Sam struggled to wake up the next morning, but some invisible was stopping her. She couldn't move, she couldn't breathe, and she was scared. She could see darkness enveloping around her, and she couldn't fight back; the last thing she was remembered was Raph coming in, staring at her with shock and fear before everything went black.
"Raph found her like this a few seconds ago. What should we do?" Donny asked seeing Sam in a blank state; she wasn't responding or anything, which meant this, was very serious. "We'll do what we did with you Donny, we'll see into her past. Everybody join hands and clear your minds."
"Guys? Are you here?"
"We're here Don."
All three could see a girl about five years old, standing next to a woman in her mid-twenties. "Mommy, what do you think of my picture?" "Who's that?" Leo could hear Donny whisper to Raph, "I think that's Sam" Leo answered. The woman walked away from "Sam" as her dad came into view. "Daddy, do you like my picture?" "I do, this is very nice. You're a natural, Sam." "Daddy, does mommy hate me?" "Sam" asked as her dad picked her up in his arms. "No Sammy, Mommy just tired, she's had a long day."
The group was flashed forward again into a pitch dark room. "What the hell's going on?" Raph whispered, only to be answered to see Sam cowering in fear. Her face was bloody, her body was bruised and her eyes….were full of fear. "I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY! STOP! MAKE IT STOP!" Sam screamed those words over and over again as she was thrown against a wall until she was knocked out. Raph couldn't believe what he was watching, she went through that hell?, he thought as he could only watch helplessly as they were flashed again that same night to see Sam standing outside a cracked door, hearing voices that sounded angry. "What makes you think you have the right to hurt our daughter like this?" Her dad voice shouted. "Our daughter? I never wanted to give birth to a girl like Sam!" Her mother voice replied, full of hatred and despise. They could see Sam step back slowly; tears streaming down her face and run off. Leo couldn't believe those words, so full of anger, hatred, fury; her mother really thought that about her? He thought, the words still ringing in his head as they were sent into to darkness.
"What's going on now?" Donny asked, "I don't know," came Leo's reply. Voices filled the air, words of hate and spite.
"She's worthless." "Nobody wants you." "I wish she would drop dead." "She's just like her mom, a living hell.""She's nothing to worry about for anything." "Why don't you just do all a favor and kill yourself?" Then came only one voice: haunting and cold.
"Do you honestly think that they really care about you? It's all just an act.""They don't love you and they never will." "Your mother never even wanted to look at you." "Your little mommy abandoned you and your brothers and little boyfriend will do the same thing.""You're worthless, unwanted, unloved. A failure." "You're just a burden." "Nobody cares about you." "You're nothing." They could see Sam sitting on her knees, trembling, her arms wrapped tight around her, sobbing. Afraid, alone…helpless. "Leo, we gotta do something!" Raph screamed. "Sam! Listen to us! We're your family! Snap out of it!" Leo screamed his voice desperate. "What are you gonna do now, huh?" the voice taunted. "Leave me alone! STOP! JUST STOP!" Sam screamed. The voices, the hate, the darkness shattered like a glass window.
Sam's eyes fluttered open, as her brothers sat around her on the floor. "What are you guys doing here? What happened?" she asked. "Well, you kind of blacked out this morning and we learned something important." Leo said. "Sam, if something's bothering you; don't be afraid to tell us. We're your family." Donny said, sitting next to Sam and gently putting a hand on her shoulder. "You're right. I'll tell you if I need anything or if something's wrong." Sam said wrapping her arms around Donny and Leo and Raph joined into the hug, never forgetting the true meaning of family, always looking out for one another.