Chapter 4- Wake up call, more questions

Pov Sophia

"Raph get your ass out of bed and down to the dojo!" I think that was Mikey shouting, what a rude way to be woken up on a morning, but hey I have lived with lads before and this sounds like nothing new to me, them shouting at each other rather than talking. So I drag my butt out of bed, stretch and yawn. I look down at what I am wearing and think about putting what I had on yesterday back on, but I decide not to. So I walk up to the door and slowly slide it open and poke my head out just in time to see Raph heading in the opposite direction.

So I follow behind him and see him sit down next to his brothers and in front of his father.

"My sons today for are morning training you will be sparring against one another using our weapons so be careful," and with that they all stand up and bow to their master and then to one another. The turtles turn to one another and take up a fighting stance and then begin to spar with one other. While I watch them fight I totally forget about their master until he comes and sits down next to me, and places his hand on my shoulder and makes me jump up from where I was sitting.

"Sorry I did not mean to scare you."

"Nah, it's fine, I should have been concentrating and everything around me not just watching your sons train."

"It is fine. Sit back down."

"Oh, right, thank you... for everything."

"It was my pleasure. Now could you possibly answer some more questions?"

"Yeah, but I am fairly sure that your sons will want to know the same things you are about to ask so I would rather only repeat these things once. Not over and over again, if you don't mind?"

"Not at all. After breakfast will you join us in the living room to answer them?"

"Of course I will. Your sons fight rather well, did you teach them?"

"Yes I did, I learnt all of what I know from my master when I was his pet."

"Cool."

I think Splinter and I must have sat there watching his sons for about 2 hours. I couldn't help it but my eyes kept drifting to watch Raph, he seemed different to the others. To be honest it was what he said that made me finally decide to stay, I wasn't just staying to help me but also to help them. Raph was the one that took me to my room, I knew that he was watching me when he left, and I saw what I thought was a very small blush appear on his face when I caught him looking at me and then he just bowed and left it was so sweet, omg, I am not falling for a mutant turtle am I. Hey, from what I have seen he is a good guy, oh, stop it, but the way he is looking at me now. Could he feel the same way?

"You want some breakfast? We have finished our training," what, omg, I zoned out again and now Raph is giving me a weird look.

"Yeah sure sounds good."

"You alright?"

"Yeah, just got a bit of a headache," ok, so I lied but I didn't want to tell him the truth.

"I could ask Donnie to get you something for it," aaw, he is being quite sweet.

"Nah, it's ok, it will were off," and with that I stood up and followed him to the kitchen. I decided the safest option would be to take a seat next to Splinter.

"So what do you want for breakfast? I can do sausage, bacon, eggs, well anything you want," so Mikey's the cook.

"Um... toast is just fine."

"You sure you can have owt?"

"Yeah I am sure."

"Ok," so he gets to work on breakfast. Him, his four brothers and Splinter all have full breakfast, I have never been one for having breakfast, probably because I was never given any when I was training. I ate in silence and just listened to conversations around me, all just nonsense brother talk and arguments which Splinter didn't seem to impressed by.

"My sons, we have a guest please keep the arguing to a minimal."

"It's okay, I have lived with boys before and kids so I am used to hearing arguments. To be honest from what I was used to this is rather placid."

"Well if you're sure you don't mind..."

"Yes I am sure." So breakfast continued on how it was before when it was over I offered to help with the dishes but Mikey wouldn't let me.

"Now my dear, would you mind answering some questions now?" Splinter asked with a kindness in his voice.

"Sure."

"Ok follow me to the living room you too my sons."

"Coming," they all said in unison. So I followed Splinter and took the seat next to him on the couch. Raph took the seat on the other side of me. Leo and Donnie took a seat in the chairs and that left Mikey to sit on the floor.

"So my child," there it is again I am not his child, seriously will never understand why old people say stuff like that, "how did you become an assassin?"

"Well, I lived in the Bronx until I was five, that's when these men showed up at the apartment we were staying in. They handed my parents a briefcase full of money and then they just took me with them. From that day on I was trained to become an assassin, to not show emotion and to do what I was told and never ask questions."

"So why didn't you kill us?"

"Because I hate being lied too, I was told you were monster and you ain't, you are just different. I have refused to kill someone before, I was told to kill a woman and her children to get to their father, I couldn't do it, so instead I just help them disappear to where nobody would be able to find them but they would be safe."

"You seem to have a good heart."

"They try to break you. They teach you not to let your emotions get in the way of what you are doing; they try to make you not human so you don't feel owt when you kill, but I guess they never broke my sense of what was right and wrong."

"You are an honourable person and thank you for seeing the truth and not hurting my family."

"You don't have to thank me; I should be thanking you for saving me, you didn't have to."

"Hey we like you and you talk back to Raph with no fear," everyone started to laugh, even I giggled a little but stopped myself form laughing loudly.

"You know you don't have to hide your emotions around us, you can just be yourself not what they have told you to be," Raph said that so kindly I think even his brothers and master were surprised because they stopped laughing and just looked at him.

"It's not really a front anymore, what they taught me to become I have, I do things like stopping myself laughing without thinking," I could suddenly feel a tear slide down my face, I was about to move my hand to wipe the tear away but Raph did it for me. "Thanks, um, could you excuse me?"

"Of course, see you later for dinner."

"Ok, Splinter. See you later."

"Bye" "see ya" they all said to me as I went back to my room just to get away from their questions and from Raph. I got to my room and just collapsed on my bed and felt my eyes drift and finally close.