I quickly get Mikey into a warm bath, but have no clue what to do with Angel. What could I put her in?
"Master Splinter!" I call urgently.
Master Splinter comes out of his room. "What is it my son?"
I show him Angel bundled up in my arms. "She has some major frostbite, but I had to put Mikey in a warm bath. What could we do for her?"
Master Splinter took Angel from my arms and looked at the poor girl. "She has a kind spirit, but a terrible past. I know of a few remedies that may help her."
I bowed. "Do what you must, sensei. She has taken a liking to Mikey." Splinter nodded and took Angel back to his room.
Splinter's POV:
I laid the cold girl down on my futon and covered her with several thick blankets. I placed a warm cloth on her forehead and turned on a nearby heater.
Suddenly, she began to toss and turn. "No, s-stay away from me!" She yelled in her sleep. I gently shook the girl's shoulder as she sat up abruptly. "No!" She screamed. Tears made their way down her face.
"Be calm, Angel."
She held onto the blankets as if they were her life line. "Who-Who are you?" She asked in nervousness.
"I am Splinter, Michelangelo's father and sensei."
She began to cry hard. "I-I want M-Mikey." She sobbed.
I smiled sadly. There was a lot more to this girl that met the eye. "I will go see if he can come here."
I exited my room into the bathroom where I was greeted by Donatello and an awake Michelangelo.
"Michelangelo, Angel is requesting your presence. May he come, Donatello?"
Donatello got a thoughtful look on his face. "As long as he stays warm he may go." Donatello grabbed a thick wool blanket and gave it to Michelangelo once he stood out of the bath. Michelangelo wrapped the blanket around himself and ran to my room. I chuckled. I could already tell that these two were becoming fast friends.
Mikey's POV:
I ran back to my sensei's room were my friend was located. I saw her sobbing on my father's futon. Once she saw me she reached her arms out to me. I quickly came over and sat next to her. She wrapped her arms around my waist and sobbed hard.
"What's wrong, Angel?" I asked gently.
She sniffed. "I had a nightmare of my parents abusing me."
I gasped. Why did a girl so innocent have abusive parents? "Do you want to tell me a little about your past?"
She nodded reluctantly. "My parents abused me my whole life, but abandoned me at age three. I had a brother too, but he made fun of me because I'm smarter than most kids my age. So he began to hit me too. They'd never feed me or bathe me. I had to find clothes in the dumpster. Soon I began to cut myself."
She showed me the scars on her arms.
"My parents found out but they didn't do anything about it. They told me to kill myself."
I gasped. "Well you will do nothing of the sorts as long as I'm around. So you don't have a family?"
She shook her head. "No family."
An idea popped into my head as I excused myself from the room.
"Master Splinter!" I called.
"Yes, Michelangelo?"
"Angel doesn't have a home or a family. Can we keep her here with us?" I asked.
Splinter stroked his beard in thought as a smirk appeared on his face. "Well we most certainly not let her wander the streets of New York alone on her own. She may stay."
My face brightened up with a smile. "Oh thank you thank you thank you, sensei!" I said as I ran back to his room.
"Angel."
She looked at me with the same baby blue colored eyes as me. "How would you like to live here with us?"
Her face brightened up. "Really I can live here...with you guys?" She asked excitement evident in her voice.
I smiled and nodded. "Oh thank you thank you thank you!" She said as she bounced up and down in happiness as her light brown hair bounced with her as well.
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ONE WEEK LATER:
Angel was officialy off of bed rest and got to explore the lair for her first time. "Wow." She said in amazement.
She saw Donnie sitting on the couch reading a book and immediately ran over to him.
"What're you reading, Donnie?" She asked in wonder.
He looked up and smiled. "It's probably nothing you'd like. Just a book on cells and organisms." She gasped.
"I love science! I've only studied a little on cells though. Inside a cell is the mitochondria, nucleus, cytoplasm, and ribosomes. There's a lot more too."
Donnie looked excited. "You love science?"
Angel nodded excitedly. Donnie smiled. "Would you like to see my lab?"
Angel's jaw dropped. "You have a lab?"
Donnie nodded as he picked Angel up and took her into the lab.
"Woah." She said in amazement.
She pointed at a microscope. "Is that an actual microscope?" She asked as if she had just saw a mermaid.
Donnie nodded. "Do you wanna look through it?"
She nodded vigorusly.
Donnie put a slide under it and put Angel's eye to the microscope. "Wow that's so cool. You can see the cell walls."
Donnie carried Angel out and told her how dangerous it was and how she could only go in there if he invited her in there. She next walked over to Leo who was watching Space Heros. "What're you watching,
Leo?"
Leo looked at her. "Space Heros. It's the best show ever. Do you wanna watch?" She nodded and sat next to him. Soon after three episodes, Angel was sitting in Leo's lap, eyes glued to the TV. Once the show was over Leo showed Angel all of his Japanese culture stuff in his room. She asked so many questions that I think she's beginning to grow a love for Japanese culture.
Angel's POV:
I walked the halls of my new home. When I passed Raph's room I heard him talking. To himself? I didn't know yet. I knocked on his door and waited for him to answer.
"What do you want, Angel?" I was taken back by his mean sounding tone.
"Who are you talking to in there?"
He grunted. "No one."
"Yes you were."
"NO I WASN'T!" Tears gathered in my eyes from the memories of being yelled at by my parents. I quickly ran to my room and slammed my door with a sob. Soon after, a knock was heard from my door.
"Angel, it's Raph can I come in?"
"Yeah." I sniffed. Raph came into my room and sat next to me.
"I'm sorry, Angel. I didn't mean to yell at you." He said in a gentle tone.
I hugged him around his waist and sobbed. He hugged me back. "It-It reminded me of-of my...parents."
"Sh. Angel, your parents are jerks. You're a nice, intelligent, beautiful, young girl. And we all love you very much."
I sniffed and sat up wiping my tears. "C-Can I see your room?" I asked but immediately regreted it fearing he'd yell at me agian.
After a while he nodded and carried me to his room.
When we entered his room I saw a punching bag in the corner and sais on hooks that were mounted on the walls. His room looked so tough, and I like it.
"I like your room. It's a lot tougher than your brothers' rooms."
Raph smiled at my comment. "Would you like to see a few fighting tricks?" He asked me. I nodded.
He sat me on his bed. I watched him fight his punching bag in awe. Such complicated moves was a breeze for him. He was such a great fighter. Once he finished my mouth hung open.
"That was amazing, Raph! You're so cool. I like all of you. Donnie's super smart. Mikey's super funny. Leo's super nerdy. And you're super cool. I want to be like all of you when I grow up."
He laughed.
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I walked back to where my brothers trained to find Master Splinter in the center of the dojo on his knees in a peaceful state. I walked over to him and tapped on his shoulder. He jumped out of his state and looked very mad.
I jumped back in fear and scrunched my eyes tightly waiting for him to hit me. Once he didn't I opened my eyes to see an apologetic look on his face.
"I'm sorry, Angel. I never told you not to disturb me when I'm meditating. I didn't mean to scare you."
"It's ok. I'm sorry for interrupting you." I said as I made a move to leave.
"Wait, was there something you wanted, Angel?" Splinter asked hurriedly.
"I-I just wanted to know your guys' story. Nobody has told me yet."
He nodded. "Aw, yes. Well, it happened fifteen years ago. I used to be a human like you. I had a brother named Oroku-Saki. We lived in Japan and he was abandoned by my family's ememy clan. But seeing as he was just a baby my father took him in and raised him as one of his own. When we were older we met a lovely girl named Tang-Shen that both me and my brother had fallen for.
"But she had eyes for me. We later got married and had a daughter together. But Oroku-Saki's anger towards me only grew. He later found us and killed Tang-Shen and my daughter, Miwa. With a heavy heart I started a new life here in America where I bought four baby turtles. I followed some strange looking people who looked surprisingly the same.
"They were holding a canister of green ooze. Feeling as if these men were plannig a terrorist attack I turned to leave. But there had been a rat that I had stepped on and it squeaked loudly causing the men to find me. They attacked me and I fought with ninjitsu. During the fight the cansiter had broken and spilled over me and the baby turtles.
"Since the last thing I had touched was a rat I turned into a rat mutant. Since the last thing that had touched the baby turtles was me they turned into baby humanoid turtles. Knowing we wouldn't be wanted around town I took the turtles and went to the sewers which is where we live now as outcasts."
Splinter took the family picture of him and Tang-Shen and their daughter down and showed me the pictured.
"They're both very beautiful." I said.
Splinter sighed. "Yes they were."
I touched Tang-Shen's photo and closed my eyes. After a while I opened my eyes.
"Tang-Shen is very happy in heaven. She says she misses you."
Splinter's eyes widened in surprise. I placed my hand on Miwa's photo and closed my eyes. I scrunched my eye's tighter and tighter before finally opening my eyes.
"She's still alive. She was raised by Oroku-Saki, not killed by him. She has a very deep hatred for you. He must've lied to her about something."
Still he looked shocked at me. "Angel, you have a very precious gift."
"I do?" I questioned.
He nodded. "You do. You can sense people just using their pictures from any time period." He suddenly walked to a dresser and took out a beautiful blue and teal kimono that was my size.
"It was Tang-Shen's when she was your age. We planned on giving it to Miwa when she was your age,
but since we didn't get the chance to give it to her, I'd like you to have it."
"Really? Are you sure? I mean I'm not an actual part of your family. It just sounds so important."
He nodded. "It is very important, yes, but you are part of this family now and I don't think any of my sons would like to wear it. Plus, Leonardo has told me that you are very fond of Japanese culture."
I looked up at him and hugged him. "Thank you...daddy." Splinter froze. But soon he picked me up and hugged me tight.
"You're welcome, my daughter."
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I brushed my teeth in the bathroom getting ready for bed when I see a turtle in an orange mask make a funny face in the mirror. "Haha, Mikey." I laugh after I spit. He picked me up and placed me on his shoulders.
"You ready to see you're new and improved room?" Mikey asked me. I smiled and nodded like crazy.
Mikey carried me to my room and flipped on the light. I gasped at the sight. The walls were a teal color with wooden shelves on the walls. He put me on the floor gently and I spun around the room with a look of awe on my face. Mikey laughed.
"Do you like it?"
I shook my head.
"No."
His face fell.
"I love it."
His face lit up with a smile once again. He picked me back up and placed me on my bed.
"You better get lots of sleep. Tomorrow you get to meet April. She's a human as well. She's got a friend named Casey that she'll bring tomorrow too. If you like Raph, you'll like Casey."
"Will I like April?" I asked as Mikey tucked me into bed.
"I know you will." He kissed me on my forehead and turned off my light. "Good night, Angel. I love you."
"I love you too. And Leo, Raph, Donnie, and daddy."
