Oh, my! I am so terribly sorry for neglecting this story when it obviously has some followers and so kind reviewers! My deepest apologies! Well, finally, here's the 2nd chapter. As always, feel free to tell me what you think, and if I should consider other pairings (namely, the O'Neil younger sisters with the turtles, no matter how sick it may sound, I found some fanfics that have turtle-human couples, so, yeah ...) other than April and Casey.

April's face was beaming. Tonight was quite impressive. She had crashed Baxter's evil plans, and now had a whole new bunch of friends.

True, they were 4 turtles and a rat, but who cares? They had saved her life and seemed fun to be around.

And now, she was ready to go home. She'd have to take her sisters into consideration, too, after all. She imagined Halley doing the chores, Maria being worried to death for her, Louisa snapping at her for being late and Gina giggling with her nose buried in her book.

"Woah, check this out! " Mikey's voice made her look at what he was pointing excitedly.

It was the news on TV. Seems like the explosion in that lab she never wanted to see again had turned into a fire and had destroyed the whole building. Well, good riddance ...

" - no one is able to tell why the four girls were in there" the reporter went on. "However, we are glad to know they were rescued, and given the appropriate medical treatment, considering one of them seemed to be suffering from chronic asthma crisis. "

"Poor girls" Splinter commented. "Tobe locked in there. How could their families abandon them in such a way? "

"And, it appears we finally have the names of the girls" the reporter announced. "It seems they're all related, and were looking for their sister, April O'Neil, who was a lab assistant here. "

At this, April's face paled. Oh, no! It couldn't be ...

"As confirmed, the girls are Halley O'Neil, Maria O'Neil, Louisa O'Neil and Georgina O'Neil. "

"Wow, you hear that, April? " Mikey cheered. "Your sisters were there, too! " . He stopped when he saw the looks he received "What? "

"What in the shell were they doing in there? " Ralph asked, choosing to ignore his brother's usual idiocy.

"They are so gonna get it when I get home" April twitched.

As if on cue, the screen changed, showing now Halley with her all-time-present smile answering to questions. Gina was still in a coughing fit, courtesy of her asthma. Maria was shaking like a leaf from all the unwanted attention she was getting. And Louisa was trying to reenter the building!

"Let me go, damn it! " she yelled at the police officers who were giving it their all to keep her in place. "My sister's in there, we've got to save her from that fucker! "

"Language, Lou! " April snapped at the screen, not caring a little bit that her sister would not hear the scolding anyway. "Jesus! "

She stormed out of the lair, eager to go and make sure her sisters were grounded AT LEAST till they got married. The turtles stared dumbfounded at her retreating back.

"Dude! " Mikey jumped up and down enthusiastically. "That Georgina chick has a nice bust! Her clothes are burnt and I can see her tits! " . Three green hands smacked him behind his head "Ouch! "

Just to make myself clear, Michelangelo's interest in Gina's boobs has nothing to do with romantic feelings. He is, as the series title says, a Teenage Turtle, and the fact he's mutant doesn't change his hormones. It's just the typical teenage male reaction, like how they snicker when they hear the word "sex". *rolls eyes* Anyway, I do mean it, I won't make any romantic progress unless you ask me to, so rest assured my beloved haters, whoever and wherever you may be right now, ha ha!