A/N: Hey guys, here it is, the sequel to Surprise! It iskinda AU from the 2007 CG movie. Meaning, there will be mentioning of the events in the movie, but you won't really be reading about them.You really won't understand this unless you read Surprise!, it's kind of important. Thanke to my Beta BarbeeBlack, and to all of you who read this!
Disclaimer: I only own the people you don't recognize from the movies and television shows. Enjoy them, but please don't steal them.
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Song(s) for this chapter:
Missing- Evanescence
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Prologue:
Sitting on the Edge
"Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty."
- Mother Teresa
It's been almost a year since Master Splinter sent Leo off to train, to be a better leader. About two months after he left, Maureen, Angel and Joanne all went back home to finish school. I moved in with Casey and April, and started going to school here in New York. I'm currently two weeks away from finishing my Junior year at Wellman High. I'm turning eighteen in a little less than a week too, normally that would excite a teenager. I suppose I'm the exception.
I've been training with Master Splinter, though I can only go visit once or twice a week. Homework, work, and Choir are very time consuming. Normally I wouldn't do anything extra, like choir, but I've been getting into so many fights the only way I was able to not be expelled last time was agree to make myself so busy I wouldn't have time to fight. Plus, Master Splinter gets very upset when I use his teachings for, "Mindless, petty, adolescent violence."
And when I do go for training, it's not like I see the guys anyway. They're all so caught up with their own thing now. I think they just needed to occupy themselves. Keep their minds off the girls and Leo. I guess I'm just not good enough for them. Mikey created 'Cowabunga Carl', a huge turtle who is entertainment for children's birthday parties. He's actually pretty good at. Though, he'll never look at small children the same again. Donnie has a job as Tech Support. I've actually prank called a couple times, he wasn't too happy. And Raph…well…
He said he needs, 'space', and since then we haven't really talked to each other. Aside from passing nods of acknowledgment, and small talk. Every afternoon that I spend there he's sleeping, and when I occasionally go down for pizza he's always out. It's not hard to see I miss him. Hell, I miss everyone!
Casey and April are so busy with their new business that I might as well be living alone. April's found a new love for ancient artifacts, and traveling. So, they get clients, April goes to no-where-land and Casey gets to be delivery boy. It's made them some good money, we moved into a bigger place.
April is leaving for Central America tomorrow. Some Winters-guy wants some old statues for his collection of ancient useless things. He's got a pretty nice work place though; you can see it from our roof. I'm gonna miss April, she's made a huge effort to make me feel at home, despite my apathetic nature lately.
Casey's been freaking out over commitment. I've told him several times to just grow up, and get used to it. He's back to playing vigilante with his dumb hockey mask. Of course he won't let me go with him.
Man, what I wouldn't do to cream some purse grabbing punks.
Speaking of punks. The Foot have been M.I.A., which is a good thing. Though I wouldn't mind using a couple of them for a punching bag. No word from psycho-ex either. I guess there's a bright side to everything.
Joanne skipped a grade and is now preparing for college. She emails me and Donnie regularly, thank goodness. She says she wants to come out here and go to the University, I think Angel has strong objections. But doesn't she always? Angel is joining some Leadership group. Bunches of future house hold business names getting together to organize events and boss people around. Suits her I think. Maureen is apparently a cheerleader. Not too surprising, she has the energy, smiles and spirit. I guess it just sucks to know that they're all fine and dandy when I'm here sitting on the ledge of a building almost ready to jump.
So far Joanne is the only one who attempts to get a hold of us anymore. I'll occasionally get a call from Maureen or Angel, but they haven't once tried to contact the guys. It's a little messed up, after all we have been through together.
I sat on the edge of the roof, looking down at the cars and people below. The sun was close to setting, and despite the summer heat it was windy. My hair only blew a little bit in the wind, seeing as it was much shorter. My hair grew out and I didn't want to dye it so I just cut off the lighter parts of my hair. It now reaches to just below my jaw line; I really like it. It's really messy and choppy, but it's growing quickly.
Mutant senses allowed me to hear a clank of metal on a far side of the roof. I stood on the ledge and looked down, I didn't really know what I was thinking. I wouldn't have actually jumped off this thing. I hear the clank of metal footsteps approach me, and I feel the cat ears and tail appear. Drawing out my nails (a trick I learned by myself) I turned looked around. I couldn't see anyone.
"Hello?" I asked, and a voice that was obviously being altered on purpose said,
"Were you about to jump?" Whoever it was didn't want me knowing who they were, though I thought I heard a familiar tone.
"Who are you?" I ask ignoring the question.
Into my vision walked the infamous Nightwatcher, the city's most recent super hero, if you will. He's been catching the scum of the city for about a month now. No one has talked to him, except maybe some villains…and now me. No one knows who he is. Cameramen have barely been able to get him on tape. He was clad in an all-metal suit, a helmet to match. I couldn't see who it was at all.
"Nightwatcher…" I said, only a little shocked, he nods a little and I sigh, getting ready to speak, but I'm interrupted,
"Ya' never answered my question…" I look over my shoulder, I was going to jump. But I won't. I must have looked sentimental or something because he asked, "You okay?"
"Why do you care?" I asked coldly turning back to him,
"I'm just lookin' out for ya'…." It sounded like he was going to say more but he didn't.
"Why are you here?" From body language I could tell that he was a little confused, but I pressed on, "I'm no punk, I ain't causin' any trouble."
"I never said you were."
"And I'm not gonna jump." I said louder, and thought, 'Not tonight at least…' I paused, "Why do you care?" I asked for the second time, and he shrugged a little,
"'Cause I do." He sounded a little annoyed, but by this time I had lost my temper. Which had an even shorter fuse than usual due to stress and depression.
"Look, I don't know who you are, or why you're here and not beating some stupid villain or whatever; but you should just get lost and like everyone else has, LEAVE ME ALONE." A couple pigeons flew off at the raise in decibel levels, and my chest was heaving.
The metal clad person took a half step back. From body language I could tell he was either confused or shocked. Shocked was my best bet, I felt like a jerk screaming at a random and concerned stranger. But I needed to vent, and this guy chose the wrong rooftop. And I wouldn't back down. I never back down.
As we looked at each other, I felt something hot roll down my face. I was crying, I refused to acknowledge it. Just pretend it's nothing; keep your game face on.
He stepped back a few more steps before full on running from me. I screamed something totally over dramatic like, "You're just like everyone else." But at the time I didn't care at all. I stepped off the ledge, and took a moment to take a deep breath and relax. I missed everyone, and I wanted to see Master Splinter. I wanted to see Raph.
With a long sigh, I decided it was a good time to go down for food, and then sleep.
As I lay on my bed, an array of candy bar wrappers everywhere, music blaring, I feel myself drifting off to sleep. One last hot tear falling. Maybe tomorrow will be a better day; you never know what's going to happen.
It's now 12:15 A.M., June first, and I'm Miranda Jones. My friends are gone, the one person I want to see most is not only a turtle, but seems to hate me.
I wanted to jump.
Because I'm all alone.
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There was the prologue! The first Chapter will be up by tomorrow, I promise.
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