1Disclaimer: I do not own Tmnt…but I do own Belladonna.
Mikey: "Jeez Tombies! You're only up to chapter three?? When does Bella get to pash-"
Tombies: "SHUT UP!! (whacks Mikey) It's not even a proper kiss, Mikey. Don't spoil it!!"
Raph: "I'll give em'a clue, he has an 'e', an 'a' and a 'l' in his full name…hehehe…"
"My sons, Belladonna's presence in our home..raises some new rules and issues we must address…"Splinter lectured. Michelangelo chuckled and continued to fiddle with his elbow pads, while Raphael sat, his arm as a prop, to keep his tired head up, Leonardo sat listening intently, his posture perfect as Donatello eyed the floor, lost in thought. Splinter's ears twitched and he sniffed loudly. His sons, aside Leo, jumped and refocussed. "As I was saying, having Belladonna stay with us is not something we will be used to..I trust you will behave and..I will not ignore the fact that one..or more…of you..may become..infatuated with her..as will she..But under no circumstance will Belladonna be placed under pressure, or caused stress. It is apparent that she is recovering from something more serious than we think..please be responsible my sons.."
It had been three weeks, two days and nine hours since Leo and his brothers had taken in Bella. Yes, Leo was counting…Was there anything wrong with that?! Every day had been…torture…ok that was a little melodramatic, but sorta true…Leo had watched each day pass, with envy as Belladonna and Leo's younger brother, Donatello grew closer. Today wasn't any better. Bella was teaching Donny how to ballroom dance.
"No Donny, you have to hold me around the waist." She scorned. Don blushed and move his hand further down.
"Who's idea was this again? When am I ever gonna' need to dance?" He protested. Bella raised her eyes.
"Don't tell me you're not having fun.." She teased. Donny smiled and shrugged his shoulders.
"You're avoiding the question…"
"Well I don't know! What if on your wedding day, your fiancé wants to dance with you?"
"Like that's gonna happen…" Donny joked. Leo huffed. He had to even the playing field. What was so interesting about Donatello anyway?
Leo was a better fighter, Leo was taller, Leo was stronger, Leo was the leader. Donny was just a nerd. Leo folded his arms across his plastron and gave evils to the back of Donny's head.
"Watcha' lookin' at Leo?" A deep voice slurred from behind him. Leo spun around to see Raph, with his daily bowl of cereal and droopy eyes, he had obviously just woken up.
"Nothing." Leo answered quickly. Raph yawned, giving Leo the pleasure of seeing how much cereal Raph could cram in his mouth at once, and raised his eyes.
"Like shell it's nothing, what's wrong with ya?" Bits of cereal flicked onto Leo's face as Raph spoke.
"I said 'nothing' ok!" Leo growled. Raph smirked and gestured his head towards Bella and Donny.
"Jealous much?"
"No!" Leo pretended to be extremely fascinated by the floor.
"Yous ain't foolin' me, Leo. Just tell her." Raph chuckled.
"What would YOU know?!"
"A lot more than you, that's for sure.."
"What do you mean?" Leo doubted Raph knew anything about girls.
"Have you forgotten Mona?" Raph grinned. "I know heaps more than you do on that subject bro…"
"Well, I know some stuff too!" Leo protested. Raph was NOT smarter than him…
"Venus doesn't count, she was our sister."
"But she wasn't related to us!!" Leo insisted. Raph flicked his hand at Leo irritably.
"Just go tell her Leo…"
"I can't…" Raph sighed and picked up his bowl of cereal.
"Your loss." He grumbled as he went to go sit on the couch. Leo frowned. He had to do something. Bella and Donny were still dancing.
"Hey, Bella. Can you teach me to dance like that?" Leo crossed his fingers behind his shell as Bella looked at him questionably.
"You wanna learn how to dance? I get to be the teacher now?"
"Uh..ye-EP!" Leo heard his voice break and blushed.
"Nice Leo. Get in line bro!" Mikey called behind him. Leo turned to see his youngest brother, bouncing on his seat eagerly. Leo should have known…
"Never mind…"
Bella smiled as Donny spun her perfectly around himself. She had just finished teaching him the Rumba and was now progressing with the Cha Cha. Slightly more…fun…but definitely more tame than the Cocktail Samba, which Bella would NOT be teaching him any time soon. Donny grasped her hands and pulled her close, just like she had taught him. There was a moment where the music they had been dancing to ruled over the occasional chatter of the lair and Bella found herself staring deep into Donny's massive brown eyes, flecked with orange. Donny gulped and looked down, blushing. Bella snapped out of it too and looked away, only to notice Mikey grinning and bouncing in his chair. She stopped Donny and gestured towards Mikey.
"I think it's Mikey's turn now." Donny said with a laugh.
"Wish me luck." Bella caught Mikey's glance and nodded. Mikey jumped up.
"Hey Bella, I know you wanna teach me dancing sooooooo badly, but I hafta' beat the next level of Space Invaders III right now." Mikey's eyes glimmered and he ran off, pushing Raph off the couch. Bella shook her head and laughed.
" Mikey piss off! I was there first!"
"Well you're not here anymore." Mikey called back at Raph.
"Oh yeah? We'll see about that Nunchaku-head!" A fight had started, and not for the first time that day. Bella shook her head, and went to find Donny. Typically, he was in his room, on the computer. He hadn't seemed to notice Bella yet, so she decided to sneak up on him.
" What do you want Bella?" Donny asked without turning around.
"How did you-"
"I saw your reflection in the screen." He grinned and spun around on his chair. "So, you wanna' teach me the rest of the dance?"
"Sure." Bella felt her cheeks burn as Donny came up to her, and placed his hands around her.
But it wasn't Donny anymore.
Bella whirled around. She wasn't even in Donny's room anymore. Technology hung around her, in burning greens and oranges, massive glass containers and shadows that almost seemed to be grabbing for her. Suddenly, Bella was washed away by a mass of orange water, her arms and legs failed to keep her head above water. Water rushed into her mouth, and her arms flailed above the water helplessly. A hand plunged into the water and pulled Bella up by the skin of her neck. Bella spluttered and blinked away the orange liquid only to see the one person that had crept in the shadows of her dreams every night since three weeks ago.
Bishop.
Bella's eyes widened and she felt her lungs close up within her. Her vision closed around her, leaving Bella in darkness. A harsh, creepy and familiar voice surrounded her.
"Belladonna…Belladonna…" It called.
"NO! LEAVE ME ALONE!!" Bella threw her fists into the darkness, desperate to hit Bishop.
"Bella…Bella…"
" Bella!" Bella's eyes flew open. Donatello was crouching over her, eyes wide with fear.
"Bella!" He gasped again. "I thought..for a second.."
"…what..happened?" Bella managed to rasp. Donny gulped.
" You were just about to teach me the rest of the dance, but you got all weird. You..collapsed and stopped breathing…I was about to start CPR…" Donny eyed Bella anxiously, as if expecting her to drop dead any second. Bella fought for her breath.
"I..I had a..flashback.." She coughed.
"Of what?"
"Of..wh..when I was..mutated.." Donny's eyes widened. His stare told Bella that he wanted to know. Bella took a deep breath.
"It was three weeks ago, when I was a normal girl-"
"Wait you were a human!?" Donny looked shocked.
"Yeah…of course.., but anyway, I got home and my stepfather, who's a total psycho freak, must have knocked me out, cause I woke up in his lab and…I was a turtle. All I remember, is orange water, my back was killing me, my head hurt so much. I swear, I'll kill Bishop…"
"Bishop?"
"My stepfather."
"Bishop…as in Agent Bishop of the Earth Protection Force?" Donny asked suspiciously.
"Uh..yeah..why?"
"D..don't worry..I've heard of him on the news…and stuff…" Was Donny keeping something from her?
"Do you remember your mutation?" Bella gave him a comforting smile.
"I was only a hatchling when it happened.."
"A hatchling? Wait…you were born a turtle?! Donny nodded and smiled. Something clicked about Don's smile…it was just like Zach's…
Bella's eyes began to water. She tried to brush away the tears, but Donny grabbed her hands.
"What's wrong Bella?" Bella sniffed and shook her head, looking away as more tears rolled down her face. Donny let go of her hands, and pulled her closed. "Trust me." Bella tried to pull away, but Donny held her tight. "Let me help you."
Bella sniffed and blinked away her tears.
"I just miss my mum, and Zach and all my friends…and my dad…" Donny held her closer as Bella sobbed into his shoulder.
"Shhh…it's ok…you need some fresh air..When Leo takes us on patrol tonight, I'll bring you along, hey?" Bella sniffed again and nodded, her usually green eyes, blue from her tears.
"Thanks Donny…you're a great guy, I mean, uh, turtle…" Bella threw her arms around his neck in a hug. Donny smiled and placed his arms around her shell.
"It's ok.." Bella could feel Donny's heartbeat against her plastron, it was almost in sync with hers. He was such a sweetheart.
Bella leant in, and kissed Donny lightly on the cheek. His heartbeat sped up and he blushed darkly.
"Thanks again Don.." That's when the door crashed open behind them.
Leo stood in the doorway.
"Uh..whoops…Sorry Bell-" Leo's eyes widened as he saw the scene. Don and Bella sprung apart guiltily, but Leo had probably already seen enough to know what was going on.
"..Leo…it's..it's not how it looks!" Donny stuttered shakingly. Leo cocked his head and raised a doubtful eye.
"Donatello, don't bother! I should have known I find you in here with my student!" He spat. Leo turned his riled stare to Bella.
"Sorry Leo." Bella didn't't look him in the eye. Leo eyes flared. Why is he acting like such a jerk? Bella thought.
"Fine! I see how it is!" He turned away and clenched his fists.
"Grow up Leo! Everything doesn't't resolve around you!" Bella yelled at him as he stormed out of the room.
"Does someone wanna' tell me what that was all about?" Bella looked at Donny questionably.
" Leo likes you Bell, a lot…" Bella spun around to see Raph leaning on the door frame.
"What d'you mean "he likes me a lot'?" Bella raised her eyes. Donny looked at the floor uncomfortably and Raph chuckled.
"I meant exactly what I said. He likes you Bella. A lot…"
Ohhhh, Leo's ticked off. What'll happen next?? Watch out for the next chapter, cause another OC is on it's way!!
(Whoops, said too much…)
Mikey: "Now who's spoiling it?!"
