Authors Note: Well chapter 4! This chapter might be just as depressing as chapter 3, so if you didn't like chapter 3…THEN LEAVE!!!!! But if you must stay and read on because you just so interested I applaud you…Anywhos I just don't know what will happen to Suzie, yeah she has had a hard life but something must go wrong!...God I sound really mean!!!!! Oh well, I've warned you and I fear that is all I can do….On with chapter 4!

Disclaimer: I don't own TMNT, all though it would be fun to own Raphy….yes very fun….

Splinter walked in and sat in front of Raph. He sighed and pulled out a black piece of cloth from one of his side pockets.

"From what I have heard, this girl has been troubled."

Splinter tried to put on a smile but it failed to appear. He unfolded the cloth and lifted it in the air so the young girl could see it.

"Dose this appear to be the material worn by the ninja?"

Suzie looked at it almost afraid to answer, as tears welled in her eyes and she swallowed hard. She looked away from splinter and looked up to Raphael's eyes, hers and his eyes met. He tried not to show any kind of emotion but it was hard for him. Splinter started to speak again in a low and silent almost calming tone.

"I-well I just finished watching the news and well-I don't know how to put it-"

"My family's dead, aren't they?"

Leo heard this and looked away closing his eyes tightly.

'Why? Why did I have to go so far, when she's lost everything? How can she accept this, how could one girl live knowing that she could never see her parents again?'

Leo's eyes weld with tears as one slowly escaped his eye and soaked into his royal blue mask. What would his brothers think to see their 'great leader' crying? Or bringing himself to hurt a girl who didn't even present a threat to there family? A girl that was merely looking for someone to take her in and love her and care for her as a family, like the family that she had lost. These questions bounced around in his mind as more tears trickled down his face. He wanted to run, run as far as he could.

Suzie was frozen in her place next to Raph. She couldn't move all she could do was cry. Raph placed a slightly trembling hand on her shoulder. She trembled a little and with out warning she hugged onto Raphael's waist and dug her head into his shoulder. She let louder sobs and beating gasps for air she tried to talk to the three mutants.

"T-then I-if my-my p-parents are-are dead, what c-can I-I do? Why did it have to happen to Me!?!"

She cried harder and Raphael pulled her into a tight hug and lifted her onto his lap to cradle her in his strong arms. Splinter stood up and placed a hand on his sons shoulder.

"My son, after this horrible news we will have no choice in letting her stay with us. She can no longer go out with out our protection, she is no longer safe."

Raphael looked up at his father and nodded. Suzie tightened her grip and it felt like she was in her fathers arms for the last time. She nuzzled Raph's arm and Raph immediately looked down at the nuzzle that he had just felt.

Normally if this was Mikey or anyone else like Casey he would push them off and give them a good hit on the back of the head.

He looked almost pleased to having this happen to him to have someone this small and this delicate to have them nuzzle him. He felt warmth in his heart and he stroked Suzie's forehead and pulled the hair from her tear stained checks. Raphael looked up to his father with a look in his eyes that Splinter hadn't seen since he was a young child.

"I'll take care of her for the rest of my days and protect her with my life. I will stay by her side and stay to help her through her times of sorrow and times of happiness… I will be her new father."

"Good I will speak to Leonardo about this and he will not try to threaten her anymore."

Leo heard this and looked up to make eye contact with his sensei. His eyes were red from his silent tears.

"Master Splinter I will not do what I did earlier to her. You can trust me I don't know what came over me I-I just…"

"Your mind was clouded with anger my son, It's alright sometimes we do things that we can forget and other times we do things that we can't forget."

Leo looked up to his brother and looked into his hazel eyes.

"Raph can you ever forgive me?"

Raph gave a smile.

"Yeah I guess I can but I'm not the one to ask"

He looked down at his new daughter.

"Suzie is the one you should ask for forgiveness from, not me."

Leo looked down at the little girl in Raph's strong arms and smiled.

"Maybe later."

Raph stood up and went up to his room and laid Suzie to get some much needed sleep. He left the room and shut the door and went to go and crash on the couch.

Hours past when Raph was awoken by his fighting brothers.

"Come on Donny, Why can't I push the button?"

"Because Mikey you'll find some way to mess up my newest invention."

"But why."

"Because."

" 'Cause why."

"Just because."

"Just 'cause why."

"Just because I don't want you to ruin it."

Mikey put hi arms into a pout.

"Your no fun!"

"Neither are you."

Mikey walked off to go and mess with something else or go read comic books or play video games, you know the usual Mikey stuff. Raph looked up to the digital clock on their TV.

"Gezz, ten o'clock."

Raph got up grumbling and went off to his room. When he suddenly realized why he had crashed on his couch. He quickened his pace and found that his door was open. He walked in expecting to find Mikey staring at the young girl. But to his surprise he found Leo sitting by his bed side. Leo looked up to his younger brother.

"Oh sorry I just wanted to check on her. I imagine your still tiered and want to go to sleep."

Raph looked at his older brother in confusion. Leo stood up and left Raph in his room standing still in utter confusion. He shrugged his shoulders and laid onto his floor and was out.

Yeah kind of dumb, but chapter 5 will be funnier more of Mikey's humor and Raph's frustration. Well I guess until then I bid you a do and leave you to think of what Mikey could possibly do to the new member of the Hamoto Family……