Hey everyone! It's been a while, I know, but that doesn't mean that I haven't been busy. Chapter 1! I hope you are excited as I am. Okay, first, two little notes. One: The turtles, Taylor, and everyone are twenty-one. 2) It is written in Raph's Point of View. Also, feel free to check out the poll on my profile page. I am seriously considering writing a third installment, but I want some help in deciding. Enjoy!
~PurplePenguin50~
It's been six years since Taylor left. I hoped she would come back after about maybe two, three years, but that's not the case. Splinter says she'll come back when she's ready but, I still miss her. I never blamed her for leaving. It was those stupid Kraang. I was relieved she was so willing to do anything to get better. All of that stress and frustration could have killed her. You would so much as put a hand on her and she would flinch. Truthfully it broke my heart. Life had finally turned in her favor and something like that had to happen. It just reset everything she had hoped for, worked for, and earned. She almost ended up dying, and there was nothing I could do. Fate was the one responsible for us finding her so quickly, for not tripping any alarms on the way in or out, for keeping the entire Kraang army from noticing us, for her being alive. Now I sound like Leo, but it's true. Sometimes I wish it was me instead of her. I knew if it was me I would be fine as long as I knew she was ok.
For the first year and a half I worried non-stop. What if she got sick? What if she got hit by a car? What if she was captured again? My mind was set to rest when I had thought about her past and how she survived those nine years since her parent's death. Sure she's part leopard now but, none the less, alive. It's going to be our twenty-first mutation day pretty soon, and I know Taylor must be at least twenty to twenty-one by now. I haven't really changed much in the past few years. My voice got a little deeper and I'm a little taller, but nothing major. I sometimes wonder how big she's gotten. I'm not sure about leopards, but she must've gotten taller at least. Spike's doing well. He grew a little bit. My days are all the same though; train, relax, eat, patrol, go to bed, get up and do it again. I think my brothers have already accepted the fact that Taylor may never come back, but I'm still holding out. Every night I look at the picture book she made for me and re-live all of our memories. I miss holding her in my arms, going swimming, spending time together, and when she used to sneak in my bed during the night because she got lonely. You just kind of get used to stuff like that, and then when it doesn't happen anymore it feels like a part of you is missing. I was used to waking up in the morning with her always being by my side. I always used to sing to her when she woke up from a nightmare. It never failed in calming her down. As long as she was happy and safe I was putty in her hands, and paws. I've been keeping tabs on Blue for her. He looks just like her; soft expression, blue eyes you could just get lost in, that spunky smile. I hope that doesn't make me weird. Sometimes I'll get real excited when I get up in the morning and rush out into the living room hoping she came back during the night. Nothing.
My brothers have kept busy since she left. Leo has been having April search the globe for Season 5 of Space Heroes on DVD. Personally I think she's getting annoyed because she's been spending more time at her Aunt's instead of the lair. She claims that she has to spend time with her aunt so she doesn't get suspicious, but I think differently. April always used to get Taylor to spend some 'girl time' with her even though before they left Taylor would always give me this look that said, "I'd rather be having 'Raph time' with popcorn and a movie in our room." We watched all of my favorite movies. I would have watched her favorites too but she had none. After that her favorites were the 'Iron Man' trilogy, the 'Avengers', 'R.I.P.D', the newer 'James Bond' movies and the 'Transformer' trilogy. It's amazing I can still remember all that, but love makes you do crazy things, I guess. Donnie has been making 'improved' house hold items. They all work pretty good but it took him a couple tries. The only thing we haven't tested out yet is the ice cream machine. It looks like something out of a horror movie. He says it's harmless, but I don't think any of us are going to take the chance. Besides, we already have ice cream, the nice, safe, store-bought kind. Mikey has mostly been playing video games; although he has taken up a new hobby, painting. Sensei gave him some paints one day and he's been at it ever since. Mikey's not a master or anything but he doesn't do a bad job. The miraculous thing is he stores it all in his room. I never thought that was possible. When I say he keeps everything in his room, he keeps everything in his room. I'm afraid to go in there; I really don't want to know what it's like. I don't need any nightmares right now.
I wonder how Taylor's doing. She must be getting somewhat better, right? I mean, it's not like she's not coming back for a reason. Maybe something happened; oh my god something couldn't have happen could it!? No, Raphael, get a grip. She's fine it just...takes a while that's all. It seems like my mind is constantly on Taylor. I just want to see her so much. Oh great, now I'm gonna cry again. Just think about the happy thoughts, like when she comes back. Yeah, that's it; you're fine, see? I hope she comes back soon; I can't wait to tell her how much I love her.
