Chapter 2

Leonardo awoke and found himself in a bed with his wounds covered in bandages. He looked over and saw his swords leaning against the wall in the opposite corner of the room. His eyes scanned the rest of the room and rested upon a young lady sitting in a chair near his bed. She seemed to be asleep. In her lap was a bible and Leonardo figured that she fell asleep while reading it. He quietly got out of the bed and made his way over to his swords and fastened them to his shell. He was about to walk out the door when a voice stopped him.

"You going to leave without saying goodbye?" the voice asked. Leonardo stopped and then turned around to face the young lady who was now sitting straight up and looking right at him. What surprised him the most is that she did not look on him with fear, instead in all he seen in her eyes was kindness and a hint of humor.

"Sorry, I didn't want to wake you. Why are you not afraid of me? Better yet, where are my brothers, father and our friend April?" Leonardo asked her.

"Well first of all, my name is Diana. Your brothers, I am assuming are the other turtles, they are ok. They are resting in other rooms and all are being taken care of. Your father, I also assume was the rat and he is doing well, he is already awake and moving around and so is your friend. You and your brother, the one with the purple mask took most of the punishment, since you were in the front" Diana told him.

"Ok. I thank you for helping us. I have to ask, why are you not scared of me and my family?" Leonardo asked her.

"Please, I do not judge a book by its cover. None of us here do" Diana answered.

"Us?" Leonardo asked.

"Yes, you see, the sheriff and a few of the other men here saw you crash and went to investigate. I will admit that they were shocked when they first saw you but they saw that you were all injured so they helped you. It would not be the Christian thing to do, to leave you all out there" Diana told him.

"Again I thank you. So where are we anyway?" Leonardo asked her as he sat back down on the bed and faced her.

"You are in my home and this place is a little community off the beaten path. We call this town Redemption. It was named that some years ago when the first people came here and this place became a second chance for them" she told him.

"Ok. Well can I go and check on my brothers and then go and see my father and April?" Leonardo asked her.

"Of course. Here I will show you around" Diana answered and then the two of them walked out of the room and walked to another room and saw Mikey and Raph already getting out of their beds and talking to two men that were in the room. They were apparently giving his brothers the rundown of what happen to them.

"Hey Leo, glad to see you" Mikey told his brother as he stood up and stretched out.

"Take it easy there partner, you don't want to tear the stitches, Doc would have my hid if you did that" one of the guys said to him. The two men in the room looked like cowboys in Leo's mind but then again they were in Texas and he had seen enough westerns to know that this is how a lot of men dressed.

"Where is Donny?" Raph asked as he walked over to Leo.

"Your other brother is in the next room" Diana told them and then the three brothers and Diana walked to the last room and opened the door to find Don talking to an elderly lady that was sitting in the chair next to him. Apparently they were having a debate on religion vs science and it looked to be getting a little heated.

"I am telling you that evolution is not an opinion, it is a fact!" Donny told the elderly lady. The lady just gave him a sneer and replied, "And that is your opinion!".

"Leo, help me out here" Donny said as he saw his brothers standing in the doorway.

"Oh, no you are on your own" Leo laughed as he held up his hands. The elderly lady that Don had been debating with stood up and walked over to the Raph, Leo, and Mikey and stuck out her hand.

"Hello, I am Mrs. Cambell, it is nice to meet you and I am glad that you are awake and I hope that you do not share the same kind of crackpot ideas as your stubborn brother over there" she told them as she shook each of their hands.

"Hey! I am not a crackpot. I will have you know that I am very smart and I have invented things" Donny said in his defense as he sat up.

"You just mind your manners with me, you young wipper snappper" Mrs. Cambell said as she turned and pointed a finger in his direction while the others snickered at him. Don grumbled under his breath as she turned around but then turned back to him again.

"What was that?" she asked.

"Nothing mam" Don said as he got out of bed.

"Good, now if you gentlemen would follow an elderly lady downstairs, I will show you to your father and your friend" Mrs. Cambell said and she led the four brothers and Diana downstairs where Splinter and April were sitting at a table talking to a man that was wearing a sheriff badge and three other men as well as a few other people.

"Ahh, my sons, I am glad to see you all awake" Splinter said as he gave each of his sons a hug. April came over and gave each of them a hug as well.

"You guys were lucky. We saw you crash and rushed over to see if there was any survivors. You better be glad you crashed near our town. The nearest town besides ours is about hundred miles from here" the sheriff told them as he got to his feet and then walked over and shook each of their hands.

"We thank you for all you have done. Can you show us where the nearest phone is and I will call Leatherhead and have him fly out here in his chopper that he took from bishop as well" Don asked the sheriff.

"I am sorry but this is an old style town and we don't have a phone. I will tell you what though, as soon as you are all healed we will take some horses and get you to the nearest town and you can call your friend to come and get you" the sheriff told them.

"Well, I think it would be wise to take his advice, my sons, we are in no condition to move around a lot and if it is as far as you say to the nearest town then we are honored to stay for a few days." Splinter told them.

"Good, Diana can show you where you sleep later. Let me introduce you to a few of people here. To start with I am the sheriff but you can call me Jesse. The other three guys that went with me to rescue you are right here" Jesse said as he motioned to the three other men in the room.

"I'm Billy. I guess you could say I am the deputy" Billy said as he tipped his hat.

"I'm Bill, I run the store across the street. If you ever need anything just feel free to come in and ask" Bill told them as he walked over and shook their hands.

"I guess it is my turn. You can just call me John or Doc, everyone else does" John told them as he walked over and shook their hands as well.

"It is a pleasure to meet you all as well" April told them.

"Well why don't we show you all around and introduce you to some of the folk around here and don't worry they already seen you and they don't care what you look like so don't worry" Jesse told them as he led them out of the house.

When they walked out of the house they were shocked by what they saw. Leo, Raph, Don, and Mikey stood in awe of what they saw and so did Splinter and April. Everywhere they looked they saw people walking around in clothing that looked like something out of a classic western movie. There were no paved roads and everyone that were not walking, were riding horses, no cars or trucks. Mikey was the first one to speak up and say what was on all of their minds.

"Hey Leo, I don't think we are in Kansas anymore"