"Donnie, I don't think anything is working", April said. She sighed sadly and collapsed onto the seat behind her. The chair squeaked from the sudden impact but caught her on its lap. April rested her elbows on her knees and buried her face in her hands, with the mixture of sadness and frustration clearly showing. Donnie's eyes were too filled with sadness, but he knew he must never give up. He glanced at the stretcher with the teen in it and watched her chest rise and fall with the help of the breathing machine.

"April it's alright, the girl will wake up when she is ready"

"What if she's never ready?"

"..."

The purple banded turtle frowned. He walked to April and stood quietly behind the chair. His breathing was slow in a rhythmic pattern as he rested both his hands on the red head's shoulders. "Don't worry, I'm sure she'll be ready soon."

/

In Coma

Darkness. That was all the brunette could see for what felt like centuries. She felt like she was trapped in a box, no holes for breathing, and it restricted her arm and leg movements. She couldn't see what was in front of her even when she waved her hand in front of her face. She tried to call out, but the only thing echoing back was her own voice. The teen lay huddled in the dark box and sobbed. She had lost track of time, and sometimes she didn't know if she had been asleep or not.

A white light flashed on her face and the dark box she was trapped in, opened up. She stepped out from her box, and stretched while gulping a large proportion of fresh air. She stood in this white atmosphere, still not knowing where she was, but suddenly the ground under her feet opened up, and she was falling.

Reality

She shot up from the bed gasping. The girl did not remember hitting the ground, and suddenly she is in a bed, with a blanket cozily draped over her body. Arguments rang out from outside and she groaned in frustration. Just great. Mom and Dad are arguing about something again.

The teen blinked her eyes a few times, trying to regain focus when she suddenly recalled that her mom and dad had a divorce about a year ago and none of them live with her anymore. She scrunched her eyebrows in confusion and closed her eyes trying to recap what recently happened. After moments of thinking, none of her most recent memories answered what had happened to her, before she ended up like this.

When she opened her eyes again, she looked around at the room she was in. Blue prints and science equipment lay sprawled across the floor or stuck messily on the walls. Definitely not my room, she thought as she continued observing her surroundings. Questions popped into her mind as she climbed off the stretcher, and ignored the cold pain that shot up her body when her feet touched the floor. She lost balance, and stumbled to the floor. Suddenly feels weird to walk again. It's like my legs are too weak to carry myself.
She stood up from the floor and tiptoed around the room, while staring at the inventions surrounding her, before stopping at the door.

The noises have died down so the people outside are probably gone, she observed when she pressed her ears against the door. Her heart beat loudly and a sudden growl caused her to jump. She clutched her stomach and it growled again. The teen shook her head and took a deep breath, trying to ignore her hungry stomach. Adrenaline rushes through her body and her hands shakily grip the door handle as she counts down from 60. A minute passed by and she pushes the door open just a crack and peeked through it.

No body. The new room she stood in was completely empty. Pizza boxes were spread out across the floor and a T.V was left on. Living room. Definitely living room.

Her footsteps echoed in the atmosphere and the door noisily screeched as she slid it shut. She scrunched her eyes in annoyance. Her breath caught in her throat as she froze in her spot, waiting for some noises or movement. The brunette exhaled the air and placed her hand against her chest and leans against the door.

"Hey where's all the pizza?! Oh right, it's still in the living room."
The voice startled the girl and she flipped her head around as the footsteps tapping against the floor, were getting louder and louder. Her heart pounded in her chest, and it felt like an animal was trying to get out from a cage in her body. Without thinking, she sprinted into an empty room to hide. She spotted the tree and hurriedly clambered up it to hide for a few minutes until the voices died down again.

The sunlight streamed into the room and lightly kissed the carpeted floor. The dust visible in the light danced across the room and jumped every time she breathed air out. The room almost felt magical, apart from the fear that stood in the middle of it.

The only sound ringing in her ears was the sound of her heart panging. "It's going to be alright, it's going to be alright", she repeated to herself. She clung onto the branches tightly and shut her eyes, as if she was about to teleport herself out of the situation.

"You guys just get a head start on training. I need to check on the person for a sec" Donnie told his brothers as he slid open the door to his lab. The door creaked and he shivered from the loud sound. The three turtles nodded their heads and continued their way to the dojo as their brother entered his lab.

The door creaked again as he slid it shut, and he made a mental note to oil it before he joined his brothers for training. He clasped his hands together and spun around to look at his patient. Doctor Donnie, that's what April calls me. And he blushes from the memory. As he opened his eyes he gasped.

The stretcher was empty. Empty?! How is that possible?! It looked as if his patient disappeared into thin air. None of Donnie's belongings have been touched or moved. He ran to the stretcher and stared at it. Fresh creases were on the blanket and the stretcher caved in, where the teen should have been sleeping. His eyes made a brief scan around the room to check if she was hiding, but no evidence.

His breath caught in his throat and he worriedly dashed to the dojo to alert his brothers that the girl is gone. He came in with a terrified face and began to rapidly report his confused brothers about the problem.

"Whoa, whoa slow down Donnie. Say it slowly", Leo placed a reassuring hand on Donnie's shoulder. He chuckled at his brother's panicking and patted his shoulder.

"A few minutes ago, I walked in to my lab to check on the girl, but when I looked at the stretcher she was sleeping on, it was empty! I looked around everywhere but it's like she disappeared into thin air!" Donnie buried his face into his hands and paced back and forth. The blue banded turtle's smile turned into a frown as the news lingered in his mind.

"Where could she have gone?" Raph and Mikey both asked together. Donnie was just about to answer them when a thing fell out of the tree unexpectedly and landed on the turtles.

/

A few minutes ago…

The brunette reached the top of the tree and patiently waited for the noises to fade until she could make her escape. Heart still beating loudly in her chest, she held her breath so she wouldn't make the slightest noise.

All of a sudden, three giant green animals emerged into the room and started stretching near the tree. Her eyes went wide with shock as she stared at the creatures a few feet away from her. She gasped at the sight and quickly clamped her mouth shut to prevent the green creatures from hearing her. The brunette watched closely and identified the giant animals as half turtles and half human, but for some strange reason they were wearing fabrics on their face which looked like ninja masks. They're like humanoids, she thought.

One of the creatures with an orange mask stopped stretching and thought he heard something. He strolled to the tree and looked up in the branches, to see the cause of the noise. The brunette held her breath again as his eyes darted around. "Ca-cooo, ca-cooo", she imitated the sound of a bird. The orange masked creature nodded and turned away.
"Hey Leo, did you know we have a bird in the dojo?"
"Sure Mikey, whatever you say"

She raised her eyebrow as she stared at the creatures talking. Two of them could talk?
As the teen watched them continue stretching, she noticed some shiny metal on one of their backs. "Yep. They're probably ninjas", she murmured to herself when she realized the metal were weapons. Suddenly, a fourth giant turtle appeared and almost made her jump and fall out of her hiding place.

It started to babble in a fast voice about some girl disappearing from its room and the other turtles spoke back to it when it finished its sentence. They seemed to have spoken English and not some alien language.

"So they could all talk; that makes them giant talking turtles", the girl exclaimed quietly and she crept closer to get a closer look. As she crawled a little closer towards the edge of the tree, her left hand slipped off the branch and she fell from the tree and collided with the turtles.

Fin

That's the fourth chapter completed! Sort of rushed, but I'm still quite proud of it. I'll update as soon as I can this week, and please review!