Thunder clapped from up above as the storm rained on throughout the early morning. This one sounded right over the apartments, making Elodie jump from her sleep and stare out into the night. Her heart beat faster as she got up into a sitting position and looked up to her dark ceiling. The weatherman said that the storm would pass by at 1:30 that night but it was way into 4:12 in the morning.

Elodie grunted as she threw her legs over the side and walked out of the door. She looked up just in time to see a shadow slip into one of the rooms in the little hallway. She gasped and ducked into the next room, trembling from fright. Elodie didn't make out a face from the darkness but if she stood correctly, the shadow had just gone into her parent's room.

"Who's there?" Elodie let out quietly as she peeked back out, "Who's there?"

She turned around and noticed that she was in the nursery. Elodie quickly went over to the crib and looked down to her little sister sleeping soundly. She didn't know what came over her but Elodie quickly was starting to put on as much clothes on her little sister as possible. Elodie slipped on a hat, raincoat, scarf, mittens, socks, and tiny boots before she picked her sister up into her arms.

"Help!" she heard her mother cry.

Even though, Elodie was scared out of her mind, she took a couple of steps toward the door in hopes of helping her mother. But then screeching came from down the hall that made her blood run cold. It sounded like there was quite a fight going on in her parent's room that frightened her to death. Elodie looked over to the window as it telekinetically opened by itself before Elodie quickly climbed out onto the fire escape.

"What do you want!" she heard her father yell.

That was before she heard her father exclaim in pain. Elodie was shaking so much that she almost dropped her little sister onto the ground. She had to will her body to keep on moving as she went down the fire escape. Elodie wanted more than anything to slam her fists on the other windows and beg for help, but whoever was hurting her father was much stronger than an ordinary human since her father has the ability to heal himself.

Once she dropped down to the ground she heard a scream from her apartment floor. Elodie cried as the rain beat down onto her face as her mother continued to scream. She silently apologized to her parents as she looked down to her sister slightly squirming in her arms. Elodie ducked her head down to her sister and ran off into the night.

"It's gotten so quiet lately that it's getting boring" Mikey yawned the next afternoon. "Makes me miss the good ol' days"

"The quietness is a good thing" Donnie reminded his younger brother.

"It's right before the storm" Raph smirked as he cracked his knuckles.

"That's what I'm worried about" Leo responded slowly.

"We don't have to worry about any threats" Donnie sided with his eldest brother as the four brothers continued to walk around in the sewers.

"Exactly, we have a lot more time to train for our next move" Leo put in, making everyone, including Donnie moan. "What did I say this time?"

"You said the 'T' word" Mikey put in. "You need a new hobby, bro. Ever thought about picking up some cooking lessons?"

"He's just trying to suck up to Master Splinter" Raph teased.

"At least I listen to the rules" Leo glared at him.

"Oh, trust me, we all know" Raph said with that familiar glint in his eye.

"I wonder what we're going to have for dinner tonight" Donnie quickly put in before Leo had time to respond.

"Pizza, of course" Mikey rolled his eyes. "What made you ask that question?"

"Never mind" Donnie shook his head before looking ahead and stopping in his tracks. "Whoa"

His brothers nearly collided into his shell as they looked over Donnie's shoulder to see a small teenage girl lying in the middle of the sewers. If they could say correctly, it appeared to be that she was sleeping there. Donatello looked at the girls red feet with asphalt on them as he noticed that she was still wet from the storm that happened last night. Her short black hair was in slight ringlets around her face, making her look somewhat like a mermaid to him.

"What's that?" Mikey questioned. "Some kind of animal?"

"What are you talking about? You've seen a chick before" Raph pushed his brother.

"Not her" Mikey pointed closer to the girl. "She's carrying something"

"It looks like a baby" Leo said slowly.

"A baby?" Donnie blinked. "Why would she be carrying around a baby? In the sewers of all places"

"Dudes, maybe that's hers" Mikey said. "Kids are getting knocked up a lot sooner than ever now"

"It doesn't matter" Leo walked over to the sleeping girl. "There is no reason a girl like this should be in the sewers unless she's in trouble. Let's take her back to the lair and show Master Splinter. We'll call Casey and April to shop around for some clothes and maybe if they heard anything about this girl. From the looks of it, she didn't plan her escape route carefully enough. Something must've happened over night. Donnie, take the baby. I don't trust Mikey holding anything smaller than himself and Raph might think it's a football. Hurry up"

Donatello walked over to the infant and carefully pried it out of the girl's arms, "Here we go again. Another damsel in distress"

Two and a half hours later, the mysterious girl was still asleep on their couch as Mikey stood over her eating his potato chips very loudly, "I wonder what her story is. Maybe she'll think she's in Wonderland"

Mikey didn't have time to laugh, Donatello didn't have time to scold, and Raph didn't have time to shut his brother up. Leonardo didn't even have the time to roll his eyes and shake his head before Elodie woke up. The first thing she saw was four teenagers around her. Elodie gasped as she flung up her hand, making the four levitate up in the air.

Elodie was wide awake now as she gazed up at the turtles she was holding up. Her mouth slowly dropped open as she couldn't believe what she was actually seeing. She turned and looked around before she noticed something very valuable to her was missing. Her baby sister.

"Where's Rain?" Elodie demanded.

"It just past this morning" Mikey responded, making his three older brothers groan.

"No… my baby sister, where is my baby sister" Elodie demanded. "Tell me or I will do much worse than this!"

"My child, please let my sons go" Elodie turned around and nearly squealed when she saw a talking, walking rat come into the room but he was holding her sister and feeding her a bottle. "They saw you earlier today and were concerned for your safety"

"I've heard of alligators in the sewers but this just seems ridiculous" Elodie mumbled.

"There is a lot we must discuss" Splinter went on.

"How can I trust you?" Elodie questioned. "Just because you give me and my sister hospitality doesn't mean you are necessarily good peo… whatever you guys are. It may not look like it but I've been through it before"

"Because I may know what is after you" Splinter said, shocking nearly everyone in the room.