Somehow, the two were able to get away from Brooke's home in the sewers without anyone noticing.

"So," Brooke began as they walked down the streets. "what did you want to talk to me about?"

Peter sighed. "I just need to explain some things to you."

"Like?"

"I'm not like the other Foot, or my sister for that matter. We were raised by the Shredder, true, but I don't agree with the Foot's purpose anymore."

"Anymore?" she asked.

"Let me finish," her told her politely. "We already knew who you and your family are. Victoria was in the sewers spying on the turtles the night they found you. I decided to tag along from then on, trying to see the best way to ambush you all. I began watching you most of the time." he paused and chuckled before talking again. "Okay, at first I thought you were a mindless idiot like Michelangelo, but I got to see you more and more, and, well, I grew... very fond of you. Watching your carefree personality made me realize that I needed to loosen up. I got soft, basically."

"What happen next?" Brooke asked, knowing there was something he was hiding.

"The rest of the Foot noticed how you started to grow on me. They couldn't have it; they wanted to go and kill you right then, but I was able to make them change their minds. However, the only condition was that I had to somehow persuade you to join the Foot."

"I would never-!"

Peter put his finger over her lips to keep her from talking. "I know, that's why I'm not going to. Every night since then I've been guarding you while you slept, making sure no one came in while you were sleeping that could have been a threat."

Brooke was about to say something, but three figures behind Peter had caught her eye. At first she had thought they were her cousins. Maybe her father and uncles? No, these were too small to be them. Peter realized what she had seen and turned around protectively as he took a sword that was strapped to his back.

"Go away, Victoria!" he growled.

Victoria and two other Foot walked out of the shadows. She was also wearing a Foot uniform, but she stood their, proud of it unlike her brother.

"You broke our deal, Peter." Victoria said to him. "You know what happens now." the two ninja behind her took out their weapons; one had a sword like Peter's, and the other had nunchuks.

"Stay behind me," Peter told Brooke. He fought off the one with the sword first.

Brooke looked around, wishing she would have taken the nunchuks she was given the year before last. She saw Victoria dash in front of her and punch her stomach. Brooke tripped before doing a quick back flip. Victoria didn't seem to have any weapons with her. As she was suddenly attacked again, Brooke managed to block it before jumping over her opponent. She noticed a thick metal bar behind her.

"Not what I'm use to, but I'll take it." Brooke whispered as she tried to grab the bar. Before she could, though, she heard Peter yell her name. She looked up and saw the second Foot ninja. He hit her eyes with the nunchuks, causing her to pass out.


Brooke woke up to a bad headache. She couldn't see anything; she was in total darkness. Then, she heard what sounded like voices calling her name.

"Brooke!" a girl's voice yelled. Kayla? Then another voice.

"Brooke, ya out here?!" her Uncle Raph.

"Guys I'm over here!" she yelled. She heard footsteps get closer to her. Then, an unexpected slap to the head hit her as she bent down to hold her head. "Hey!"

"What were you thinking, stupid?!?" she heard Kayla say.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'll explain when we get home. Can you help me out? It's really dark."

"Dark?" Raph repeated. "Brooke, there's five lights one over here."

"Are you okay...?" Kayla asked. Brooke could feel Kayla tilting her head up. Then she heard both Raph and Kayla gasp.

"Your eyes," Raph said.

"What about them...?" Brooke asked.

"How many fingers am I holdin' up?" Kayla asked her.

"I don't know; I can't see anything."

"Tell us what you think." Raph told her.

"Uh, one?" Brooke guessed. Apparently she was wrong by the noise she heard. She jumped as she felt someone pick her up.

"Calm down," Raph told her. "We'll get Donnie to look at you when we get back."


When the three got back the their home, Raph carefully sat Brooke down. She suddenly felt someone hugging her.

"Mikey," Raph said. "she can't see."

She felt the hug being released as she heard she father. "What? You can't see?"

"Maybe it's temporary...?" Brooke suggested.

"Let me take a look," Donnie said.

After a few test, Don finally concluded that her blindness would most likely be permanent.

"What?!" Brooke asked.

"I'm sorry, Brooke. There's nothing I can do." Don told her.

"How did you even get yourself blind anyway?" Mikey asked her.

"You're gonna get mad..."

"We already know you were with Peter," she heard Leo tell her.

Brooke thought about it, then started to explain. "It wasn't Peter at all! He was actually protecting me from his sister."

"He did a great job of that," Kayla said sarcastically.

"If it wasn't for him, I'd be dead right now!!" Brooke snapped.

"Brooke, calm down." Marine told her.

"Yeah, we're all just glad you're alive." Tally said.

Brooke sighed. "I wanna go to my room," she murmured. She felt someone's arm link with her's.

"I'll take you," Kayla said, helping her up.

When they got to her room, Kayla helped Brooke find her bed. As she sat down, she asked. "How am I supposed to train now?!"

Kayla sat down next to her. She laughed.

"What's so funny?!"

Kayla tried not to laugh again. "One: you're started to get as bad a temper as me and my dad. Two: as to how you're suppose to train, it's simple."

"How?!" Brooke asked.

"You really are stupid, you know that?" Kayla said, laughing quietly. "You shouldn't let a little set back like that keep you from trying. Look at me, for example. You saw me when we first met; I kept to myself, I still do a little bit."

"Why?" Brooke asked her.

Kayla was glad that Brooke couldn't see her mess with her hair awkwardly. "It's a long story. Anyway, your blindness can be a weakness or a strength. Which would you prefer?" she didn't wait for an answer. "We're all gonna learn how to fight without our sight sooner or later, you're just learning before the rest of us."

"You're right," Brooke admitted. "Kayla?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you think Peter's a bad guy?"

Kayla was silent for a while. "Well, considering it was his fault you can't see anymore..." she didn't complete her sentence.

"What?" Brooke asked. She waited for a while but didn't get an answer. Kayla must have walked out of the room.

"Fine," she said to herself. She carefully laid down on her bed and fell alseep.


In the other room, Don and Mikey were talking.

"What do you think, Mike?"

"I'm mad."

"At Brooke?"

"No, at Peter. If I see him..."

"Calm down, you're never like this!"

Mikey sighed. "I know. I don't know why I'm this upset,"

They heard their father's voice speak from behind. "That, my son, is the life of fatherhood."

Mikey laughed. "I guess so, Sensei."