Lillian sat in silence after she had finished eating her sandwiches, she never thought that this would happen. First, she had her nightly stroll while listening to her music. Second, her father was murdered in the early hours of the morning. Third, she got shot and could of died but she was saved by 4 ninja turtles. And fourth, she was stuck in a smelly sewer while eating food that she was grateful for. Her leg was still burning in pain but Donatello had given her some pain killers to help the pain, she was still a little scared and nervous but she knows that Donnie won't hurt her. She looked over at the 6 foot tall turtle who has his back to her, Lillian saw that he as staring at his computer screen with the radio on. She smiled slightly. "What are you doing?"

Donnie was startled by the sound of her voice, he turned around and looked at Lillian. "I'm just checking the security system. Just in case they don't work or for intruders"

Lillian had noticed that his chair was made of skateboards which she thought was really cool. She shifted slightly in the bed as she drank some of her water to take a paracetamol. "So...When do I meet the others?"

Donatello knew who she meant. She means his brothers, his eyes shifted over to the door that led to the centre of the lair. He could hear Mikey play Fortnite on his PS4 out in the living room, also Raph yelling at Leo about something but he didn't hear his father around so he guessed he might be meditating again after his punishment an hour before. Donnie wasn't sure about it yet but it does mean that she can get some exercise on that leg of hers. "Well...judging on what I'm hearing out there, I would wait a bit but I guess you can use some exercise on your leg to get the blood going" he says. He gets up from his skateboard chair and picked up some crutches in the corner of his lab. "Use these"

Lillian groaned and sighed loudly. "Why me!? I hate these bloody things!"

Donnie chuckled a bit as he handed them crutches to her. He normally keeps these crutches just in case he or one of his brothers get a leg injury during a night patrol. He saw her arms go through the circles and her hands grip onto the handles and she slowly pulled herself up from the bed as she hissed in pain. Donnie grabbed hold of her waist slightly as he helped her up onto her good leg. "You good?"

Lillian nodded with a painful smile. "What do you think? I got shot, bonehead!"

This made him laugh with a snort. She has a good sense of humour, he opened his lab door and he let Lillian out first. She smiled as a thank you gesture as she walked out on those crutches. Lillian gasped at the sight, this place had everything!. She saw a small kitchen that had a dining table with mismatched chairs that stood neatly under the table. There was a huge water slide that led straight into the lair that was lit up with blue underwater lights. She also saw a small weights room on the left side of the slide and on the right which looked like storage for festive holiday items and some old items. On the right side of the lair had a small video game arcade section that had Pac-Man, Space Invaders and a few racing games which surprising still work. She also saw a huge skate board ramp behind there. On the left side held the bedrooms, the bathrooms and the living room. The living room was a decent size, there was a plasma screen right in the centre, a worn out couch, a big rack full of DVD's of all kinds but then she saw Mikey playing his game.

Mikey, being a ninja, heard someone behind him. He paused his game and turned around and saw Lillian. "Hey dudette! My name is Michelangelo but you may call me Mikey!"

Lillian smiled slightly at the turtle as she nodded toward him. "Nice to meet y-you" she stuttered, she was a little bit shy. "My name is Lillian. Lilly for short"

"Awesome! You wanna watch me play Fortnite?" Mikey asked as his eyes lit up at her like he was begging. He then saw Donnie close up behind her, giving Mikey a warning look. "Or until you finished meeting my brothers and master"

Lillian blinked. She shook her head as she smiled again. "Sure, I can watch you later...If you like? I like playing games too"

Then as if on cue, Leonardo and Raphael had strolled into the room since they were no longer fighting about what they argued about. Lillian saw the two other turtles come in still shoving each other a bit, she saw how muscular they were. No wonder they took out the Foot last night, they cannot be beaten that easy. Leonardo soon stopped shoving his brother and saw Lillian staring at them. "Oh, Donnie mentioned you woke up. The name's Leonardo"

Raph smirked. "AKA Fearless leader" this made Lillian giggle but that resulted Leo punching him hard in his gut. "HEY!"

"And this is my hothead brother, Raphael, and he likes to do stuff without thinking" Leonardo smirked back. This made Raph shut his mouth. "How's that leg?"

Lillian flinched as she slowly made her way to the worn out sofa and sat down. She placed the crutches on the floor in front of her as she turned to the turtle "It burns but I should be okay...Thanks for your concern Leonardo"

All 4 turtles went and joined her on the couch. It was silent for a few minutes until Raph broke the ice with a question. "What happened to ya last night? Why was you being hunted?"

Lillian looked over at Raph and felt tears form in her eyes. Mikey saw this and grabbed a box of tissues on a small coffee table that stood nearby and handed her the box. She sniffled as her bottom lip quivered, she grabbed a tissue as she used it to catch her tears with. "I'm just so...confused. I was walking home f-from my night st-stroll like I normally do, I'm n-normally home alone due to my dad's job" she chocked on a sob. All 4 turtles looked concerned as they looked at the tear stained girl. "I got a p-phone call from my dad after three in the morning. Telling me to get o-out of the apartment, the Foot stood there and..." she started to sob as she grabbed some more tissues "My dad told me that...h-he loved me and that...he was sorry that he lied to me...and I heard a gun shot of the other end"

All four brothers gaped at what they heard. Donatello went and sat next to her as he felt his own tears form. "Did they say why?"

Lillian sniffled as she wiped her face with the tissues. "That woman said something, she said that I'm perfect for something...She didn't say what"

Donatello quickly pulled his brothers to the other end of the lair to huddle up for a small discussion. Lillian felt a bit worried if they will throw her out of here. But she staid where she was while they chatted to themselves.

"Guys, she needs to stay here" Donnie said to his brothers quietly "She's in great danger. We just need to have extra security around the sewer"

"I agree with Donnie on this one" Leo said "Her father was killed because of them, I'm sure she has no family left"

Mikey got excited at this. He finally has a girl to have loads of fun with...besides April of course! "I call dibs on her!"

Raphael smacked Mikey on the back of his head "Just shut up, all of our lives are at stake here!...But what will Splinter say about this? We can't just tell him that the girl is staying"

Soon, Master Splinter had come into the room and saw that Lillian was awake. He saw that his sons were in a deep discussion, so, he made his way over to the girl and sat in front of her with a pot of herbal tea. Lillian squeaked slightly as she saw the giant rat right in front of her. "Don't fear child" He smiled with kind eyes. "I mean you no harm. I have heard of what happened from my sons"

"The turtles are your sons?" She questioned. Splinter poured some of the tea into two cups and hand it over to her. She took the cup and looked at Splinter. "But how?"

Splinter sipped some of his tea as his rat tail swished in content. "I'll explain the story another time child. My name is Splinter. I teach the heart of ninja to my sons from a young age and are still in training. May I ask your name?"

Lillian knew that Splinter was a very kind rat. She knew that he meant well. "My name is Lillian Patterson"

"You were very lucky to survive your attack Miss. Lillian" He said. "The Foot always never leave any evidence behind. I'm proud of my sons for what they have done for you"

Lillian smiled sweetly. Soon, the four brothers came back. They bowed down in greeting of their master, Donatello looked over at Lillian. "Erm...We think it's best if you stay here for your own protection. Leo and Mikey will collect your things from your apartment"

She sighed. She knew it was for the best, Lillian had no other family to go to. The Foot now knew where she lived and if she went back then she would be dead, her sea-green eyes looked at Splinter like she was begging. Splinter smiled gently back at her "You can stay Miss. Lillian, it's for your own protection and my sons will protect you, along with myself" He stood up and moved some of her blonde hair behind her ear.

Leo and Mikey went to go and prepare to go to Lillian's apartment. She told them her address before they left with their disguises on to not attract human attention. Splinter had ordered Raphael and Donatello to help set up a room for her in one of the spare rooms in the lair, while he went to the judo to train. Lillian sighed as she grabbed the crutches and hosted herself up with a groan in pain, she walked over to the TV and switched it from Mikey's game to the main TV for the channels. She moved back to the couch with the TV remote in hand and turned it on MTV to listen to some music to help cheer her up.

Lillian looked at the TV with a slight smile. It was her favourite girl band playing one of her favourite songs. She tapped her good foot to the beat "Mama told me not to waste my life, She said spread your wings my little butterfly. Don't let what they say keep you up at night" Lillian smiled bright as she sung the song. She was unaware that she was being listened to since she was singing loud yet beautifully "And they can't detain you, 'Cause wings are made to fly. And we don't let anybody bring us down. No matter what you say it won't hurt me, Don't matter if I fall from the sky. These wings are made to fly"

She was that much into her own little world that someone cleared their throat behind her. She jumped out of her skin and turned to see Donatello "So-Sorry...It's one o-of my favourites"

He chuckled slightly "It's okay...You have a nice singing voice" Donnie straightened his glasses on his face "Your room is ready for you..."

This made her blush slightly at his comment about her singing, mainly from embarrassment. Maybe living here won't be so bad after all.