Mikey's POV:

I woke up finding a cold cloth on my head.

"Yeah, you're just our little Angel."

"Don't call me Angel anymore! I'm anything but!"

Upon hearing the comotion I got out of the bed as quick as I could and went to the living room. "What the shell is going on?" I ask, my voice a little raspy.

"Angel told us to beat her just like her parents, but when we refused she ran off to her room telling us never to call her Angel again because according to her she's anything but." Raph explained sounding confused.

All of her behaviour raised a red flag in my head remembering the secret she had only told April and me.
I quickly ran to her door and knock wildly.

"Angel, baby, let me in, please!" She didn't answer. "Angel, please open the door!" I say a little more nervously than before. When I get no response fear quickly grasps my soul. I walk backwards and charge at her door knocking it off of its hinges.

I hated the image before me. My sweet innocent little sister was lying on her bed, pale as a sheet with blood pumping out of her wrists. My brothers freeze and gasp behind me in just as much shock as I am.
I run to the bathroom quickly grabbing two towels and run back. I wrap the towels around her wrists in hopes of stopping the bleeding.

Donnie comes over and puts two fingers on the back of her neck. "Her pulse is weak, we need to get her to the lab. She's gonna need stitches." Donnie said urgently.

I picked up my baby sister and ran to the lab. Her eyes opened partially. "M-Mikey?" She whispered.

"It's me, baby. Now listen you're mentally sick, but we're gonna fix you and everythings going to be fine,
understand?" I asked.

She nodded. "You're...sick...M-Mikey." She whispered.

"I know, but you're more important than that." I placed her on the bed in the infirmary. Donnie came in and grabbed a thread and needle. She looked like she was in pain so I ended up talking her through it.

"She's going to need a blood transfusion."

I wanted to be the one to give her blood so she's our actual sister. Like a blood sister. "I'll do it." I offered.
Donnie checked to make sure I had the right blood type and in the end I did.

He took a pint of blood from me and put the needle from the blood bag inside of Angel.

"Mikey...I want...Mikey." Angel cried desperately. I ran over as fast as I could despite the loss of one pint of blood.

"I'm here, baby. Don't worry. Everything's gonna be fine."

She grabbed for my hand. "I-I'm sorry...I-I made you...s-sick. I'm s-sorry...I'm a-a...c-coward." She whispered to me.

I craddled her head. "You didn't make me sick and you're not a coward. You're just mentally sick. It's not your fault, baby."

Tears made their way down her face and soon mine too. It was just then that I realized that I had almost blown it at being a big brother.

I rubbed a thumb at her tears and dried them away as she did the same thing to me. "I'll be right back,
baby girl."

I stepped outside the lab to find my brothers and sensei. "What are we going to do about Angel? I'm afraid she'll cut again."

Donnie sighed. "Maybe she needs counceling. She's still a human so April could take her to counceling and claim her as her sister."

"And we need to confiscate all of her razors so she doesn't cut again." Leo suggested.

"And put all of the weapons and knives up where she can't reach them." Raph added.

"But, before we do all of that we need to find out why she cuts in the first place." Splinter told us.

We all entered the lab in hopes of finding answers. I know she started cutting because of the abuse, but I don't know why she started again. Splinter was going to be the first to dive in.

"My young daughter why do you harm yourself so?" Splinter asked as he stroked Angel's hair gently.

"I-It's just that, I felt responsible for making Mikey get sick. All of my life I've been reminded how much of a failure I am and a liability. It gets too much for me to take at times, so I self harm. It takes my pain away." Angel described depictively.

"My daughter, it does not take away your pain. If it took away your pain you wouldn't have to do it so much." Splinter pointed out.

"But, daddy, it makes me feel good. It feels like warm water surrounds your body. Like the sun is shinning on your skin. Like I'm studying science, or watching space heros, or learning about Japanese culture, or like I'm watching my brothers do ninjitsu, or like I'm listening to Mikey's funny jokes, or like I'm reading his comic books. It makes me feel good." I began to feel like I had a perfect understanding of how she felt at this point.

"But you are not doing any of this, my daughter. You are doing something that could end you doing all of this rather than doing it. You need to stop this awful habit." Splinter explained.

Angel sighed. "Try as I might to stop it never works. Nothing works, daddy. Nothing."

I held my baby sister in my arms. "We'll figure something out, baby. Something. April could take you to counceling or a doctor or something."

She sobbed. "The only thing closest I've been to a doctor was Donatello. Even when I was born. I was born at home. Please don't make me go to someone who isn't Donnie. Please."

I looked to my brothers for help. Donnie finally stepped up. "Angel, princess, I'm not a mental doctor for that. I fix physical wounds not mental. If I could I would."

Angel left my grip and went into Donnie's. I wasn't hurt. Not one bit. She needed all of us right now, and I wasn't going to be selfish and keep her to myself.

"Don't send me off to someone I don't trust." Angel was quickly breaking down in Donnie's arms.

Donnie rubbed her back soothingly. "Sh, princess. Don't worry. We wouldn't send you off somewhere you'd get hurt."

She cried into Donnie's shoulder uncontrollably. I knew why she was acting like this. She was afraid they'd hurt her. Like her two families, that didn't even treat her like family. She didn't want to get hurt anymore.

"Please don't. Don't let them hurt me, Raphie." She sobbed as she went to Raph's grip.

"Don't worry, kiddo, we're not gonna let anyone hurt you and neither would April or Casey." Raph said softly.

"I don't want to get hurt anymore." She sobbed into Raph's shoulder.

"You won't, kiddo, calm down. We won't let anyone hurt you."

"Don't let them take me away from you guys, Leo." She said as she changed grips to Leo.

"You're not going anywhere, Cherry blossom. I promise. You're staying with us. We're a family." Leo soothed.

That made Angel cry harder. "Don't let the orphanage take me away, please. They'll just make fun of me and I'll get abused again."

Leo gripped her a tad bit harder. "You're gonna live with us, cherry. Nobody's gonna take you from us."

Angel shifted her grip to Master Splinter. "Daddy, don't let the mean guys take me away! I wanna live here with you and my brothers! Them mean guys will find my real parents and take me to them! Don't let them take me away, please, daddy, please!" Seeing her plead made my heart break. I couldn't stand seeing her so despertae.

Splinter gripped her, afraid to let go. "You're not going any where, my daughter. You're going to live a long happy life. I'm your father and these are your big brothers and we're not going to let anyone take you away."

Angel did not leave Splinter's grip. She insisted that he kept holding her until she fell asleep in Splinter's arms. "I knew there was more to her that met the eye." He sighed sadly. He gently lied Angel's head back on the pillow and covered her with the blanket.

"Why does a girl of her age and innocense have to have such an awful past?" Splinter asked solemnly.

I sighed. I wish I knew the answer to that awful question as well. I stroked Angel's hair. "My poor poor baby sister."

"I'd like to find her real parents and POUND them!" Raph yelled as he punched a wall.

Splinter placed a hand on Raph's shoulder. "Calm down, Raphael. By this time her parents are more than likely out of New York. We have to find a way to get her help without freightening her. Donatello, can you learn how to help some body in Angel's condition?"

Donnie shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know, Sensei. Learning how to be a counceler for this type of problem takes time and Angel needs help now."

"How long does it take to learn how to be a counceler?" I asked. I really didn't want to send Angel to a doctor she didn't know.

"A few years tops. It takes a while. I have the patience to learn all of that, but Angel's condition doesn't. She needs help now." Donnie insisted.

"Well, what are we going to do? If she goes to anyone else besides you she'll freak out." Leo told Donnie.

Donnie tapped his chin in thought. "I don't know, but there's nothing that I can do. If it were one of you guys I'd have no choice, but Angel's a human and she has a choice. She needs other human help."

I was starting to lose hope. Angel would have a nervous break down if we sent her somewhere she didn't know the person that was trying to help her. "Please, Don. Can't you go onto a website that instructs you on what to do? Or, better yet, are there any websites that people with depression can go on for help?"

Donnie sighed. "I don't know, Mikey."

"Please, D. She'll have a nervous break down if you send her somewhere. Please."

He sighed. "Oh, alright I'll try something, but I'm not promising anything." Donnie sighed again and placed a gentle hand on Angel's head. "I just hope I can help my little princess."

We all had our nicknames for Angel. Mine was baby or baby girl, Donnie's was princess, Leo's was cherry blossom or just simply cherry, Raph's was kiddo, and Splinter called her daughter like he called us his sons.

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Angel's POV:

Two weeks had passed and the date was December 20th and all of my brothers were decorating the lair in lights. But the most peculiar decoration was the tree in the corner of the living room.

"What are you guys decorating for? Is it somebody's birthday?" I asked in confusion.

"Nah, kiddo, we're decorating for Christmas." Raph answered while hanging lights close to the ceiling.

I was genuinely confused. "What's Christmas?"

Everyone stopped what they were doing. Raph dropped the lights, Mikey dropped a plastic decoration,
Donnie dropped two snowman stuffed animals, and Leo dropped a cookie pan. I watched them nervously.

"Princess, you've never celebrated Christmas?" Donnie asked in shock.

I shook my head. "No, I've never even heard of it. In my family we never even celebrated my birthday."

Mikey picked me up and walked to the couch and everyone sat down. "Baby, Christmas is a time to be with family and friends. On December 25th."

"Yeah, and we make cookies for Santa Clause who comes and leaves the good children presents." Donnie continued. He must've seen my confused look because he continued. "Santa lives in the North Pole and makes toys for all the good kids."

"Yeah, and when morning comes we sit around the tree and open presents." Leo added.

"But until then we get to be a family and decorate the lair. Together." Raph explained.

"Wow, that sounds like so much fun!" I exclaimed in excitement.

Donnie laughed at my excitement. "It sure is fun. But this will be a whole lot more fun because it will be your first Christmas."

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It was December 23rd and I wanted to look for a present for my brothers, but I had no money. I found Leo looking around the dump for something. Probably presents for Donnie, Raph, Mikey, daddy, April, and Casey. So I decided to do the same thing.

I told Splinter I was going to the dump to look for more clothes. He approved, but seemed sad because he couldn't give me clean clothes like a growing girl should have. I looked around hard. I found some jeans there that were tattered and had a scarlet stain on the side. It took me a while to convince myself that it wasn't blood before I searched inside the pockets. I was surprised to find a whole roll of money that contained $400.

I walked back to the lair empty handed except for the $400. The next day I asked April to take me to the mall so I could find presents for my brothers. She complied and we walked to the store.

"So, do you like living with the turtles?" She asked me with a smile.

"I-I love them. They're so much more nicer than my other two families. The turtles are my brothers and Splinter is my daddy."

She smiled at me. "You must really love them."

I nodded. We entered the mall and I looked around in wonder. I had never been inside the mall before.

"Which store should we go in first?" April asked me.

I thought about my brothers interests and what they like. Maybe Leo first. "Do they have a comic book store?"

April nodded and lead me to the comic book store. I looked around the blue painted room looking for Space Heros comic books. I finally found a package of ten Space Heros comic books with the full set of action figures next to a Spider Man comic.

I paid for it and decided on Raph next. To the pet store! I looked around the red room. I remebered the story about Spike turning into Slash, and felt bad about his pet turning into a ruthless mutant...no offense to my dear brothers. I mean willing to kill just to impress. My brothers would never do such a thing.

I looked around the turtle section looking for the perfect one. And then I saw him. I walked past a male turtle who immediately put his foot against the glass as I went past him. I walked backwards back to the cute little turtle who looked at me with pleading eyes. It was a male baby turtle no older than three days old.

I got a worker to get the turtle out so I could hold him. As I held him the poor creature looked at me with the same emerald green eyes as Raph. I looked at April and nodded, signaling that this was the one. I paid for him and then it was off to a science store.

I looked around the purple room amazed by all of the science equipment. April laughed at my look of amazement knowing I loved science. I looked at programming kits that were filled with over a million pieces. I nodded to April and I paid for the kit.

Next I went to the art section of the mall knowing that Mikey loves to draw and write. I looked around the orange room in search of paper and colored pencils. I finally found them and paid for them.

Next we went to a Japanese themed store and I looked around the brown room. I found a beautiful brown robe with the Japanese symbol that meant family on it. I paid for it and went to the sports section where I bought Casey a new pair of ice skates from the black room.

I gave April ten bucks to go to the pretzle stand to buy some pretzles. I walked into a clothes store filled with beautiful clothing that only I could dream of having. The pink room had so many beautiful teenage clothing. I found a beautiful pink shirt that said 'Just keep Dreaming' with a beautiful buterfly under the font. I was excited to see what all of their expressions would be to the presents.

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It was Christmas eve and I watched as all of my brothers placed the gifts that they found under the tree. I followed in suit. I helped Mikey make cookies for Santa and then we did karaoke of Christmas songs.
We sat on the couch and I cuddled close to them as we watched 'The Santa Clause'. I didn't make it through the movie before I fell asleep.