The first sound she heard was the whirling of machines, followed by a steady beep. Two male voices broke through the steady silence. "How's the heart rate?" "Stable" "And the breathing?" "As normal as it's going to be." "Brilliant. Finally a success. Able to lift 50 times her weight, imprint an opponents movements and has amazing speed and skills." "Congratulations Dr. Bishop. And have you decided on a name for your creation?" There was another long silence. "Dawn. For her creation will be the beginning of a new age, starting with the end of those turtles." Dawn, her name was Dawn…She slowly opened her eyes and looked around. She was in a containment unit or something, there were tubes hooked up everywhere. Clumps of wet black hair hung to her forehead and she felt naked. A tall man in a suit and glasses stepped infront of her. "Are you intelligent?" He asked. Dawn nodded slowly. "I am your creator, you may call me Bishop. You will answer only to me understand?" Dawn nodded again. "Good. You have just one mission of the moment. You will not stray from this mission under any circumstances." Dawn waited, her chocolate brown lizard tail swishing impatiently behind her. "You will hunt down the mutant ninja turtles. They are of importance to me and to the advancement of society. You will befriend them, and you will signal me once you've gained their trust using this." He held out a gold collar, an orchid gem hanging from it. The door to the unit opened and Dawn cautiously stepped out, taking the collar from her master's hand. "Do you understand you mission?" Dawn nodded, "I understand Dr. Bishop." "Excellent"
Chapter 1Dawn held her breath. She'd been informed of the turtle menace and they're strengths along with their weaknesses. Dr. Bishop made it clear that he wanted them alive, but she couldn't understand why if they were as bad as she was told. If that wasn't bad enough, she'd been dropped in a random sewer with no food. She was tired and cold, and had been wandering for days. "Hello!" She shouted through cupped hands. "Anybody in here!" Her only reply was an echo. Out of the corner of her eye she saw movement to her right. She hissed to herself as she turned sharply. "Good going Dawn, giving away your position was definitely proof that you're super smart." She whispered to herself. More movement, then two ninja appeared out of nowhere, charging strait for her. Dawn leapt, landing on the first ninja's shoulders and flipping in the air. She dodged a kick from a 3rd ninja, but wasn't fast enough to avoid a 4th's sword. There weren't the turtles, clearly human, but skilled all the same. The cut on her left arm stung, but it was nothing she couldn't handle. She did a spin kick, landing it squarely and pushing two of her attackers back. Dawn looked around. She was greatly out numbered, and wounded. Right now she was really wishing Bishop had trained her more before sending her here. She made the fiercest face she could as another one charged, but was hit by something mid-way. Dawn squinted and saw…a sai? "You should be ashamed, attacking a lady like that!" shouted a voice. Dawn turned from the angle the weapon came from, her eyes open wide. Standing there were four, giant, turtles.
Dawn P.O.V
I watched in awe as the four "guys" leapt into the air with the grace only a skilled ninja held. They each wore a colored masked and a fight-ready face. On in orange, the one who spoke earlier, took out two of my attackers on his way down as the turtle wearing purple tactfully welded a bo staff. "Hey, you okay?" the voice behind me startled me half out of my skin. The blue-masked turtle had his back…shell…to my back, twin katana in hand. "Uh…Yea.." "Good. Stick with us, we'll get you out of here safely." He said, easily fending off ninja as he spoke. It made me kinda jealous. The 4th, red-masked turtle was cutting through enemies like a maniac. "He fights like a psycho..." I muttered. The orange-masked one flipped beside me. "You don't know the half of it." He joked. I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing. The re-masked ninja landed beside the three of us and smacked the joker on the back of his head. "Shut up Mikey." "Looks like that was the last of them guys." The purple-masked turtle walked up to us, putting his bo staff on his back. "Hey! You're bleeding!" I looked at my right arm, the trail of blood falling onto my leg now. "It's fine. I practically blocked out the pain awhile ago." I shrugged. The blue-masked one looked at my wound. "It's a pretty deep cut. Come with us, we'll look at it for you." "I...Uhhh." "Leo! We can't be just inviting strange people back to the lair." "Aww Don't be so mean Raph. Us mutants gotta stick together!" Mikey said, slinging his arm around me. I must've made a mistake, there was no way these could be the turtles Dr. Bishop was talking about. But then again, how many mutant turtles were there in New York? "Fine. You're the leader Leo. But one thing." Raph wrapped a cloth around my eyes. "For safety reason. You understand." I simply nodded, still holding my arm as they led me through the dark tunnels of the sewers.
"Welcome to our fortress of solitude. Our own personal Batcave." The mask was moved from my eyes. "You mean Turtle Cave?" I laughed. Mikey smiled. "I like this chick." "What's your name?" Leonardo asked. "Me? I'm Dawn." I scanned my surroundings. This section of the sewers was clean, fixed up with training rooms, and even a large television. "Wow." "I am happy that you find my home satisfactory." Spoke a voice laden with experience and wisdom. The four boys all bowed in respect to an old, rather large rat in a worn robe.. "Master Splinter. We found her fighting Foot Ninja in the sewers. She was hurt so-" Their master raised a hand to stop Leonardo's explanation. "She's welcome to rest here." He turned his gaze to me. "What brings you to this place my child?" "I…don't remember." I lied. "I woke up here a few days ago, I don't remember how I got like this, or anything before. Just that my name's Dawn...And I'm a freak apparently." I looked down, half feeling guilty about lying to my new friends. But I couldn't let my feelings screw up my mission. "I am Splinter. And these are my sons. Michelangelo" The orange-masked one stuck out his lounge. "Raphael" The red-masked one held a steady gaze. "Donatello" The purple-masked turtle smiled and waved. "And the eldest, Leonardo" The blue-masked ninja nodded. "It's nice to meet you all. And I appreciate your help. Those...Foot Ninja...were really good." "Yea, we fight those guys all the time. It's no biggie." Michelangelo said, throwing himself on a huge couch. "It's strange that they'd attack you though." Leo said. "Yea, you're clearly not a turtle. You have a tail!" Raph hit Mikey on the back of his head again. "Didn't we learn about thinking before you speak?" I giggled, but covered my mouth. Donatello walked over holding some bandages. "Here, let me take a look at that cut." I held out my arm as he started to clean it. I flinched as he tightly wrapped the wound. "Sorry. There, How's that?" "Better. Much better, Thank you." I eyed his bo staff. "You were pretty good with that thing." "Well, I've been training since I was small, but everyone's good at something." "Don't be so modest. You think that was good, you should see this guy at a computer. Donnie here can find out anything about anyone anywhere, just by typing his magic codes on a keyboard." Mikey called from the TV. "And you use swords…Raph uses the Sai." Raph barely looked up from his pizza. "Dawn, are you hungry. Surely you're exhausted from your time on your own" Master Splinter said. I was suddenly aware of my growling stomach. "Umm...Yes sir, a little." "The please allow us to get you some food." I was shocked by their kindness. They had just met me, and they were already offering me food, and a place in their home. They trusted me, all except for Raph really. I touched the gem on the collar my master gave me. "Dawn?" I looked up. "Yes Master Splinter?" "You seem troubled my child. I asked if there was anything in particular you wanted." I shook my head. Anything's fine..."
I pulled the blanket closer around me, opening my eyes to blackness. "I'm telling you guys, there's something about her I don't like." "She doesn't seem that bad Raph. Stop being paranoid." "I'm not being paranoid Mikey. Just cautious. Or did you fail to forget there are crazy people out there who want to kill us." "Yea Raph, she definitely looks like someone that would work for the Shredder." I tiptoed infront of the door and listened. "Well, I vouch for her." Leo spoke up. "She just seems lost. And it's better if someone like us found her, than someone bad." "I'm with Leo." Donnie agreed. "He's usually a good judge of character." "You guys are crazy. Trust the lizard if you want, but there's just something about her that rubs me the wrong way." "Raph. There's something about everyone that rubs you the wrong way." Mikey pointed out. I could hear Raphael's scowl as he headed toward the door. The shadow of his feet stood still as he opened the door. I stood there, looking at him. "Eavesdropping is a bad habit." He said. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to I just." He ignored me, bumping my shoulder as he walked by. Leo put a hand on my shoulder. "Don't mind Raph. He's just a little rough around the edges." "We're going out for awhile. Will you be okay here?" Donnie asked. "Sure. I'll be okay." "Good. We'll be back soon." "There's pizza in the fridge." Mikey added, as the other three walked out the tunnel that led to the surface. What were they going to do when they find out Raph is right?