April and Casey. Two humans who were walking down the street around late afternoon, these two are friend's of the turtles. But the truth was, April use to own the turtles and Splinter when she was a little girl while her father was working with Sacks on a project. Which caused Splinter and the turtles to have a mutation after her father tried to destroy everything after he found out about Sacks working for Shredder, April was brave enough to save her beloved pets and rushed them to safety where they grew up for over 15 years of their life. She was glad they were still in her life and saved her a few times. Casey, on the hand, was scared out of his wits when he first saw them but soon decided to help out about the situation. He became best buddies with the turtles especially Raphael. They both approached a manhole which was deep into an alley way.

Casey lifted it up. April carefully walked down the ladder and saw that Casey was following as he placed the cover back over the top. "So, what exactly do you need to ask Splinter?"

The woman looked up at him with her blue eyes. "Nothing special" she says, as she lands on the floor. "Just to ask him a favour"

Casey just rolled his eyes as he landed beside her. She does this every single time to him, April never spills out what she is going to do. They both started to walk deep into the sewer towards the lair, they are both thankful that Donnie had made a secret passage way for the just so they don't have to use the big water slide. After a long walking distance, they had found the entrance into the lair, April opened the old electric box and punched in the code. The brick wall quickly moved meaning it was open. The two humans walked inside and the wall closed behind them.

They were greeted by a very dizzy Raph, who was still on the floor, holding his head. April saw that the TV was rolling the credits of 'The Greatest Showman'. Raph groaned in anger as he slowly got up. He walked over to the TV and quickly shut it off. Soon, he saw April and Casey looking him, confused. "What?"

"Thought you hated that movie?" Casey said, teasingly. "Got a change of heart have ya?"

Raphael growled at him. "Are you kidding me? That movie is a piece of garbage!"

April and Casey snickered. "Suuuuuuure"

Soon, Donnie had arrived back into the lair on the water slide. He landed perfectly on his feet as he placed his tool box on a lone table, he had been thinking about what Raph had said to him a few hours ago. Could Lillian possibly like him? He knew that he likes her but only as a friend. His eyes scanned the lair and to see if she was here. But he only saw his brother along with April and Casey, Donnie smiled over at them "Hey"

April smiled over Don. "Hey Donnie, you okay?"

"Oh, I'm just fine...just working on the security cams" Donnie quickly hid his tattooed wrist from the human. April saw his strange behaviour like he was hiding something. She walked over to him and quickly pulled his wrist in front of her and she gaped. "Hey!"

"Don...Who's Lillian?" she questioned. She saw him go all sheepish and nervous at this. She dropped his wrist as she looked straight into his eyes. "Who...is...Lillian?"

Donatello felt his shell tighten up. His glasses wonked on his face as he looked at April and Casey, who looked confused, he sighed. "Before you freak out...We saved a girl the other night...The girl that everyone is looking for...She's here"

April looked at him like she had been slapped. "You mean...Lillian Patterson?"

The turtle nodded. Before anymore words were said, giggles started over in one of the bedrooms. 4 sets of eyes looked over to Mikey's bunk bed and saw him with Lillian. It looked like they were playing a game of UNO and they weren't aware that they are being watched. April gave Don and Raph a stern look. "You guys have kept her here?! Everyone is searching for her" She whispered sharply. "Did you guys even think?"

"April, she was shot by Karai and her soldiers a few nights ago!" Don whispered sharply back. "Her father was killed because of them. She is being hunted, we can't just let her go"

Casey looked over at the blonde teen. He saw that she looked really happy here while playing her card game with the youngest brother in peace. "Come on Ape! She looks happy here. At least she is safe here"

Both Lillian and Mikey had heard Casey's words as they turned around. Mikey grinned as he abandoned his cards and went over to greet them, Lillian on the other hand, staid were she was. Her sea-green eyes held fear and nervousness, she felt worried for the turtles. She also dropped her cards and hopped over as she pulled out a tazzer. "St-Stay back! L-Leave them alone!"

"WHOA! Hold up there kid!" Raph said, he had recovered from his slight headache. He quickly took the tazzer from her and gently reassured her. "They're friend's of ours, no need to point the finger"

Splinter and Leonardo had emerged from the mediation section and smiled over at the two humans in greeting. Lillian looked confused as anything. She saw that everyone was greeting April and Casey with warm smiles and hugs, Lillian felt tears sting her eyes. She would never get hugs again from her father or her family, she sniffled quietly to herself and limped up the stairs and into her room as she quietly closed the door. She laid on her bed and cried into her pillow, her tears came down heavy and fast as she sobbed.

The door slowly opened. Lillian felt a hand on her back as she cried. "You okay Miss. Lillian?"

Lillian looked up at Splinter with her tear stained face. She quickly hugged him as she cried into his robes. Splinter sighed as he gently soothed out her hair to give her some comfort, as his tail wrapped around her. He knew she was finally grieving for her father properly. He gently pulled her away slightly as he looked down at the broken girl. "I understand, my child. It's okay to grieve"

"O-Oh Sensei" She sobbed again. "W-Why me? I-I've lost e-everything!"

"You've not lost everything" He said in a soft voice. "You are alive and breathing. We have all accepted you into this family, you are like a daughter to me. My sons think of you as a sister...You are family"

Lillian wiped her eyes with a sniffle. She believe's that Splinter was right, she was accepted into this family after she had woken from her small coma. She enjoys her time with the turtle brothers. She loves her small chats with Leo, spending time with Mikey playing games, annoying Raph and having some alone time with her savoir, Donnie. She may have lost most of her family but she loves this family just as much, she smiled slightly. "I g-guess your right...B-But what about-"

"April and Mr. Jones are close friends of ours" Splinter plays with his long goatee with his clawed hand. "I shall explain everything to you now"

Lillian wiped her face as she looked at the giant rat with interested. Splinter sat on the bed next to her. "My sons and I weren't born like this. We were the pets to April O'Neil and were lab experiments, we were injected with mutation while we were normal animals. April's father worked with a man who had helped" He sighed. "One day, April's father had learned that the man he was working with was a traitor. He had set fire to the lab to stop him from gaining everything, April had saved us that night and led us to safety. The mutation had transformed us into what we are"

The teen looked shocked. "Wow...So April is family? Was the guy named Sacks by any chance?"

Splinter looked over at Lillian. "Yes...How did you know?"

Lillian gulped from worry. "My dad worked for him...When Leo and Mikey went to get my things, they found a key" She went into her bedside draw and pulled the key out from its envelope and handed it to Splinter. "My dad said to me that it opens a safe in the old Sacks mansion, not sure what though"

The rat looked at the key. He saw that it was a little old and rusted, he rose up from the bed and still held the key. "I know about this key, there is a safe in the old lab in his mansion. It holds many plans and documents for the innocent victims"

Lillian had a gut feeling that her name might be mentioned in one of those files. She tucked a strand piece of pink hair behind her ear in nervousness. "What if my name is mentioned in one of those files. Karai said to me about me being part of a plan that they are doing"

"I will ask my sons to receive that file" He says as he clenches the key. "We need to know why you are being hunted down like this" He then leaves her in her room to think as he closed the door.

The teen just staid in her room with her tear stained face. She hugged her good leg since she was still in a bit of pain where she got shot, Lillian stared down at her feet as she rested her head on her knee and sniffled. Her door slowly opened up again, she looked up and saw Casey walk into the room. "I'm so-sorry about what I d-did"

Casey chuckled slightly as he closed the door behind him. "No worries, I understand that you was worried. My name is Casey Jones"

Lillian nodded in greeting. "I'm Lillian Patterson"

"Oh yeah, we know. The whole city is looking for you" He replied, as he sat on her chest of drawers. "I heard from Raph that you was attacked"

She flinched. She didn't wanna replay that horrid memory in her mind ever again, Lillian sighs. "I was shot by Karai and was almost left for dead...Until the turtles arrived and saved me"

"Yeah, it is their duty to protect the city" He said. "I do it also, but with sport related weapons"

The door opened again, April walked into the room as she shut the door behind her. She looks over at Lillian with a frown. "I'm sorry about everything that had happened to you. Splinter explained everything"

Lillian only nodded at this. She looks over at April with her sea-green eyes "Did Splinter tell them?"

"About the whole key thing and Sacks? Yes he did" April says, she sits down on the bed. "The guys will go there in a few minutes. Splinter as offered for Casey and myself to stay for the night to keep you company" She smiles. "I assume that you know my name?"

Lillian giggles slightly. "Yes, Splinter told me. Do you think you can do me a small favour?"

"And what's that?"

The teen pulls open her chest of draws and pulls out two boxes. She saw April grin at this as she gave her the two boxes. "Re-dye my hair please?"

April laughed. She helped Lillian off the bed and slowly left her room with Casey close behind. The turtles were packing up to get ready to go to the old hideout of Sacks, Don saw Lillian as he saw her with April and Casey. His eyes scanned over to his tattoo on his wrist and gently rubbed it. Then, he looked back at Lillian who was looking at him with a slight blush on her cheeks as she gave him a cute smile. "Good luck Don!" she says, she slowly limps over to him and...

Smooch!

Don was speechless. He slowly raised his hand to his cheek where she kissed it, he felt his shell tighten up a little and his heart was going crazy. He watched her leave with April into the bathroom while Casey made himself at home on the couch. Don heard his brothers snicker at him as he turned around. "What?"

"Looks like someone wants more than good luck" Teased Mikey as he nudged his nerdy brother. "Donnie has a crush!"

"I do not!" Donnie hissed. "She is just a friend!"

The turtles left the lair to get into their truck in the garage. Raph and Mikey continued to tease their brother as they hopped into the truck, Leo had told his brothers to stop teasing Don about it as it was embarrassing him. Don turned on the truck as it roared to life and drove out of the garage, he was still thinking of that kiss.

(Friend's can kiss their friends on the cheek) Donnie thought as he drove. (Lilly is my friend, it's not like it meant anything...right?)