I don't own TMNT. I just own Hunter.
Chapter 3
She woke up in bed. She thought to herself that it all must have been a dream. Seeing the other mutants, hearing them talk, and getting her injury. But then her arm started to hurt. She saw it wrapped in layers of gauze with a small bloodstain in the middle. It wasn't a dream. At least not the injury. Then she looked around the room, noticing that it wasn't her own. It looked like it belonged to a teenage boy. It had posters of rock bands, a pizza box on the floor, and a drum set in the corner. She accepted reality. It wasn't a dream, everything had happened that night. Before she could make sense of anything else, the door started to open. She froze, staying still, not really knowing what would come in. It was the red-masked turtle. She relaxed a bit, but staying aware of the creature. "Mornin" he greeted her. "How you feelin?" She couldn't find any words. Then she finally just said quietly, "Fine." "Did you sleep ok?" "Yeah." "Good." He looked like he slept pretty bad. He was rubbing one of his shoulders, looking at one of his posters. "Is this your room?" she asked. "Yep" he replied, looking back at her. "Where'd you sleep then?" She was worried that maybe he was mad that she took his bed. He made a little grunt then answered. "In the main room. It wasn't comfy, but I managed." She felt much more comfortable around him for some reason. "Why am I in your room? Wouldn't you have rather slept in here instead?" She asked him. He looked like he didn't completely understand the question. He didn't know how to answer it. How was he supposed to tell her why without deteriorating his reputation? He thought about how to word it, then responded with, "I didn't think you wanted to wake up on a stone bench. But if you wanna go lie down there, I can give you a lift." He she smiled at the sarcastic comment. "I'm fine here, thanks" she said with a chuckle. He smiled back at her. "Oh, I never caught your name" she told him. "It's Raphael, but you can call me Raph." "That sounds like a tough guy name," she commented. "It's cool. I'm Hunter by the way." He remembered that Mikey was going to make breakfast. "Hey, so do want breakfast, cause Mikey's making it." "Sure, why not?" Raphael lead her out and to the kitchen. He saw that she had sort of a limp, so he let her lean on his arm. She could smell eggs and burnt toast. As she and Raphael waked in, she saw three others sitting at a table. "Guys, look! She's awake!" exclaimed the one with the light orange mask. The others turned towards her and smiled. "Hello" Hunter greeted. "Hi" they said in unison. The blue-masked one got up to greet her. "I should introduce myself," he started. "I'm Leonardo, that's Raphael," he pointed to Raph, who was still holding her up. "That's Donatello," he pointed to the one with the purple mask, " and that's Michelangelo" he pointed to the orange-masked one. "It's nice to meet you all" Hunter said. "I'm Hunter Aldaine." Raph lead her to the table and put her down on a stool. "Are you hungry?" Michelangelo asked Hunter. "Yeah, sure" she responded, remembering that all she had last night was a granola bar and that bottle of water. Mikey smiled and gave her a plate with the least burnt piece of toast and some eggs. "Thank you" she said. She saw that they were all just staring at her. She ate with her head down. It was probably the most awkward thing she had encountered in a long time. Finally, Raph broke the silence. "Stop staring at her guys! It's not like we haven't seen humans before." The others snapped out of their trance. "Who is this?" They all turned around to see Splinter standing behind Hunter. She looked at the tall mutant rat. She was having a hard time coping with the past 24 hours and now thought that another mutant was normal. Michelangelo stood up to introduce her. "That's Hunter ..." He had forgotten her last name. "Hunter Aldaine, Sir" Hunter told him. He looked at her closely, then right into her eyes. She stared back, trying to understand what he was doing. He stood back up and turned to Leonardo. "Why have you brought her here?" he asked, not liking the idea of strangers. "Karai attacked her last night. For some reason, she thought that we knew Hunter" Leo explained. Hunter knew why, but she wasn't just going to tell them that she had followed them. "Speaking of the attack," Donnie stated, " it looks like should change your bandages" he told her. She looked at the dried splotch of blood that had seeped through gauze. "Yeah, that would be good" she said quietly. "So can we keep her Sensei?" Mikey asked with excitement. They all turned to looked at the orange-masked turtle. Hunter gave him a strange look. 'Keep me? Like a pet?' she thought to herself. Almost as if he could read her thoughts, Mikey said "Not like a pet. I meant as a friend." He smiled at the last part. "Hmm.. I don't think she is threat to us. She seems very nice" Splinter decided. Hunter smiled. She had been accepted into the group. She decided to take this as an opportunity to observe the creatures. It would be great for her research.