Well, I'm back.And As always here is my disclaimer.

:: jabs Mikey in the side with her elbow ::

M: "OWW, what'd ya do that for?"

:: Points to the reader ::

L4T: "Disclaimer."

M: "Oh, hey there, you know the drill,this girly doesn't own the TMNT or anything that goes with."


Bira sat on her bedroom floor with news article after news article strewn out before her. Even

after all this time, the thoughts of her family's murder haunted her. Picking up one of the articles,

she scanned it before placing it back down.

"It just doesn't add up."

She concluded.It had been eleven years to the day since the news of her family's death had pushed

her to make the biggest decision of her life but, what bothered her most was, out of all the

information she was able to gather, there had never been any talk of a suspect or any arrest made

concerning the case. On top of that, the entire case had dropped off the radar after only a year of

investigation. Suddenly, the sound of her cell phone ringing brought her out of her thoughts.

"Hello?"

She answered,not taking her focus off of the many scattered articles. The voice on the other end

made her freeze.

"Is this Bira?"

Came the voice of an old woman. She knew that voice, even after so long, it's sound reverberated

in her mind.

"...Nana?"

She questioned, cautiously.

"It's really you than?Oh thank heavens,it's wonderful to hear your voice dear."

The woman replied, relief spilling from her.

" How did you get this number Nana? How did you even know that I was still alive?"

She asked, wondering how in the world her only living relative had been able to find out about her

after so long.

"I really don't know dear,one day, I was sitting at home and an envelope came in the mail for me

without a return adress..."

The old woman began to explain.

" Well, when I opened it,there was a small note and a phone number inside."

She finished, Bira thought for a minute.

"What did the note say Nana?"

She asked after a minute or so. There was a short silence on the other end before the woman

began to speak again.

"Well, I think I still have it here..."

There was a bit of shuffling noise coming over the phone and than the woman returned.

" Ah, here it is, it says; " Madam, I don't know how important your grandaughter is to you but,

family is very important to her and she thinks of them often. I have left a number for you incase

you would like to get in touch with her." and that was all it said dear."

Bira nearly had to wipe tears from her eyes after hearing the note. There was only one person

who had ever known the extent of how she felt about her family.

" Raph"

She whispered in realization. Blinking back a few more welling tears she continued their

conversation.

" I think I have an idea of who sent it to you Nana but, we'll talk more about that later. Right now

I want to know how you have been."

"Alright dear."

The woman responded.

" I've been doing pretty well here,you know about your Uncle don't you?"

Bira shuffled through a few of the articles, picking one of them up and staring at it.

" Yes, Nana, I know about Uncle.I've been keeping as close a watch as possible on the family

since the incident eleven years ago."

She replied, sighing and setting the article back down.

" Oh,dear, before I forget..."

The woman spoke ecxitedly.

" That young man Regimund is still around,and he is looking for potential wife."

' Great!! not even an hour on the phone and she's trying to set me up with HIM again.'

Bira thought furiously.

"Nana, I'm already engaged to someone."

Bira replied,trying not to sound frustrated.

"Oh? is he of high..."

Knowing how the sentence will end, Bira cuts in.

" NO, Nana, he's not."

She says nervously, tapping her fingers on the floor.

" But, Bira, you know that..."

" Yeah, I know Nan, I know."

She cuts again. sighing, she goes on.

"I'll talk to you about it later Ok? I gotta go for now."

" Alright dear,I'll talk to you later than. Bye"

The woman responds.

"Bye."

Bira says before flipping the phone closed, automatically hanging it up. Sighing again, she hangs

her head for a second and closes her eyes, taking in a few deep breaths. With one last sigh,she

picks her head back up and gets up from the floor, heading for her bedroom door. Opening it up,

she looks out at the living room where Mikey and Raph are sitting on the couch playing against

each other on Soul Calibur 3. Leaning against her doorway with her arms crossed, a smile

crosses her lips as she watches Raph.


What is it that Bira is hiding? and what was it that her grandmother was trying to say?

M: "OOOO, Mysterious."

:: whaps him on the back of the head ::

M: "OWW!!"