) Because you’ve changed. But deep down, you’re still my sister.
**Mizuki:** (stepping closer) Remember the games we played? The stories we shared?
**Venus:** (voice wavering) Those memories… they hurt. They remind me of what I lost.
**Nishamura:** (urgent) You don’t have to lose us too! Join us!
**Venus:** (shaking her head) It’s too late for that. Big Mama’s plans are bigger than you think.
**Mizuki:** (determined) We can stop her. Together.
**Nishamura:** (voice cold) If you think you can take us on alone, you’re wrong. We’re stronger together.
**Venus:** (eyes fierce) You don’t get it. I don’t want your help, Nishamura.
**Mizuki:** (voice trembling) But I want you back! We need you!
**Nishamura:** (frustrated) Mizuki, don’t—
**Mizuki:** (interrupting) No! If you don’t fight for us, then who will fight for you?
**Venus:** (taking a breath) You think it’s that simple?
**Nishamura:** (stepping closer) It can be. Just put down your guard.
**Mizuki:** (holding out a hand) Please. We’re still your family.
**Venus:** (looking conflicted) Family… (pauses) What if I can’t go back?
**Nishamura:** (softly) Then we’ll figure it out. Together.
**Mizuki:** (smiling through tears) Just like old times.
**Venus:** (lowering her fists) You really think it can be that way again?
**Nishamura:** (earnestly) We’ll make it that way.
**Mizuki:** (encouraging) Just trust us, Venus.
**Venus:** (voice barely above a whisper) Trust… (looking down) I don’t even know if I can.
**Nishamura:** (gently) Start with us. Just take one step.
**Mizuki:** (nodding) We’ll catch you if you fall.
**Venus:** (hesitating, then looking up) I… I’ll think about it.
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**(The tension hangs in the air, fragile but present, as Venus weighs her choices, and the siblings stand united, waiting for her next move.)**
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