***FB***
In sleep he sang to me, in dreams he came
That voice which calls to me and speaks my name
And do I dream again? For now I find
The Phantom of the Opera is there
Inside my mind.
220 twirled to the rhythm of the music...or...as best as she could...dancing was more 591's thing, but she found it fascinating. Being led by 591 herself, 220 allowed herself to be thrown into the air and fell trustingly back into 591's arms.
Being carefully put down, 220 balanced on one foot, allowing her hand to be taken by 591's paw as they danced together.
"...I can see what troubles you…" 591 muttered lowly, frowning as she continued to lead 220 into more ballet moves. "...the woman has done nothing to you...and yet you must act darkly." The cat creature narrowed her eyes. "...It's dishonorable…"
"Right, nya?!" 220's ears went back as she was twirled by 591 yet again. "And what really makes me scared...is Octavius-sama seems to be REALLY attached to the woman, nya!" She looked down and whined lightly. "...I don't want him to be sad, nya. I look up to him, nya...I want him to be proud of me, nya..."
591 frowned in slight disapproval. "I don't trust Dr. Octavius." She replied bluntly. "You shouldn't either."
"Doushite?" 220 looked up lightly. "I...know he's a white coat...but he's so different from the others, nya….He's NICE...even Kuba-chan has taken a liking to him, nya…" She smiled lightly. "Though, she seemed REALLY interested in that electrician that came to work on the machines last month, nya."
591 didn't smile...if anything, her look got dark. "220...it's my job to protect you and 832." She replied softly, yet firmly. "I don't trust ANY of these humans...None of them value honor...particularly Master." She sighed lightly. "And yet I bow to him...and I despise it."
220 watched 591 in concern, before she looked to the side, pondering lightly. She continued to dance with the Saturn, changing her beat as the song changed to a completely different type of song.
"...591?"
"Yes?"
"...I trust mew...mew know that right, nya?"
591 smiled softly at Yuri and stopped dancing, taking the cat-girl into her arms and hugging her lightly. "I know, young kit...and I love you as though you were my own littermate."
220 smiled and hugged 591 back...looking over as the door opened….
….Revealing a shadow suspended by four limbs…eyes glowing with smoke behind him…
***TL***
Yuri opened her eyes, a soft gasp escaping her. For a moment, she looked at her surroundings…before she remembered that she was an inadvertent 'guest' of these four Kame jerks and their meal of a Tosan-nezumi rodent…
…rodent…
She pushed herself to sit up and held her head, moaning lightly. She had so many chances to try and hunt that blasted rat….but she had two things going against her.
One, her ankle was broken.
Two, she'd have four angry kappa-jerks after her.
Yuri huffed and looked upwards, sniffing at the air. Someone was cooking breakfast…she could smell the bacon. Her ears went back as her stomach growled, begging for the good smells to be put into her mouth and into her empty belly.
She glanced towards her foot…
One month…she had been stuck here one. Flipping. Month…
Was Scorpion looking for her? Had OsCorp known that she had been apart of the almost-attack?
Was her stupid foot EVER going to get better, so she could get OUT of there?!
Her ears perked when the door opened and she frowned lightly, baring her teeth only slightly.
In walked Mikey, who seemed rather chipper, holding two plates, as well as a stack of papers in the crook of his arm.
"Wakey Wakey little dudette! Eggs and bakey!" He chimed, grinning like an idiot and setting the plate on her lap. "Michelangelo is here with all your breakfast needs in ONE plate!"
Yuri gazed at her plate which consisted of eggs, bacon, toast, and a small thing of jelly. She frowned lightly, but looked back up at him, giving him a weird look.
"…Mew brought mewr breakfast…why?" She asked in a slightly snarky tone. She had really toned down over the month, but this particular turtle was…strange.
"Simple! Today is ultra training day! Leo's gonna kick everyone's butts!" Mikey grinned, sitting next to Yuri and showing her a comic. "So I 'volunteered' to come keep you company kitty!"
"…Aka, mew wiggled out of getting mewr butt kicked." Yuri muttered sarcastically.
"EXACTLY!"
Yuri watched Mikey for a moment…before she smirked very lightly…before putting her hands together and bowing her head.
"Itadakimasu…" she cooed, before starting to eat.
"Wait…did you just….SMILE at me?!"
Yuri groaned, before showing Mikey her claws. "Would mew rather have me use mew as a scratching post, nya?"
Mikey waved his arms in the air quickly. "Nonono, carry on, cute kitten!"
"I'm NOT…a kitten." Yuri growled, pointing towards the door. "Either mew call me by my NAME, or mew get out there and get mewr butt kicked by Blue-bandana-baka!"
"Geez! Sorry Yuri! It's just Raph calls you that all the time and I—"
"Right, since mewr brother is a bully, MEW have to be a bully." Yuri scoffed, looking at her plate. "I get it. It's a litter thing."
"He's not trying to be a bully." Mikey paused, before he looked thoughtful. "Then again, he's RAPH…he's always been a bit aggressive." He looked back towards Yuri and put a hand up. "But as the NICER turtle, I hereby will call you Yuri!" He grinned and pointed towards her.
"BUT! In exchange for me calling you Yuri, you have to call me, 'Mikey' or 'Michelangelo, lord of the sewer' got it?"
Yuri gave the turtle a weird look…before she continued to eat.
"….that…sounds fair, nya…"
"I can't heeeeeear you!"
"…That sounds fair, Suwa-sama"
Mikey gave a weird look, before rubbing his head. "…Well…it's a start."
"Mikey! Get out here!" Leo's voice came from the living room.
"Oh come ON! I haven't even started my breakfast yet!" Mikey whined, looking over as Leo slowly came in. Mikey pointed towards Yuri. "Kit—ehhhh, Yuri needs some company!"
Leo gave Mikey a sarcastic look, before he glanced towards Yuri. He and Yuri locked eyes…before Yuri let off a soft 'humph', focusing on her breakfast and continuing to eat.
Leo was silent for a moment. Yuri had really made some improvements over the past month…but…
"Mikey, go eat in the living room. I'll be out in a minute."
"Aww! But-"
"Mikey…"
Mikey grumbled and took his plate, looking towards Yuri. "Hey, look over my comics, would'ja?" he said, heading out of the room.
Yuri looked up, suddenly alarmed that Mikey was leaving the room. She looked up as Leo approached her and sat on his knees to be less…intimidating.
It really didn't do much, because she had tensed up considerably.
"…Yuri, Don says it's almost time for you to start therapy on your foot." He informed. "If you want to walk properly, you're going to have to cooperate with us."
Yuri looked towards her foot, before gripping her utensils tightly.
"…"
Leo waited for a while to give her a chance to respond…but she was silent. Well…it was better than being screamed at, like she did for two full weeks.
"Yuri…I know you're stressed…and your injuries don't exactly help…but we're not out to get you."
"…I don't trust mew."
"…I understand." Leo nodded lightly. "Really…I don't trust you either…but trust is earned…but it's not unattainable."
Yuri glanced at him, frowning lightly. "…..please go away…"
Leo stood. "Don will be in here later to check on your foot…" He turned and headed for the door, before glancing back towards her.
"…you know…I don't want to be your enemy….you seem like such a nice girl."
Yuri blinked and looked up towards Leo, looking confused as he exited the room. Once he was gone, she stared at her plate, pursing her lips.
….she needed to get out…she was starting to…
She frowned and continued to eat.
***TL***
"And in other news, the attack on OsCorp last month has been dismissed by Harold T. Osborn, in favor for a potential 'peace treaty' if you will with Allen Corp."
She held her umbrella as she walked in the rain, though glanced towards Time Square's jumbotrons, interested in what the news had to say.
"AllenCorp's new CEO, S. Lillian V. has been dismissing Harold for the past two years, saying that his father has already paid for his crimes, and there will be no further partnerships between OsCorp and AllenCorp. Though Mr. Osborn seems determined to change her mind."
She's smart…She needs to keep Allen Corp away from OsCorp.
Her emerald eyes narrowed lightly.
"As for the attacks on OsCorp, Mr. Osborn has declined to make any remarks, but we did manage to get this picture from OsCorp security."
The picture was a bunch of shadows…on was large and bulky…the outline was obviously Scorpion…five smaller shadows were around him…
One in particular was on the ground.
She let her mouth hang agape as she tried to pinpoint that figure…was that…
"…Yuri?"
***SW***
"Ok…it looks like you've regained 10% of your movement." Don held Yuri's ankle gently, examining it one last time, before he started re-wrapping it in fresh bandages. Looking up, he offered her a smile, though she had her arms crossed and was refusing to look towards him.
"April is going to be here later today to help you on your balance exercises…you're going to get better, Yuri."
"…mm…"
"Can I get you anything?"
Yuri glanced towards Don as he finished securing her foot, before looking away once again. "….no thank mew…" she muttered. "…Am I done?"
"For now…I'll go get you some ice." Don put a hand in the air. "Though, my brothers and I have a special test from Master Splinter today…can you wait for an hour?"
Yuri's ears perked, and she looked towards the turtle, before slowly nodding. "…Hai…"
Don nodded, before he turned and headed out of the room.
Yuri glanced towards her ankle, which had looked better than it had in a month in a half. Soooo…she had regained 10% movement huh?
Well…Osborn had always said 10% needed to be used to the fullest.
After a few minutes of waiting, Yuri could hear the clashing of weapons outside…
…and she made her move.
Quickly she crawled out of the bed and forced herself to stand…though she found out quickly that she couldn't put ANY weight on her right foot. Wincing sharply, she clutched the wall for support, looking towards her foot.
How was it that all that swelling had gone down…but she still couldn't walk?
Pushing her musings aside, she tried to hop to the door…it was…frustrating. Once she got to the door, she peeked out.
She could see Leo and Raph clashing their weapons against each other's…while Mikey and Don acted as a kind of…'back up' to their brothers. They were all attacking each other…blocking each other…trash talking each other.
Yuri smiled lightly as she watched them…they reminded her of her two brothers in her litter. They had always been wrestling with each other while her sisters were more concerned with their preening…
…haha…they were funny to watch…they were such a good family to-
She gasped at her thoughts and pressed a hand over her mouth…
…I need to get out…
Yuri slowly forced herself to get on all fours, glancing towards her hurt foot. Opening the door slowly, she watched the turtles as they fought…and proceeded to crawl against the wall, her eyes dead-set on a particular door.
There were three entrances to this place…through the water, not happening; up the elevator, they would HEAR her; or through this one hallway that led to the run-off sewers.
She glanced to the open living room…they were still more focused on each other…good. Yuri continued to crawl towards the exit, unaware of the one pair of eyes that were deadest on her.
***ON***
…she felt like she had been crawling for an hour.
Her hands and knees were on FIRE…she could feel her energy draining from her as though every new step she took sucked out the very life out of her.
Yuri finally stopped and panted, glancing behind her. The turtle's home was a ways off…but she could still smell their scent.
Ignoring that scent, she tried to smell at the air…she could smell a collection of water down the tunnel. More water meant an exit right? She had to be getting close to a manhole cover…she could only smell water…and the scent of the turtles…HOW was she still smelling that!?
Yuri's arms were trembling as she crawled past a corner…and paused, seeing nothing but runoff water going down the next tunnel.
…No…
There was a manhole ladder…but it was across the raging runoff water on the other side of the tunnel.
Yuri's mouth hung agape. Great…just…great. There was no way she could get over there without getting wet. She studied the water and grimaced. It CERTAINLY didn't help that she had NO idea how to swim…Osborn kinda never taught her how…
She gritted her teeth and looked around the tunnels. There had to be some way…ANY way to—She paused when she saw a metal bridge that connected one side of the tunnel to the other.
However…it was covered with running water…
Breathing out, Yuri slowly crawled for it…she could've sworn she heard something whoosh behind her, which made her crawl faster. She wasn't focusing on anything else but that opportunity for escape.
She had to get out. She had to get away from them before they deceived her too…
She wasn't going to let them deceive her…they couldn't betray her too…
As soon as her hand touched the metal, she felt it tremble…Yuri paused and looked down, watching the running water.
"YURI! GET AWAY FROM THAT!"
She had time to look back…seeing the form of Leo running for her…
…Before something SLAMMED into her back.
Before she even could process what was going on, Yuri found herself underwater.
Pain…pure unimaginable PAIN was stabbing at her like knives. Not only in her foot, but around her body. The water was FRIGID! It hurt!
She tried to grab onto something, but everywhere she grabbed for was just another splash of water. She couldn't find any energy to try and fight back…she had already spent all of her energy just trying to GET here!
Yuri closed her eyes and whimpered, the air in her lungs begging to be let out for a breath of fresh air…
Her chest hurt…her foot hurt…her arms were burning…her body was freezing…
SPLASH!
Yuri felt someone grab her by the scruff of her outfit and pull her tightly against themselves. Strong arms gripped her and she could feel herself griping onto the new presence for dear life…
AIR!
Yuri spit and coughed once she surfaced, and she could feel her captor gasping for air as well.
"LEO!" A gruff voice yelled. "HELP ME GET HER UP!"
"Hand her to me Raph!"
Yuri felt herself going from frigid water into the arms of another and was pulled onto land. She coughed harshly, desperate to get that delicious oxygen into her lungs. Her whole body was numb…her energy spent. Her head was spinning, and she could feel someone holding her sides.
"Breathe Yuri…Breathe!"
"YOU IDIOT! What the Shell were you THINKING!?"
"RAPH! Not now!"
"Yuri! Look at us! Talk! Speak! ANYTHING!"
"Mikey let her breathe!"
Yuri panted harshly…which slowly became more manageable…though she could feel her body trembling. It was…SO…FLIPPING…COLD…
"Here…I got her—"
"No way. I'm gettin' 'er! She ain't gonna wiggle her way away with me!"
"Be gentle! She's probably injured herself!"
Yuri felt herself being hefted up by strong arms and held close to keep her from squirming. As if she could…all of her energy was GONE.
She panted and slowly looked up, seeing the disapproving gaze of Raph. He frowned at her which made her rest her head and continue to pant.
"You moron...hang in there, Kitten…"
Yuri panted, feeling herself slip away…the only thing she could hear was the clamoring voices of the Turtles…and Raph's heartbeat that lulled her down.