I know I should be updating my other story, and I'm working on it! I had planned on putting this in the "The Little Turtle" story but decided it was too dark and didn't contribute to the story. For those who don't know my OC.
Theng Sjen/Thanny : the adopted sister of the turtles, found in the sewers by master Splinter when she was a baby.
Unmentionable crime
We never came across anything truly traumatizing, not like this. We had fought our fare share of robberies, carjacking, purse-nappers, you name it … this is New York city after all. But this unmentionable crime, we had never before come across. Or at least before we managed to get there in time.
Leo and Raph had finished beating the crap out of the monster and had tied him to the dumpster using some rope found discarded in the alley. They got the easy job, I tried to calm down the girl who if I had to guess had to be at least a year younger than me.
Donnie wasn't able to get close to her, she was hysterical and for once I understood. The sheer terror and vulnerability in her eyes made me forget about anything else and I allowed her to cling to me. Her nails clawed into my arm in a desperate effort to seek safety and consolation. She was sobbing uncontrollably, had been ever since we intervened.
I did not know what to say, what could I possibly say to her that could help her through this? I felt truly helpless, so guilty that we had been too late. I just closed my eyes and pulled her closer, trying to transfer some of my inner strength to her.
"Thanny, we have to go, Don called the police, 5 minutes tops." Mikey said carefully while keeping his distance.
"NO!" the girl sobbed and clawed at my arms to keep me in place as if I was her lifeline. "Please don't leave! Don't leave!" she yelled desperately, it broke my heart into pieces. I couldn't let the police see me. It would only bring bad things about, I had no identity, no papers to prove I deserved to live in the city. I had to disappear again, but this once I wished I could stay.
"I'm not leaving alright?" I made her look at me, her face was red and partially swollen. Beautiful golden hair stuck to her tearstained face. "I'm not leaving, the police can't see me, but I'll be watching and I'll come back down here if anything goes wrong." She disagreed and held on to me, I saw her casting a fearful look to the unconscious monster.
"He's out cold, the police will come here any minute now and lock him away for a long time once you tell them what happened. They'll help you alright?" I tried to reason with her, but it was as if she didn't hear me, she kept watching the monster. I could hear the sirens in the distance, I didn't have much time.
"Here." it probably wasn't the smartest thing, but I wanted to help her and it was the only thing I could think of. I handed her one of my kunai, her eyes zoned in on the weapon. I held the sharp end in my hand and offered her the hilt. She unclenched one of her hands from my arms and grasped the knife. "It will give you courage alright. Listen I am not leaving, but I can't let the cops see me. Just stay here until they come and tell them what happened, they will help you. Do you understand?" she nodded and grasped the kunai with both hands, releasing me.
"He will be punished, but tell them what happened." The poor girl was in shock and she just nodded along to everything I said, I was sure half of it never got through. The sirens came closer and reluctantly I vanished with my brothers into the darkness. She seemed frightened again for a second but realized she wasn't unarmed and kept a firm grasp on the blade until she was found.
I looked with pain in my heart as they took the kunai from her and helped her in the ambulance. Leo placed a hand on my shoulder, effectively shaking me out of my daze.
"I'm fine." He nodded, while casting me a glance that he didn't believe me. But honestly none of us was fine. How could someone do something so horrible, I could relate to someone stealing food or money even drugs. But this? I closed my eyes as I tried to block out the scene we walked in on.
At times like this I really wished we were searching them out, the low lives of this city. I wanted vengeance for the nameless girl. She would be scarred for life, she wasn't able to defend herself like I was … she deserved vengeance.