I smiled as the cool wind washed over me.
"You missed this, didn't you?" Leo smiled at me as we looked over the city.
"Yeah." I said. "It's amazing."
"Ok all clear." Raph said as he climbed up to us. "We going?"
"Yeah come on Eclips." Leo grabbed my hand.
"Where are we going?" I asked as we climbed down a fire escape.
"To Murakami's." Raph said walking towards a shop.
I jumped forward and grabbed his wrist. "We can't, what about the humans?"
Raph smiled. "He's cool, he knows us, plus he's blind so it's not a big deal." Raph said then proceeded into the shop. Leo put his hand on my shell and gentle pushed me in.
"Hi Murakami-san." Leo said.
"Why hello Leonardo-san." The man smiled. "Only the three of you today?"
"Yeah we're keeping Mikey on a diet." Raph laughed.
Murakami laughed then looked towards me. "Oh you must be Eclips." He said.
"Ah? How did you know that?" I asked.
"Your brothers told me about you." He answered.
"Yeah I figured that, but how did you know I wasn't Donnie?"
He laughed again. "I have many other senses." He said as he begun cooking. "Donatello's staff hits the door frame every time he is here, today I did not here the noise so he must not be here. Plus he's lighter on his feet."
"Oh." I said sitting down in-between Leo and Raph. "So um why are we here?" I asked. "I mean I kinda wanted to run around the city for a bit longer." I said.
"We will but first we want you to try some pizza gyoza." Raph said as Murakami place a plate in front of me. I looked at the strange shaped food.
"Um you eat this?" I asked.
"Yeah there really good too." Leo said handing me two sticks.
"Ummm." I held the sticks. "What are these for?" I looked at Leo.
"There chop sticks. I thought you've used them before." Leo said.
"No." I shook my head.
"Here then." Leo grabbed my Left hand and positioned the sticks in my hand. "Hold them like this." He closed his hand around mine. "Now open them like this and pic-
The dumpling fell towards the floor but Raph caught it then ate it. "Here!" He said with his mouth full. He pushed Leo aside and took the Chop sticks. He picked up a dumpling and held it to my mouth. "Open up." He said shoving it in my mouth before I could stop him. I chewed for a couple of seconds the covered my mouth.
"Gross." I said as I spat the rest into a napkin.
"Gross?!" Leo and Raph said in sync.
"It's not gross." Leo said grabbing one and eating it. "Mmmm its fine." He said as he ate.
"Well I don't like it." I said looking down. "Sorry." I said to Murakami.
"We all have different tastes." He smiled. "How about I cook you something else?"
"No! No thanks I-I'm not that hungry." I said.
Murakami stopped for a minute then turned to Leo and Raph. "Leonardo-san, Raphael-san would you mind helping move some boxes to the ally for me?"
"Sure." Leo said getting up and heading out the back, Raph followed behind.
"Thank you Turtle-sans." Murakami smiled then looked back at me. "Eclips-san what is wrong?" He asked.
I looked at him surprised. "N-nothing why would you think that?"
"You are hungry." He said.
"No I'm not." I said.
"That's not what you stomach is saying." He said as my stomach made a noise. "Eclips-san plea-
"Shut up." I said getting up and turning to the door. "You do know anything." I could feel my legs shaking.
"Please Eclips-san sit back down." He said.
"N-no." I began to feel light headed just the smell of the food made me feel sick. "I'm not... I fainted.
"Is she ok?" I could hear Leo's voice.
"Yeah she will be." Donnie as well.
I opened my eyes slowly and looked around. All my brothers starred at me. I went to speak but something was holding my mouth open.
"Just relax." Donnie said. "Just wait a couple more minutes." He said then turned to some device. I could see a tube running from the device into my mouth.
"Duu." I tried to Speak.
"Eclips please it's not going to hurt you." He said calmly.
"Yeah sis, D says it's just so you have something in your gut!" Mikey said.
"Mikey don't say it like that." "OW!" Raph hit him. "Next time tell us." Raph said to me then left.
Leo looked at me then to Donnie. "Will she have to do this every time she needs to eat?" He asked.
"Um no, she really doesn't need to use it now if she would just eat." Donnie replied as he turned off the device and came over to me. He began to pull the tube gently. I could feel it all the way down my throat.
"There." He said as the end fell out of my mouth. "Leo can you undo that."
"Yeah." Leo loosened the thing that was holding my jaw open and lifted it out of my mouth. I opened and close my mouth a few times before sitting up.
"Do you know what happened." Donnie asked me.
I shook my head.
"You fainted because you were weak from hunger." Donnie said "Eclips why haven't you eaten anything?"
"B-because I-i.." I struggled to answer him.
He sighed. "Listen its ok, we can forget about that as long as you eat something." Donnie said as Leo walked over with a bag. He pulled out a dumpling.
"No." I said. "I don't like them."
"Yes you do." Donnie smiled taking the dumpling. "57% of your DNA is ours and we all love these things." He said holding the dumpling to me.
I looked at it but refused to eat it.
Donnie sighed again. "Ok fine what about a slice of pizza?"
Mikey held a slice up. "You're favourite!" He smiled.
I sighed and took it from him. "Why is it such a big deal?" I asked as I took a bite. Instantly the flavour filled my mouth, but all I wanted to do was spit it out.
"It's a big deal because if we're away we need know you're not going to faint because you won't eat." Donnie said. He waited for me to swallow but I continued to chew.
"Eclips Its not gum." Mikey said.
Donnie raised an eye brow. "Eclips swallow." He said plainly but I didn't. "Swallow." He repeated.
I went to look down when Donnie suddenly lunged at me causing me to fall off the desk. He held me down and covered my mouth. "Just swallow!" He yelled.
I kicked and tried everything to get him off me, but nothing worked.
"Donnie stop!" Leo and Mikey rushed over and tried to pull Donnie off me.
"No she needs to remember she's not with the Krang!" Donnie yelled. I immediately stopped and looked into Donnie's eyes.
"You're not with the Krang, its fine." Donnie said in a calmer voice.
I swallowed and looked as Donnie smiled.
Leo and Mikey stood confused. "Krang?" Mikey asked. "Krang , that's why Eclips wouldn't eat?"
"Yeah." Donnie said as he lifted me up and set me on the desk again. "The Krang used these to electrocute Eclips every time she did something they didn't want her too." Donnie held up the two cores Leo had cut during Eclips's rescue.
"Wait but why would that make you not want to eat?" Leo asked me.
"Because the krang are sticked on everything. I had to sit in a room each time I ate and had to choose between real food or Krang food. Each time I tried to eat the real food I would be electrocuted, but if I ate the krang food they wouldn't electrocute me." I sighed. "I guess it just stuck and I was afraid to eat."
Donnie smiled. "Well you know now its ok." He said holding out the dumpling.
I smiled and took it. "Mmm this is so good." I smiled as I ate it.
"Told you." Donnie smiled nudging me slightly.