Emerald

Chapter 1: Sick New Friend

A/N: This story is from something I typed for something else. It has been changed in places to fit this web site. Hope you like it.

Disclaim: I do not own or know the TMNT.

It's a beautiful spring day and Leo and Raph are fighting in the middle of the lair

"Well no one likes it!" Raph yells.

"If it saves our shells then everyone will like it!" Leo yelled back.

Master Splinter walks into the room and sighs.

"My sons!" Master Splinter yells over Leo and Raph. "There is no need to fight."

Leo and Raph look at Master Splinter. Raph looks at Master Splinter with a mad face, Leo is looking to his left, and both have their arms crossed.

"Leonardo, what's wrong?" Master Splinter asked when he saw Leo.

"Nothing Master Splinter," Leo said, looking at Splinter.

Mike walks in behind Leo and Raph, munching loudly. Everyone turns and looks at him.

"What's with the yelling?" he asked after he had his mouth free of food.

"Hothead here was trying to get some changes in the lair," Raph said, playfully punching Leo in the arm.

Mike walks over to Raph, crumpling up the empty chip bag.

"What kind?" he asked, looking from Leo to Raph.

"Nothing you need to know of," Leo said, glaring at Mike.

"Leonardo!" Master Splinter yelled. "Even though I it when you go topside but right now you need to get some fresh air."

Leo looked away from his brothers and Splinter shame all over his face. After a while, Leo turns around and runs out of the lair.

"Will he be ok?" Mike asked, looking after his brother.

"He'll be fine," Raph said, heading towards the TV set. "Want to watch something while we wait for Donnie?"

"I call the remote!" Mike yelled, jumping over Raph and over the back of the couch.

Leo ran on the roofs of New York City. Leo slid to a stop and sighed.

Life is unpredictable. You never know what happens, until it happens. Why doesn't Raph get it? If we don't start making some changes then we will never be ready for an attack. Leo becomes covered in a green light. Confused, Leo looks up to see what was making the light. "Ah shell."

Leo starts running but he's not fast enough. A comet lands a foot behind him, blowing Leo to the other side of the building. The top of the building was covered with emerald shards. Leo gets up and tries to get into the center of the mess. As he walks on the emeralds, the emeralds under his feet evaporate, covering the whole mess with an eerie emerald mist. Leo gets to the middle of the mess and finds a really large piece of emerald. The shape of an egg and three feet tall, the emerald was huge.

"Wow."

Leo knocks on the emerald and the emerald starts to crack and light up. Leo steps away in fear of what might be inside. A blinding flash of light and the emerald disappeared and a girl replaces it. She shakes her head clear and looks around. When her gaze landed on Leo, fear showed itself on her face.

"W-who are you?" the girl said, trying to get away from Leo.

"It's ok," Leo said, "I won't harm you."

The girl just stood there as the shards of emerald turned slowly to mist. Her hand went straight for her chest and clenched her shirt. A look of pain and fear shot across the girl's face, causing Leo to step forward. The girl stepped back and winced. Leo ran to the girl's side as her legs come out from under her. He gently lowered her to the ground as he sat down.

"Are you ok?" Leo asked gently, moving the girl's golden brown, shoulder length hair out of her hazel eyes.

"I-I thing so," she said after blinking a few times. She sat up. "I just got a bit dizzy, that's all."

"Chest pains?" Leo asked, putting one and one together.

The girl looked at Leo with a smile. Her eyes held memories powerful and sad, all surrounded by longing.

"Yeah," the girl said. She looked away. "Not just there, though. Other places."

Leo tilted his head to the side with a puzzled look on his face. Sighing, he scooted closer to the girl and pulled her against his chest.

"I could have my brother look at that for you if you would like," Leo offered.

"I couldn't put that on your brother," the girl said, looking up at Leo.

"I doubt he would mind," Leo said. "I'm Leonardo by the way. My brothers call me Leo."

"Emerald," the girl said.

"Nice to meet you," Leo said. Just as the words left his mouth, groups of Foot ninja appear. "Aw shell."

Leo pushed Emerald to her feet and Leo jumped to his, unsheathing his katanas.

"Do not worry Leo," Emerald said. "They can't harm up. The emerald shards are keeping them back."

"Any clue on how to loose them?" he asked.

Emerald smiled.

"I have a few," Emerald said. "Close your eyes."

Leo did so and heard steam. He felt himself being led to the edge of the building by someone.

"You can open your eyes now," Emerald said. "You'll need to to get us to where you live."

Leo chuckled and led Emerald down the escape ladder and into the sewers. The pair traveled in silence till they were close to the Lair.

"So where are you from Emerald?" Leo asked. Emerald shrugged.

"I don't really know my past," Emerald said, looking around. "All I remember is sitting at a desk and then all of the sudden I was standing in front of you."

Leo opened his mouth just as Emerald's face twisted up in pain. Her right hand went to her chest and her left hand kept her from falling onto her face.

"Emerald!" he yelled. He ran to Emerald's side and saw that tears were falling fast. "Hang on."

Leo pulled out his shell cell and dialed Donnie's number.

Donnie looked up from his work at his beeping shell cell next to him.

"Yeah?" he said into the headset as he went back to work.

"Donnie, its Leo," Leo said on the other end, panic clear in his voice. "Where are you?"

"The Lair, why?" Donnie asked, jumping to his feet.

"I need you to get over here now," Leo said, panic growing in his voice. "I need help getting a friend to the Lair. She's in pain."

"I'll be there soon," Donnie said and hung up. Grabbing his shell cell and bolting out of the Lair he yelled, "I'll be back in a few!"

Leo hung up and held Emerald close to his chest. God, how he wished to help her not be in pain. A cough brought up blood and panic ran a face almost white. Donnie rounded the corner at a full sprint and slid to a stop next to Leo ad saw the blood after the look on his face.

"We have to hurry," Donnie said. Leo nodded and quickly got to his feet, supporting most of Emerald's weight. Donnie supported the rest of Emerald's weight and began running. Leo kept up on what felt like jelly legs. They slowed to a quick walk and walked through the Lair to Donnie's lab. Mike looked up from the TV and Raph looked up from the book he was reading. The two watched their brothers half carry, half escort a girl through the Lair. Mike looked at Raph who shrugged. Raph got to his feet and walked towards Donnie's lab, Mike right behind him. Raph and Mike walked in just as another cough brought blood. Raph winced and Mike tried to hold in his stomach. Leo was sitting in the corner with his face in his hands. Mike looked at him and saw that he was very pale. Mike sighed and left, another cough chasing after him as well as the sound of some thing liquid hitting cement.

A/N: More on the way.