Chapter 2

Heart for an Angel

That night, Raphael sat on his bed staring at the ruby necklace for a while, remembering those days he was with Katsuro.

Raph: "Katsuro…u act like a father to me. Why? Why me?" as he never admit he was feeling soft for anyone. Suddenly he knew what he was doing. He shook out of his confusion. "What am I talking about?! That was 9 years ago. Geez and he never came back since." He said as he looked carefully on the gem, touching gently on it as he did, the ruby gently shine back at him. As suddenly he noticed something inside the ruby. "Katsuro?" He seen him inside the ruby, unbelieving what he was seeing, he rub his eyes and looked at the ruby. He was still there.

Katsuro: "Raphael-san? Is that u?" The very same tone, he remembered 9 years ago. It was Katsuro and yet the same look like before.

Raph: "What the shell? How did u? What?!?!" He was totally confused as he remembered his friend now trapped inside the ruby.

Katsuro: "I'm glad. I get to see u again Raphael-san." As he slowly faded away. Raphael sudden noticed.

Raph: "Wait Katsuro!" But it was too late; Katsuro disappeared just like that, at first, he thought he was seeing things, second hearing his voice again and third he realizes he gone… "Katsuro…" Then he heard a knock at the door.

Donatello: "Hey Raph! U in there?" Raphael had quickly put away the ruby as he approached the door and see Donatello.

Raph: "What?" He asked suspicious as Donatello just rolled his eyes.

Don: "u been little tight lately and so have I. Right now I'm headed for the surface for a run, u in?" Raphael gave Donny thy eye that made him nervous. Then Raph shrugs his shoulders.

Raph: "Sure why not." He said finally releasing Donatello nervous system low. Then Raphael ran off to thy exit. "Last one to the surface is the slowpoke!" Donatello came out in surprise as his brother led the way.
Don: "No fair!" He said following behind. As soon they left, unknowing to Raphael, Michelangelo sneaked inside his room and scan thy area searching for that black jewelry box.

Mikey: "I know u in here little black box." He said out loud making a complete fool of himself. Then he spotted it…as Mikey silently walked over and grabbed the box in his hands. He finally gets to see what Raphael actually keeps for once. "Now let's see why this thing is so special?" As he opened it, a bright light shined his eyes as his eyes were cleared he seen the ruby necklace.

Mikey: "What the shell?" he asked himself, as he grab the necklace out of the box. "Cheap jewelry?" He said to himself as he let his eyes wander on the necklace he noticed a man inside the ruby. "Huh?!?!?" Shocked in surprise, he begins rubbing his eyes just in case if he seeing things. As he opened his eyes again, the man was gone. "That was weird…" then Mikey decided to have little fun, as he placed the necklace around his neck and looked at the mirror, posing his heroic position. "Turtle Titan still has the game! Boo-yah!!"

After a few minutes, on the surface somewhere in thy alleys a red portal slightly opened as a figure of a person gently walked out and to the streets.

"I'm home." He said to himself as his whole body was covered in darkness.

Somewhere above the rooftops, Donatello & Raphael raced crossed being so aggressive and a hot-head at the same time, Raphael raced ahead as Donny soon realize he couldn't keep up. As he losing his touch of his ninja skills and exercises since he was too busy working on his tech the last few days. He decided to slow down since there no luck catching up to Raphael.

Don: "Raphael! Wait up!" He had lost him unknowing someone heard his cry on the streets.

"Raphael-san?"

Far from his own brother, Raphael waited for him catching his breath. ''That what u get for not joining us in practice.' He thought in his head. Then he heard the sound of running feet, the sound of stealth and heart beating. As he looked at his side, he sees a figure running across the roof tops.

Raph: "The foot huh?" He said to himself and believing it was them, then he slammed his hands together. "Time for payback." As he followed the figure through the roof tops. After running the figure noticed it was followed. As Raphael catch up to it. This figure had wore an black bunny-hug sweater as it's face was covered with the shadow of the hood, and wore dark green and navy cargo pants, and it was included with green tail…Tail? Raphael knew this figure was eventually was a mutant just like him…The figure suddenly halted and swings it leg at Raphael a backward kick, Raphael dodge its attack.

Raph: "Whoa. Your quick aren't yea?" Then the figure face him as Raphael sees the figure doesn't belong to the foot. "Who are u?" the figure didn't respond as it tried hit him again. This time Raphael grab hold on it fist before it hit him. "Hey! U even listening?!?!" The figure was speechless as it quickly back off from him and grab out a hidden Black Hand fan from inside it suit. Raphael watched every move, as the figure slowly opened the black hand fan in front of him unknowing on it side of the fan was three mini daggers. Raphael suspects something but instead he chucked. "How is that puny fan gonna stop me?" he spoke to soon. The three daggers were thrown at him; slightly the three daggers cut his skin. Two cuts on his right arm and one across his cheek. The cuts slowly bleed its blood, as Raphael wiped away his bleeding wound on his cheek. "I guess I spoke to soon." Suddenly the figure attacked him with it hand fan. Raphael quickly draws his sai and stab through the fan then the figure quickly closed its fan and flings away his weapon. The figure continues attacked him as Raphael defends himself with his other sai. As soon they weapons locks together, the figure uses it tail, wrapping around Raphael's leg and quickly pulled him down to the ground. The figure quickly drew out another mini dagger and dive it at Raphael. Raph quickly rolled over as the dagger hit the solid ground. Raphael quickly stood up and gave a spin kick as the figure ducked his attack. Then the figure gave Raphael a swipe of it tail, as he threw off and hit small building. As the figure quickly redraw it dagger, it ran towards Raphael, and held him against the wall with it arm pressed against his chest and neck, also it dagger beside his non bleeding cheek.

"You wanna another matching scar?" Raphael looked at the figure face covered with the shadow as he knew his opponent was green also. He then realizes his opponent is actually talking to him.

Raph: "So u finally talking to me?" He said clearly as he felt the pressure of his opponent pressing its arm at his throat. He kept his conscious awaken. The figure then chucked, as Raphael quickly grabbed his opponent arms and they switched places, as the figure was pressed against the wall. "But then again, u might not be here UN-least you tell me, who you are!" the figure struggled as Raphael kept his hands grip on his opponent arms. He then grow impatient as he grab hold on it hood. "I'll just figure it out then!" He pulled it down, didn't expected what he saw, a female looked salamander with shiny brown hair tied with pink ribbon at the back. Raphael was left blinking as the female reptile rise her eyebrow. "You're a girl…a mutant lizard girl." She twitched at his mistake. As she shouted at him.

"Salamander!!!" After the shout, Raphael shook his head focus himself as he still has his hands on her arms. He then remembered the question he asked before.

Raph: "Alright female mutant salamander. Who r u!?" He said aggressively, she then groaned.

"Name Mona Lisa, what's yours turtle?" she asked nicely, he didn't admit he liked her little attitude not to mention her fight against him. But still he didn't trust her not yet though.

Raph: "Why should I tell u?" he asked nicely this time making her so tight to the spot.

Mona: "Well you're the one following me." Raphael was shot back. He decided to taunt back.

Raph: "But you were the one to make the first move." She frowned as she loses the taunt talk. Then she looked back at him.

Mona: "Whatever you say turtle." Raph raise his eyebrow as she was eager to get his name.

Raph: "It's Raphael, happy?" She smiled at him that made Raph a bit confused. "Why were you running on the roof tops for?" Mona looked at him caution and somehow she trusts him.

Mona: "I'm not really like this, I'm actually human." That had stun Raphael as he slowly release grip on her. "I was only 7 then. Ran away from home, by family problems. I was found by a man he took me in, he was scientist. He acted like a real father to me but he tricked me into experiment with his reptiles. As I mutated this, I once again ran away from a place that was once called home. I couldn't go home looking like this. That's when I was found by a gang called the purple dragons." Raphael then became startled as he looked at her nervously shaking.

Raph: "U work with the purple dragons?" he asked curiously. She shook her head, which left Raph confused.

Mona: "Days has pasted by, as I tried to visit my family as much as I can. Thy only one who really talked to me was my little sister. Sara." Raphael sighs the way she talked. He noticed she was sad, but somehow she kept on a straight face. "It was about 5 years I was in my mutation form. My new home with the gang had taught me thievery. After years went by there was one mission that had…also broken me into pieces…"

Raph: "What do you mean by that?" he asked curiosity. She looked upon him waiting patiently…

In one of the parks of New York City, Mona and her two more of her friends from the gang hid behind the trees waiting patiently beside her, the male was skinny and bald wearing wreaked clothes, he also wore black sunglasses to make him so mysterious, included with a spider web tattoo at the side of his face, as for the other gangster, a female with red ruffled hair followed by deep red lipstick as her trademark, wearing a black vest with brown cargo pants, mainly she fat. They had spotted a couple and little girl with them as they walked down the sidewalk. Mona quickly knew who they were. It was her family, her real family. She stayed along with the shadows, as her gang friends decided to have little fun. Mona noticed as she grabs both of them by the collar back to the shadows.

Mona: "No let not." She whispered to them. The female gangster rolled her eyes at her.

"Stop being like a puss!" she snarled, as the male crossed his arms and gave the female daggers stare.

"Enough of this chat. Let's go get them!" he yelled as he ran off followed by female gangster. Mona stayed behind, as she led herself on the tree, hearing her mother voice.

"Sara, stay close!" Mona looked as she seen her family threaten by her friends, the male gangster spoken up to them with a baseball bat in hand.

"Alright, punks, hand over the dough!" The couple kept their daughter close. The man stood against the two.

"Get away from my family!" The male gangster just smirks as he raises his pounding bat to the man.

"Herald!" cried the woman, as she kept her hands around her daughter. Sara Lisa cried also seeing the blood bleed from her father's face.

Sara: "Daddy!!!" As Mona seen the terror, she hid back to the shadows behind the tree. Crying, as she heard noises of blood bubbling, and the sound of whamming of the bat hard. Till suddenly she couldn't hear anything, she peeked back seeing her father laying on the sidewalk bleeding to death.

"Herald…" cried the woman as she kneed besides the laying him. As the male gangster grab hold on her arm. "Let go!" she cried helplessly, as the red-haired grab hold on little Sara by the collar and raise her high.

Sara: "Let me go u bully!" the female gangster just laughed at her squeal. The male gangster looked at the lady holding her arm tight so she wouldn't escape.

"Give as the dough and we're gone." the woman was frightened as she knew it.

"We didn't bring any! We only went for a family walk. Please don't hurt my daughter!" she started to cry as she seen Sara wrapped by the red haired. The male gangster yanked her arm.

"You're lying!!" then he looked at his friend. "Red, show her, what we will do to punks like u!" Red got her signal as she nudges her arm to Sara neck.

Sara: "OW! That hurts!" the woman noticed as her daughter feels the pain of becoming a broken neck.

"Stop it please!" the woman yelled at them. Mona was crying deeply as she watched but decided she can't stay. The male grin as he looked at the woman's face. Then he noticed something was coming right at him.

"Huh??" suddenly he was whipped by tail, Mona's tail.

Mona: "Web, Red enough!" she yelled as her friends who became shocked. Sara knew who she was…

Sara: "Sis?" She said quietly. Web was on the floor smoothing his bruise on his cheek, as he looked at Mona.

Web: "Mona u idiot! We're on the same side!" she shook her head, leaving her friends confused. Mona looked at Red holding her little sister.

Mona: "Red let her go! She has nothing to do with this." Red just pout, she didn't even liked Mona's images even her attitude.

Red: "Why? Why do you even care?" she asked, Mona gripped her fists as she looked at her so called friends.

Mona: "Their my family." She said finally, leaving woman confused. Her friends started to laugh.

Web: "This puny punks, is your family? Get a grip Mona." Mona became angered.

Mona: "I'm not lying!" she yelled, as Web did pity on her, but not Red.

Red: "You know what Mona. I hate your attitude and for that, u better hope your little sister can swim!" She throws Sara to the lake, as Sara tried to swim her way to the surface but she couldn't.

Mona: "SARA!!!" She yelled, as her little sister was drowning.

Sara: "Mona!" she cried, as finally she sunken to the water, Mona quickly ran towards the lake as two gangsters blocked her way. Desperate to save her sister she had no choice but fight her way through. As she gave a front kick at Web, and a punch to Red, but Red grab her fist before it hit. Red begins cracking her fingers as she yelped in pain. Then Mona slashes Red with her free arm, left to right then forward, as Red fell to the ground, beside the moaning Web. Mona quickly jumped into the lake and swims her fastest to save her little sister. At the surface, the two gangsters ran for it. As Herald awoken seeing a worried face of his wife looking at the lake, he was confused.

Herald: "What is it? Melisa? Where Sara?" he asked quickly, Melisa held her patient. As finally Mona had gotten Sara out of the water, as she gently laid her little sister to the ground.

Melisa: "Sara!" she yelled happily as she ran towards her, finally her arms around her, as she coughed out the water and looked up to her mother.

Sara: "Mama?" she said silently to her.

Melisa: "You're safe." As she hugged deeply to her then Sara looked at Mona, that stood there sadden.

Sara: "I told u Mona was alive!" Then Melisa noticed too, she looked at the strange figure, her eyes were the same, and her hair was the same color. She knows it was her daughter. Melisa let go of Sara as she approached Mona.

Melisa: "Mona. You're back…" she started to have tears, 5 years she thought she was dead but now she knows, as Melisa laid her hand on her cheek, like she use too. "It's a miracle…you're back." Mona started to cry also, and then she backed away from her. "Mona?"

Mona: "I can't go back." she said quietly that made her mother and Sara confused.

Melisa: "But Mona…please come home with us. I'm worried sick about u." Mona glares at her father that gave her a sadden face also. Then she looked at her mother.

Mona: "I'm sorry mom. Not yet." Then she ran off to the night, as her mother cried out for her.

Melisa: "MONA!!!" but she knew she was gone. She started to cry as she looked at Herald. "It's your fault!" Then she noticed Sara suddenly fainted. "Sara!" as she grasp around her, leaving Herald guilty.

Back to the present…Mona looked upon Raphael.

Mona: "I would have gone back, but I couldn't face my father u know. We always fight, so there no use of me to return to them." Raphael raises his eye brow to her as he loosing his grip on her arms. "And my sister she ended up in the hospital." Raphael became guilty.

Raph: "I know what you mean…" he said sadden, as she understood why.

Mona: "So you're actually a mutant or…." Raphael cuts her line.

Raph: "Call me a freak if you want too." He said sadly, then he let go of her, and looked away from her. "You can go…" she was confused.

Mona: "What do you mean?" she asked with her hand on his shoulder, which made Raphael look at her. Then Mona understood what he meant then she had a feeling in her heart. "You know what. I want to know u better. So can I?" Raphael became confused as suddenly Mona tapped his chest. "Tag you're it!" Then she ran off, leaving Raphael blushing.

Raph: "girls." He said quietly to himself as he chased after her.