NOTE: Because Lexi is a human and can not survive on algae and worms, I've made a slight change for this story to work. Obviously, Donnie is capable of making a shell cell and Master Splinter knows what real food is - having been a human. So, Splinter allows Lexi to meet a delivery man and they get real take out food (Chinese, pizza, hamburgers, etc.) and ingredients for Mikey to make real home cooked stuff (eggs, milk, meat, etc.). Hope you don't hate me for this change. I don't own the rights. Pure Fan Fic. If you like my writing style, I can make some fics where the boys are human, too.


The four boys - Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo - stand on a balcony of an apartment building. April sits on the bedroom's window ledge, knees to her chest. Donnie walks up to her, "Are you gonna be all right?"

"I guess," April sighs, "My aunt says I can stay here as long as I want," she adds angry and determined to do whatever it takes, "but I'll be a lot better when I track down the creeps that took my dad."

Leo asks, "Won't the police help?"

"Funny thing," April rolls her eyes, "When you tell them your dad was kidnapped by alien brains in robot bodies, they don't take you all that seriously."

Mikey agrees, "I hear that."

Donnie assures, "April, I promise you we will not rest until we find him."

Raph is surprised, "We won't?"

Leo is quick to nudge him into silence, "No," he agrees, "We won't."

April sighs, "Thank you, but it's not your fight."

Donnie places an encouraging hand on her knee, looking into her eyes, "Yes, it is." She looks up smiling, making Donnie blush and back his hand away. As the turtle boys climb to the roof - Raph stopping momentarily to salute a goodbye - Donnie is the last to leave. He stands at the top, looking back, and giving a farewell wave. April waves back; they know they'll see each other again.

April watches Donnie run on the rooftops to catch his brothers before climbing off the sill and shutting her window.