Krystal opened her eyes, and winced in pain, "Stupid shoulder…"
Her eyes studied the unfamiliar room, her memory coming in slow. Her eyes widened seeing Leo sleeping on the chair next to the bed.
Spencer stirred at his place beside her head, and looked up. He noticed Leo, and pounced into the unsuspecting turtle's lap.
Leo let out a snort; eyes snapping open, making him look down at the kitten his lap. The sound of giggling caused him to turn his gaze to her… until she stopped a pain filled hiss escaping her throat, and her eyes closed tightly.
"Are you okay?" Leo asked his tone worried.
"Pain…" she bit her lip.
He nodded a bit, "I'm going to be changing your bandage… okay?"
She looked at him, and nodded, removing her shirt, reveling the bloodied bandage, and sky blue tank top. He grabbed the gauze and disinfectant, and began to remove the old wrappings.
He winced, noticing it was still slightly bleeding, and it wasn't that pretty to look at, "Thanks for… what you did yesterday."
She blinked, "Hey… you weren't paying attention…"
"I should have," he whispered, beginning to disinfect the wound again, and then started to reapply the gauze.
"You look familiar…" she whispered, "Have we met before?"
Leo sighed, "You know the janitor that caught you yesterday."
"That was you?" she asked blushing slightly. He nodded slowly.
"Thanks again…" she whispered, "for catching me…"
He blushed nodding, finishing bandaging her shoulder.
April peaked into the room shortly after Krystal put her shirt back on, "Krystal, how are you feeling?"
"Still in pain, but good," she smiled.
April nodded, "That's good to hear."
Flora kept on licking Kat's cheek, making her groan, "Five more minutes, Mommy please?"
Flora stared at her for a second, before licking her again.
Kat's eyes snapped open, "Flora… I was in the middle of a good dream."
The puppy just wagged her tail happily panting.
"I love you, too," Kat giggled.
"I'm not sure if they can go back to their apartment," Don's voice rang from the kitchen area.
Kat felt her face fall a bit, even if she and Krystal were there only a day, the place felt like home.
"Where should they go then bro, I mean, April and Casey's isn't exactly safe, it's right next door," Mikey's voice stated.
"That's why we're going to talk to Splinter to see if we could ask him if they could stay here with us," Don's voice sighed.
Kat blinked, realizing she wasn't on the floor, but on the chair, and that Flora was in her lap, in her face. Kat grabbed the puppy and stood up, her jacket falling to the floor, causing her to bend down and pick it up.
"Let's go check on Krystal," she whispered to Flora.
The moment Kat entered the room, Flora began to struggle in her grip, wanting to jump Krystal and shower her in love she had for… everyone.
Leo noticed the puppy struggling in Kat's tight grasp, and he glared at the struggling ball of black fur. He blinked when Spencer jumped out of his grasp, and Kat set Flora on the ground, much to Leo's protest.
Krystal burst into giggles as the kitten and puppy started chasing each other around, until finally, Spencer started chasing Flora out of the room, following her.
Ten minutes passed before a sudden, "GET OFFA ME YA CRAZY HAIR BALLS!"
Leo's eyes widened, "Poor Raph… they got him."
"Why are Flora and Spencer slobbering Raph?" April asked entering the room.
"Because they love him," Kat stated sweetly.
"AH! STOP CHASING ME!"
April peaked out of the room, "And now they're chasing Mikey… and he's carrying a pizza… he really enjoyed having Flora chase him last night."
"Wait… Flora chased someone last night?" Krystal asked.
Kat and April nodded.
"JUST GIVE THEM A SLICE MIKE!"
"WAH!"
Don peaked into the room, "Leo, April… Master Splinter wants to talk to you."
April nodded, and exited the room. Leo hesitated a bit, glancing at Krystal before nodding, and left the room.
Flora and Spencer entered the room with pizza in their jaws.
Kat and Krystal giggled as the two animals began chowing down.
Master Splinter sat in silence, his whiskers twitching as he thought. His four sons, April, and Casey sat in front of him… their eyes boring into him, staring into his very essence.
With one last twitch of his whiskers he smiled, "For the time being they can stay."
Mikey let out a big whoop, jumping up, and rushing out of the room, Raph grumbled something about the 'dumb animals' and how much he hated them, and Don and Leo smiled. April gave a sigh of relief, leaning into Casey.
The moment Raph left the room he was attacked by two flying balls of fur, "NOT AGAIN!"
Master Splinter exited the room shaking his head, and started his way to the infirmary, "I will be telling them the tail of our origins, Miss O'Neil, could you prepare breakfast?"
"It would be my pleasure," April smiled.
"They've been in there a long time," Leo stated glancing at the door.
"At least Mike's having fun," Don stated, glancing at Mikey sprawled on the floor playing with Flora and Spencer.
"I'm going to check on them," Leo stated, standing up and heading towards the door.
Don stood up, and followed Leo, only to hear Master Splinter become them into the room.
The two girls looked absolutely floored after hearing the tale of their origins, their eyes wide with amazement, "Wow…"
Krystal couldn't help but feel her face fall a bit, "But… where will we go, they'll certainly find us if we go back."
Master Splinter smiled warmly, "Do not worry; you will be staying with us."
Kat's eyes widened, "You mean it?"
The old rat smiled, "Yes… but the only problem is which two of my sons would be willing to give up their bedrooms."
"I volunteer my room, Father," Leo stepped inside, raising his hand.
"You really don't have to…" Krystal stated.
"We wouldn't want to impose…" Kat sighed.
"You're not imposing… I insist," Leo stated, glancing at Don who was in the doorway.
"I don't mind giving up my room, I usually sleep on the easy chair anyways," Don stated, stepping inside.
Kat blinked, "You moved me last night… didn't you."
Don looked at her and nodded.
The two girls glanced at each other, having a silent conversation with their eyes, before turning to the two and nodded, "Thank you…"
"Unfortunately, Miss Krystal cannot move for another twenty four hours," Master Splinter stated.
"But how can she get to her temporary room without being able to move?" Kat asked.
"I'll carry her," Leo stated.
Krystal blushed, looking at her lap, "That's really nice of you."
Leo blushed a bit, before carefully picking her up, "My name is Leonardo, by the way."
Krystal giggled, "It's a nice name, but do you have a nick name?"
He blushed a bit, "My bros call me Leo… and I didn't get your name before…"
"Kristen, but everybody calls me Krystal," Krystal stated, before glancing at Don, "and your name is?"
"Donatello," he stated.
Kat smiled, "That's a very exotic name… mine is a common name…"
"It can't be that common," Don stated.
"Kathryn…"
"But every one either calls her Kat… or Kathy to get on her nerves!" Krystal stated giggling slightly.
Kat sent Krystal a warning look, before smiling at Don, "You must have a nickname, too…"
He nodded, "You can either call me Don or Donny…"
"Nice," Kat smiled as she wrapped her arm around his.
"GET THEM OFFA ME!"
The two girls burst into giggles seeing Spencer and Flora sleeping on top of Raph, who was laying on the ground, left eye twitching in irritation.
Kat bent down, scooping up the two precious little ones in her arms, "Sorry…"
He knew that she paused for his name, "The names Raph…"
Sending them a warning look and biting his tongue, he stormed off, and flopped down on the couch.
Kat glanced at Krystal, handing her the sleeping kitten.
"Where are the bedrooms?" Krystal asked glancing around.
"Up," Don stated, pointing upwards with his thumb.
"But… how do we get up there?" Kat asked.
Don grinned, "Jump."
Kat let out a small squeak when he picked her up bridal style in a blink of an eye, and after Leo jumped, he followed his brother's suit.
The moment Kat found herself on her feet, she fell to her knees, "Give someone a warning before you do that again…"
"Are you okay?" Don asked in a worried tone.
"Just a bit stunned…" Kat stated, smiling a bit, holding Flora close.
Don nodded helping her up, as Leo took Krystal to his room, "I'll give you the tour later…"
"Haha, very funny," Krystal stated flatly, eyes widening at the sight of so many candles, "You have a lot of candles."
"Master Splinter has more then I do…"
She let out a low whistle when he set her on the bed, "You know, you didn't have to give up your room for little ol' me..."
"But I'm forever in you debt, you saved my life," Leo stated. Krystal blinked her eyes wide.
She blushed a bit, "I can't stand seeing other people hurt…"
Leo smiled at her, "Maybe you should get some more rest…"
She nodded, "Alright…"
Leo helped her start to settle in, only to have Spencer wake up and attack him.
Krystal bursted out into a fit of giggles; only to end up grabbing her shoulder and hiss in pain. Leo reached out and touched her uninjured shoulder, giving a gentle squeeze, sending sparks going down her spine, and a blush to form on her cheeks as he helped her lay down.
"Thanks," she murmured, before closing her eyes, blush still visible.
"No prob," he whispered, noticing sleep taking over here. He smiled a bit before leaving his room, shutting the door silently behind him.
Kat scratched Flora's tummy while Don tried his best to puppy proof the room.
"You know, we could just wet a towel, ring it out, and put it in the freezer, and wait… and then she could chew on that," Kat stated.
Don blinked, glancing at her, "You defiantly not that girl I saw last night."
"What do you mean?" she asked quizzingly.
"You were afraid…" he stated.
"Well… I've never been attacked by Ninjas before in my life… I mean, who wouldn't be?" Kat stated, "I mean, I'm proud of where I was born, sure people think everyone from there are a dumb as nails, and have weird accents… but I'm not like that… I just got a different pronunciation of words… oh, why did you move me last night?"
Don shrugged, "I had to do it… I didn't like the fact that you were sleeping on the floor…"
"Aww, that was sweet of you…"
"You also looked like you were having a nightmare," he whispered.
She sighed, "Not again…"
"If you want to we can talk about it…" he stated as she yawned a bit, "later…"
"That would be great Don," she smiled giving him a kiss on the cheek, "thanks."
"N-no problem," he blushed, touching his cheek. Kat laid down on the bed.
"Are you sure that you don't mind…"
Don interrupted her by stoking her hair, "I don't mind…"
She nodded, before closing her eyes, falling into a peaceful sleep.
He smiled, and left the room quietly, grabbing Flora in his arms. He exited the room shortly after Leo. They weren't paying attention and they ended up backing up into each other, causing the animals to tense.
Leo and Don turned, having a silent conversation with their eyes, before nodding and going to the lower level. The two animals noticed Raph, and jumped out of Leo and Don's grasp.
"DANG IT!" Raph growled.
Miss Toho sat at her desk, gold book open, a blood thirsty smirk on her lips as she scanned the pages with her beady black eyes, "For over fifteen hundred years I've been waiting for the dark temple to be reveled again… Miss Karai…"
Karai stood there her eyes narrowed as the woman continued, "In two weeks it shall appear for seventy two hours… and those are the only three days before another fifteen hundred years will pass before it revels itself again."
"What do two reincarnated warriors have to do with this?" Karai asked.
"Sacrifice…" Miss Toho stated before smirking, "Even though I'm not proud of saying this… when your Foot soldier injured Miss Krystal, he did the right thing." She pulled out a glowing vile with her blood in it.
"We need both hers and Miss Kat's blood to open the gate… and then…" she chuckled darkling gripping onto the vile, "we will perform the ceremony that will take their souls, and then chaos shall rule again!"
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