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CHAPTER FOUR
Leading a Normal Life
~Two Weeks Later~
So far everything in New York was back to normal there was still some crime here and there, but it wasn't as threating as the Foot Clan was back them. Just a few robberies and felonies. Not far from the city April has been getting better begin her own boss. Sure, she miss reporting and had a few visits from her ex-coworkers and Vern, who decide to help out a bit in case she needs it.
April's mother still hasn't left yet still worrying about her broken leg even though the auburn reporter has been approving walking around with it. The pain was also reducing making it a major relief for her and her mom. This wasn't exactly April's dream of becoming a famous reporter, but since the accident she decided to give it up and run her mother's antique shop. In just a couple of day's business was great.
She was able to sell an 80's radio, a porcelain lamp from New England, a jade dragon statue, and authentic rag dolls, cowboy hats, and wooden guns and swords for the kids. It was slow, but it was worth it.
April was now sitting on a rolling chair leaning on the counter looking at her last costumers and the clock.
Only ten minutes left. She thought.
She look at the middle age woman with short straight dark chocolate hair looking at the library section and not far from her was a little girl no more than six with shoulder length red hair spying on April like she's not watching her.
"Five minutes left Miss." April called out to the woman.
The burnet quickly grab four books from the shelf and walk towards her with the little girl waddling towards her.
"Find everything?" April asks.
"Yes, I'm sorry." The burnet apologize. "I was having trouble deciding."
She place her books in front of her. April add those to the old register while the burnet was digging out her money from her black leather purse.
"Find anything Molly?" The woman ask the little red head.
Molly stand behind her mother holding a raggedy doll dress in a baby blue Sunday dress and bonnet with bright yellow curly yarn for head having a painted red smile and ocean blue eyes. The red head hold the dool up to April.
"Now let's see." April added the items. "That'll be $10.50 ma'am."
The woman handed her a ten dollar bill and fifty cents.
"Thank you for shopping at O' Neil's Antique Store." April smiled at them.
April handed the woman her bag filled with her new books and handed the little doll to the red hair child.
"What a cute little girl you have." April cooed to the small child.
Molly duck behind her mother's legs with a bright blush developing on her puffy cheeks. The mother and April giggled at her antics.
"Thank you." The mother smiled. "Come on Molly."
She reach her daughters hand and walk out of the store.
"Come again." April called out.
April carefully lifted her cast using her crutches to lock the door and flip the open and close sign. She let out a sign somewhat tired.
"Another satisfied customer I see."
April turn to her mother having her silver and auburn hair lose stopping at her shoulder blades. She was wearing a red wool sweater, white cotton jeans, a pair of white socks, and a frilly kitchen apron covered and batter.
"Yup." April said popping the p.
"Glad you're enjoying yourself of running the story honey." She walk towards April giving her a kiss on the forehead.
"It's okay mama." She assured.
"Come on." Olivia nodded upstairs. "I made cookies."
Aprils face lit up.
"Peanut butter and chocolate chips?!"
Olivia laughed and nodded.
As a child April loved her mother's cooking especially her pastries. April quickly walk towards the stairs to the kitchen already use to walking around with oversize cast on her foot. She quickly step on each step ignoring her mother's laughter. As she made it April walk or hop to her kitchen where she saw the plate filled with the peanut and chocolate goodness.
"Don't even think about it April." Olivia warn when her daughter was about to grab a handful. "You haven't had dinner yet."
"Can't we just skip dinner?" April whined. "I haven't had these in ages."
Olivia shook her head seeing April devour the cookies at a time.
"Lord, have misery on our children today." She muttered.
"I heard that!" April stick out her tongue then continued eating.
"I'll be in the living room if you need me." Olivia chuckled.
"Kay."
The pretty auburn woman eat about five our ten cookies less than five minutes. Feeling satisfied of her tummy filled with the sweet peanut and chocolaty sweetness she went to new Life's Good ebony fridge drinking out from the gallon of milk.
CREAK!
April stop drinking from the milk gallon a few white drops traveling down to the right corner of her mouth. She heard something, but shrugged after a few moments continued to drink.
CCCCCRRRRRREEEEEEEAAAAAKKKKKKK!
April froze her cheeks puffed like a chipmunk filled with the white liquid. She look side to side getting a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach.
"Hhhmmmmllllooooo." April said not aware her mouth filled with milk.
Nothing, but silence. She took a step forward looking to the sides. This was defiantly wrong.
"Hhhmohh." April called out her mother.
Nothing.
Quietly tip-toeing to her living room to see her mother she didn't notice the black figure stalking behind her. April continued to walk to the living room standing beside her round oak table she lean in to the door way trying to see anybody. The figure slowly reach behind April hands were up just a few inches away from her.
Closer.
Closer.
And….
"AAAAAHHHHHH!" Olivia scream behind April.
April spit take her milk all over her new and clean table after flaying her hands in the air letting out a high pitch chipmunk shriek. She turn around to see her mother laughing like a hyena holding her sides.
"*Gasp* what *gasp* was that *gasp* for!?" April wheezed and gasp angrily to her laughing mother.
"That was for eating the cookies before dinner." Olivia chuckled at her with a smug smile.
"NOT FUNNY MOM!" April shriek.
"Oh, yes it was." She laughed walking back to the living room.
April growled behind her mother's back ignoring her old lady laugh. She went to the counter pulling out a yellow cleaning rag than cleaning up her spit take on the table.
Dammit mommy! April thought, angrily. It's not fun scaring someone.
She sign knowing that's a lie. Just like her mother April love scaring people as much as her mom did. A bad and childless habit, but it gave you a good laugh. April couldn't help remember when she scared the turtles a couple of weeks of defeating the Shredder. The guys were still a little tense from the fight so she decide to help them with something else.
A small chuckle escape from April when she remember her prank.
~Flashback~
Four weeks has passed since Shredder died. April was welcome to the lair full heartily from Splinter and the guys. It was like she was a new member of the family. She visit them when she was looking for a job, but it wasn't going will as she thought it was. She climb down the ladders a tired and slouching looking all miserable carrying her brown leather handbag on her right shoulder.
Began down the sewers so many times she remember the way to the lair like the back of her hand. Once, she saw the tunnel the nasty feeling of being jobless still lingered.
"Anglecakes!" Mikey ran up to April and hug her.
Not even Mikey's sweet hugs could cheer her up.
"Hey Mikey." April said, lazily.
"Hey, why so down on the dumps?" The orange clad turtle asks her.
April walk all zombie like to the custom made pizza couch and slouch her back on it letting feet rest on the arm rest dropping her bag beside it.
April groan loudly.
"That bad, huh?" He said.
"Uh, huh." She said.
"Come on April." Mikey said, cheerfully. "Tell me what's wrong?"
"Uuuuuggggghhhhhh!" April groan again not wanting to talk about it.
Hearing April groan, Mikey's brothers Leo, Raph, and Donnie walk in from the security cameras seeing April looking all miserable and Mikey giving her a little kid smile.
"Hello April." Leo walk to her. "Nice to see you again."
Not wanting to talk April just lazily wave her hand to him while raising her left arm to cover her eyes. Leo raise a brow at her then turn to Mikey for some answers.
"Don't look at me." He raise his hands. "She's been like that when she came here."
Raph then walk up to her.
"Let me guess." He said. "Couldn't find a job?"
She grab her brown leather bag and scream on it to muffle her screams. The four brothers look at her strangely.
"I'll take that as a yes." Donnie turn to then.
"It's that bad, huh?" Mikey ask her.
"Mmm hmm." April said her face still muffle by the bag.
"Come on April." Leo assured her. "You can't let get it down on you."
"Easy for you to say." She said still having the bag on her face. "I been trying to find a job for the past four weeks."
"And none of them fined you applicable?" Donnie raised a brow.
"Nope." She said. "Apparently having an ex non-professional news reporter is and I quote "bad for business." She air quote the business part.
"Wow." Mikey said. "That sucks."
"You're telling me." She sign. "Nobody takes me seriously."
The four turtles look at each other full aware of April's predicament they can all feel her distress. Leo patted her knee.
"It's okay April." He said, gently. "You find something."
"Yeah." Mikey chimed in. "And those guys who don't take you seriously are just A-hole's."
Leo give Mikey a pointed look while April let out a giggle feeling a little better. Leaving to them to brighten up her day.
Raph step in took the bag of her. She look at his golden green eyes with her cornflower ones. Of all the brothers he was the most fascinating of them all to her, considering she help him get his brothers back they had a really strong bond.
"There." He said. "Now we can hear you."
April let out a small raspberry.
"I know what will cheer you up." Mikey get to her face earing a disapproval look from Raph. "How about a sleep over in our place tonight."
His three brothers look at him like he grown a second head while April raise a brown not long a smile creep up.
"Actually." She slowly got up. "That doesn't sound like a bad idea."
"Waite, what?" The older brothers said.
"So far I have sign up for 250 job applications." She said. "45 interviews, and 680 no's from every single boss and manager. I so need this."
"Great!" Mikey said. "Just stay here and I'll get your clothes back at your apartment."
When Mikey was about to leave Raph quickly grab the ends of his bandana's tail and pulled hard causing Mikey to fall on the ground.
"Hold it." He growled. "You really don't suspect us to let you go to HER room do you?"
"Mmmmm, maybe." Mikey smiled.
Raph growled look like he was about to wipe his smile off with a fist. Sensing this April got between the brothers.
"It's okay." She laughed a little. "I'll go get some of my stuff and I'll comeback so you two don't have to kill each other, okay?"
Raph already had his fist in the air ready to swing to his younger brother's face who had his hands up covering his face.
"Fine." He drop Mikey.
"Okay, so I'll just grab some extra clothes and I'll be back in a few minutes."
"Kay, April and I'll make sure this will be the day you'll never forget." Mikey said, proudly.
Forgetting her shitty day and all the fail attempts April wasted no time getting to her apartment. After, she left Mikey went to the kitchen.
"Guess, I'll be making the popcorn." Mikey said.
Leo, Raph, and Donnie were glaring at him.
"What?"
"Are you out of your mind!?" Raph bowled at him.
"Do you really want him to answer that?" Donnie turn to him.
"What?" Mikey asks again. "She need some cheering up and what better way to cheer a girl up than a slumber party."
"Mikey, we don't feel right about this." Leo inform him.
"Why?"
They didn't answer until a light bulb hit Mikey's head.
"Oooohh, I see what's going on." He snickered.
"Enlighten us." Leo cross his arms.
"You guys are just nervous of having a girl here all night long." He snickered again.
If their neutral looks wasn't the answer then the little red tint in their cheeks were.
Mikey laughed.
"Mikey." They said sternly.
"Oh, come on guys." He assured them. "It's not like she'll sleep with one of us."
They fact he had a point and when he said sleep it darken the blush even more. Living in the sewers all their life being isolated from the humans and especially the opposite gender was something their use too. Yes, they knew April was beautiful, but their use to seeing her just a little while now she's spending a day with them in her pajamas, which they don't want to know what it is.
"Aww, isn't that cute." Mikey cooed at them. "My big brothers are scared of making a move to a girl."
"THAT'S IT!" Raph lunge to Mikey.
Mikey ran away in the last second getting away from his temper mental brother. As he did that Leo and Donnie just shook their heads and pretend they never had this conversation. They went back to the security room letting Raph pound Mikey whenever he wants.
In no time flat, April came back, but wearing a yellow cotton sleeveless shirt that said "sweet dreams" and a white fluffy cotton pajama pants with rainbow hearts all over it. She also had a backpack that head extra clothes, movies, and some money for pizza. She notice the last couple of weeks they been tense since Shredder. He was gone, but they still won't budge so she had her hand bag filled with something and a little creepy story about a little girl who died in the swerves where the guys live. But, she will only use this if they won't stop freaking about Shredder.
When she came back she heard screams of pain.
"UNCLE! UNCLE! UNCLE!"
Raph was pending Mikey's arm behind his shell screaming uncle.
Oh, boy. She thought.
When Mikey saw April came he was saved.
"Anglecakes! Help!" He yelled.
Raph look at April seeing her pajamas she was looking at him and Mikey with a neutral face, but he can tell she was laughing on the inside.
"Raph, let him go please." She said, calmly.
"Give me one good reason why?" He said putting more pressure on Mikey's arm.
"OW! OW! OW!" Mikey yelped in pain.
April sign having to take drastic measures.
"Alright, Raph." She came closer to him with a serious face. "But, you left me with no choose."
He raised a brow or in this case a green muscle seeing she was digging inside her backpack. Once, she found what she was looking for a blue spray bottled filled with water.
"Bad, Raphael." She said pressing the handle sending a spray of water to his face. "Bad, you get the squirts-squirts."
She continued to spray at the stunned red cladded turtle who turn his face every time she spray him.
"Hey!" He turn his face. "Stop that!"
"Not until you let go of Mikey." She said still spraying him with water.
"Alright! Alright!" He let go of Mikey who was chuckling at the scene.
She put the bottle to her side with a satisfied smile seeing Mikey squirm behind her for protection from now the wet face turtle.
"See?" She smiled at him. "Was that so hard?"
Raph grumbled under his breath wiping his face off that run down and soak to his mask. Mikey still behind April's back was failing holding in his laughter. Leave it to April to save him from his big temper brother.
Raph was about to hit him already having his fist ready to swing, but April put the spray bottle close to his face.
"Don't make me use this." She warn him.
Taking a deep breath he put his fist down taking a deep breath and let it out walking away from them. April put away her bottle until she was given a death hug.
"Thank you Anglecakes!" Mikey squeeze her hard. "You're a lifesaver!"
"Ugh! Mikey, choking not breathing!" She gasped.
He let her go smiling sheepishly while April try restore her breathing.
"He, my bad." He rubbed the back of his head.
"It's okay." She laughed. "Trust me, after the day and weeks I have I need this."
Mikey smiled grow.
"Will them I'll make the popcorn to start off you're not so shitty day." He said. "You brought your horror movies, right?"
She nodded patting her backpack.
"Sweet!" He beamed. "Just make yourself comfy and I'll make the popcorn."
When he went to the kitchen April made to their wall cover T.V screen's she got out a few movies deciding Black X-Mas, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, or Red. She look back to the movies when Leo walk in.
"Hey Leo." She called to him. "What movie do you want to watch?"
Leo look over the movies studying them very carefully.
"Uh, I can't decide." He admits. "They seem pretty good. Why not see all three of them?"
"Huh." April smiled liking the idea. "Want to start off with Black X-Mas?"
"Sure." He said not really caring.
April notice him being a bit tense.
"You okay?" She asks, worried.
"Huh?" He turn to her. "Oh, yeah fine."
She gave him a look that says she doesn't believe him.
"You're thinking about the Shredder." She said. "Aren't you."
He didn't respond for a few seconds and sign.
"Leo." She said. "He's gone there's no need for you guys to be so tense about it."
"I know." He sign. "But, I just got this feeling and I'm sure the Foot Clan won't stop with their robberies."
He had a point there. Even if their leader is dead that doesn't stop them for going on a crime spree.
"I better go back to Don." He said backing up. "There might be some crimes going on."
And that he left leaving a disappointed April. This is what she's talking about. They have to face facts Shredder's is dead no man can survive a fall like that. So for their useless paranoia she went to one man who can help her.
She knock on the rice paper door to Splinter's room.
"Enter April."
She slide the door to revile the friendly and wise rat in a lotus position with many let candles surrounding him and the room. She came in walking to the wise rat giving him a kiss and a hug. Sitting the same position as he is.
"What can I do for you April?" Splinter asks, nicely.
"I need you help on something." She said, seriously. "But, it won't be easy."
~ A Few Hours Later ~
So far April and the turtles we're in the middle of Chainsaw Massacre leaning on the pizza couch munching on popcorn while Mikey's beside her also stuffing his face with the buttery kernels his eyes wide seeing the girl trying to escape the chainsaw maniac. Raph was on her left a can of Orange Crush on his right while his left was resting on the couch's armrest looking quite bored. Leo sat cross legged his face on the screen his face to the screen, but he look like his mind was somewhere else. Donnie looks at the scene looking a bit nauseous.
The atmosphere was hazy between tense and boredom. The young reporter let out a sign the tension was not helping with the day she had. She was hoping the movies might cheer them up, but guess she has to take her plan into action.
"My god." She stretched. "Horror movies just don't scare me anymore."
"Easy for you to say." Donnie muttered.
"I watch this so any times it's boring." She continued. "I guess I'll hit the sack."
"Wait, you're going to sleep!" Mikey say's, disbelieve. "It's a slumber party. First rule is you never sleep on a slumber party."
"Sorry, Mikey." She laughed. "But, I'm beat and it's almost midnight I don't think I want to wake up Annie."
"Annie?" Leo turn with a raise brow.
April gaped.
"You guys never heard of Sewer Blood Annie!" She somewhat shouted.
The four brothers look at each other not understanding what was so important about this Annie person.
"Pause the movie." She ordered.
Donnie reached the remote and pause it then he and his brothers turn to April their interest high.
"Listen closely." April said, seriously. "For the tale of Sewer Blood Annie."
(sf4l: The story April is telling to the guys will be in Italics, kay. P.S: This fake scary story belongs to me.)
"A few years ago back in the 40's when the lair was actually in business. The owner of your abandon train station, Maximus Willow was begin to open his train station. He and his wife and daughter we're there to celebrate his new business. Annie Willow was there first born she was around six years old. She was the sweetest and most adorable girl you can ever meet. From what I heard off."
"When her father open his train station the trains going place where anyone could go. A great celebration was taken off everyone enjoying themselves. While Annie's parents we're talking to some friends she decided to explore her father's station. It was around midnight the little girl was tossing around her bright red ball having a wonderful time. What she didn't know is that her father built this station to the sewers her ball end up began in the waste of the sewers disposal system that powers the electricity of the station."
"When she try to reach it she accidently slip in the nasty water she was suck in the machine that cuts the waste into tiny pieces. About an hour the lights were cut off and the trains shut down everyone had to evacuate. When Annie's parents realize she wasn't there they called the police. Three days have passed and they find no sign off Annie. Not wanting to wait any longer her parents went down to find her. When they were close to when she filled. They began to hear laughter."
"They stop and listen, but heard nothing. They continued to call for her then they heard the giggles again, but this time they also heard a ball bouncing too. They called to her searching everywhere for their little girl. Until, the mother saw a speck of a white dress and a bouncing red ball. She called to her and her husband they ran up to her. Once they got close she disappeared. They we're the same spot she died they keep calling out to her when they heard their little girl's laughter again. Maximus saw the sewer water suddenly swaying towards them, but the green water turn completely dark when it touched the cement it was dark as blood."
"The mother saw her daughter's ball floating in the water that leads to the disposal united. They realize their daughter has fallen to the water already dead. When they we're began to cry the dirty blood water rippled out pop Annie's cut limps floating in front of them. Her head wide with shock, her mouth gaping, and her nice dark hair was now tangled and dirty. They watch in horror of their disembodied child. Until, they heard the laughter again. Annie's head was laughing like she was still alive, but her laughter wasn't an innocent laugh it was a sick and twisted murder laugh."
"Her head turn to her parents her tore limbs grabbing them shoving them down to the red stain water no body heard their cries for help until they met the same fate as Annie. A couple of weeks has gone by, Annie and her parents disappeared the police give up thinking they we're dead. When the train station can't be authorize without the owner the bank had to shut it down, but when an investigator came down a couple of weeks since it shut down he heard the same sweet giggles and bouncing ball he follow it when he found the remains of Annie's parents."
"Every midnight, if you're lucky to get out alive you'll hear or see Annie laughing, playing with her ball, but if you see her bright red ball and hear this song."
"Bloody parts, bloody parts, everywhere you'll see."
"Bloody parts, bloody parts, torn to shreds you'll be."
"She'll sing this over and over this is warning that Annie is going to get you. Escape as fast as you can, but if you don't…then Annie will get you."
April has finished telling the four turtles her story. They had wide eyes and look a little less green then usual.
"Soooo, that's it." She yawned.
Mikey was hugging a pillow really tightly scared out of his mind.
Raph's eyes were wide, but try to scowl thinking it was just a lame story.
Donnie look he was about to hurl any second.
And Leo kept a neutral face, but his eyes were wide with unease.
Perfect. April mentally smirk.
Part one was complete for her plan.
"Wow, uh, great story, uh, April." Leo clear his throat.
"Annie isn't real, right?" Mikey asks, trembling.
"Of course not." Donnie said, unsure, but try to hind it with logic. "Spirits cannot harm a physical being and even if they did there is no such thing as ghost."
"What do you think Raph?" April turn to him.
He just simply shrug not looking at her.
"I heard worst." He said.
"Will its 11:25 I guess it's time for bed." April stretched again.
They all nodded. April went to get her sleeping back and headed to one of the guest made rooms the guys made for her. She settled down on the nice, but a little worn out matters and snuggled to her blankets.
"Night guys." She shouted to their rooms.
"Night April." They shouted back.
The four brothers went to their rooms and settled to their beds, but couldn't sleep thanks to April's story. They all close their eyes and went to sleep.
~ 45 Minutes Later ~
Everything was all quiet. Mikey was on his shell snoring like a sailor not aware the night will bring him and his brothers.
CRASH!
Mikey woke up startled. He shot up adjusting his eyes to the darkness.
The hell was that! The young turtle thought.
"Little girl giggles."
Mikey froze hearing a child's laughter.
"H-hello?" He said.
Silence for a few moments then.
"Little girl giggles."
Splat, Splat, Splat.
The sound of a ball bouncing on the cement floor was echoing around the lair. Mikey was now petrified with fear.
"Bloody parts, bloody parts, everywhere you'll see."
"Bloody parts, bloody parts, torn to shreds you'll be."
The child's voice sang and laughing from its sick song.
Mikey ran to Raph's.
Raphael was lying down on his plastron snoozing peacefully until.
"RAPH!"
Mikey jump on his bed startling his older brother know fully annoyed and piss from his sleep.
"WHAT THE FUCK MIKEY!" Raph shouted, absolutely livid.
Mikey slap his brothers mouth shake his head to be silence. Raphael glared at him now really annoyed.
"Mikey." He said, viciously. "I'm goanna-"
"Shhhhh." Mikey shush him. "Listen!"
The red cladded turtle sign frustrated and listen to whatever his child minded brother was so work up about.
"Little girl giggles."
Raph eyes widen hearing that, Mikey hide behind his brother's shell.
"What was that?" He turn to Mikey.
"I-I think its." Mikey gulped. "A-Annie."
Raph shook his head not believing this.
"But, that's a stupid story." He said, disbelieve. "It's not true-"
"Bloody parts, bloody parts, everywhere you'll see."
"Bloody parts, bloody parts, torn to shreds you'll be."
The child voice sing interrupting Raphael.
The red turtles face drop.
"D-did you hear that?" he whispered a little scared.
Mikey was already trembling uncountable.
"Little girl giggles,"
The two brothers look at each other and head to Donnie's room full speed.
Donnie was also sleeping soundly mumbling a few equations and other science gibberish.
"DONNIE!"
Donatello felled off his bed face first to the cold hard ground.
He groan from this sudden wake up call.
Raph and Mikey came in breathing hard looking everywhere if someone was watching them.
"Why in the world?" Donnie began, not really happy waking up in the middle of the night. "Would you wake me up in such in ungodly hour-"
"Bloody, parts, bloody parts, everywhere you'll see."
Bloody, bloody parts, torn to shreds you'll be."
Donnie stop talking mouth hanging hearing the song April describe Annie would sing that she will get you.
"W-was that-" Donnie began.
"Little girl giggles."
"Oh, fuck it's Annie!" Mikey cried.
"Shut up you idiot!" Raph hissed.
"That's impossible." Don explained. "It was just a story there's no such things as ghosts."
Splat, splat, splat.
A ball bouncing on the floor echoed again.
They tensed and ran to their older brother's room.
Leo was resting, but unlike his brother's he was in a lotus position on his mediation mat his bed nice and made. He was sound asleep deep in trance. Until, his three younger brother's barge in Mikey and Don tackled Leo to the ground causing him to wake up and disconnect with his trance. His eyes shot up open seeing Mikey and Donnie on him and Raph was guarding the rice paper door.
"What are you-" Leo said, but had his mouth slap by Don and Mikey.
Leo glared both at them wanting an explanation for this.
"Hear anything?" Don asks Raph.
Raph place the side of his head to the door silently listening for the slightest noise. At first it was quiet for about a minute, until.
Splat, splat, splat.
Leo swatted his brother's hands away sitting up getting ready to scold them for their childish antics and waking up in the middle of the night while sensei was resting until he heard the sweet and sick twisted voice of a little girl singing this.
"Bloody, parts, bloody parts, everywhere you'll see."
Bloody, bloody parts, torn to shreds you'll be."
A chill ran up Leo's shell. Hearing a child's voice singing that over and over again.
"Is this a joke?" He asks his brothers hoping this was a joke.
"Gee, if this was a joke then shouldn't we all not be in here scared shell-less!" Mikey hisses at him.
"Little girl giggles."
"This can't be possible." Leo shook his head. "She's not real. April told us so."
They stayed quiet until they realize they left April still in her room.
"APRIL!"
They ran to the guest room. Once, they made it the bed was empty the covers was toss over the bed. They all had their mouths hanging down.
"Where is she?!" Leo look around the room.
"Oh, God!" Mikey gasp. "Annie got her she totally has April!"
Raph look as will hoping Mikey was wrong about that.
RUSSEL!
CRASH!
The four brothers jump out of their shells hearing the crash in the kitchen.
"What was that?" Don asks.
Leo took a deep breath grab a flashlight and their weapons just in case. He and his brothers slowly walk to the kitchen using their ninja training to blend in with the shadows. Everything was dark, until they all spotted a shadowy figure walking around. Leo made hand gestures signaling to be ready to attack. Once, did were in position Leo turn the flashlight on and they all leap out with a battle cry weapons ready to attack.
A woman scream filled the lair.
"APRIL!" they said in union when the saw her.
The young report was on the ground panting hard her hand over her heart. Her nice auburn hair that was usually neatly brush was now spread out and look like it got hit by a giant fan spreading around her nicely heart shape face. Her cornflower eyes were wide with surprise and her clothes look like they were wet seeing a glass cup now on the floor water spilled close to her.
"WHAT THE HELL GUYS!" She shouted to them somewhat surprise and angry.
"Anglecakes!' Mikey ran to her and give her the biggest hug he could mustered. "Thank God, we thought you were dead."
"Ugh! Mikey!" She gasp from the sudden hug that was crushing her.
"She will be if you don't let her go." Raph said, annoyed.
"Oops."
April bend over getting her lungs working again.
"Sorry April." Mikey apologize. "We thought you were Annie."
April quickly turn to Mikey brows raise if she heard correctly.
"Annie?" She repeat. "Mikey, Annie isn't real it's a story a myth something you do at a slumber party."
"But, who was singing and giggling all night?" Don asks her.
"What are you talking about?" She put her hands on her hips. "I got up to get a glass of water nobody was giggling or singing nobody is in here just you and me."
"But, but, but." Mikey repeats, unsorted.
"No, buts Mikey." She said. "Wow, I did not think a story would have you guys all spook."
"But we heard her!" Mikey protested. "The singing, giggles, and a ball bouncing up and down in the lair!"
"You didn't hear any of that?" Leo asks her.
April shook her head no and tired of this conversation.
Splat, splat, splat.
The boys tense hearing the ball slapping the ground. April just raise a brow.
"Tell me you hear that?" Mikey whispered, scarily.
"Probably, just some busted pipes or something." April said not aware at all.
"Highly doubtful." Don said.
"You guys." April shook her head at them. "Your being ridicules there's no such-"
Splat, splat, splat.
Everyone see a bright red ball bouncing towards them out of a really dark sewer tunnel that leads to the exact place Annie died then slowly roll half way across from them just sitting there. They guys grip their weapons tightly now on high alert.
April sign and walk towards the ball.
"What are you doing?!" Raph called to her.
"Obviously, some kid drop this down here." April said, logically. "Probably, this is what you been hearing. The wind must of have made it come here."
She pick it up and got close to the menacing tunnel no light what so ever shine from it. She turn the ball around turning her gaze back to the wide eye turtles.
"See." She turn the ball to them. "Nothing-"
Something grab April and was now engulf by the dark tunnel disappearing from their sight only her scream was present.
"APRIL!"
They shouted running towards the tunnel. Leo shine the light spreading it around the walls, nothing was there just her scream that was now dyeing then turning into silence. They watch in horror she disappeared from thin sight their only friend was gone…forever.
To Be Continued….?
HA, ha, ha, ha. What has happen to April? Did Annie got her? I'm just stopping right here to torture you guys. Tee hee, as always review and find out if April is still alive and to the second part of this story inside a story. Lol.