Heya all! You all wanted to know what was going on with Mona, and it's only going to get more intense! So let's find out how she's getting on!
Enjoy!
Chapter Seven
Suspicions
Mona awoke with a start and sitting bolt upright she shook the cobwebs of sleep from her mind.
She looked across to Raphael, he had his back to her and was sleeping peacefully, she felt relieved that her restless dream hadn't woke him up but her stomach was starting to hurt again and her throat felt like it was closing up.
As quickly and as quietly as she could, Mona left the bedroom and rushed to the bathroom.
She could hear the snoring of the other turtles as she passed their bedrooms.
As soon as she reached the bathroom she fell before the toilet and threw up in it.
"Shit!" she thought as her stomach heaved, each time she puked up she felt like she was being kicked in the guts.
"Oh god!" she thought "This isn't right! I can't be ill again!"
She wiped her mouth and walked over to the sink to splash cold water over her face. She felt very hot and her throat was sore.
Keeping as quiet as possible, she tiptoed to the kitchen to get some water.
Because of Splinter's training, she had learnt to be very quiet in her movements, especially when sneaking up on enemies, a mandatory skill for a ninja.
Sipping the water, she hoped she hadn't woken Raphael, knowing him he would worry what she was doing in the middle of sleeping hours wondering around.
Looking at the clock she saw it was 3pm, though it was daylight up in New York, she and her family always slept at this time.
Often she sometimes missed hot afternoons in the summer, but she knew she had to be hidden from the humans in her reptilian form.
Sometimes when they retreated to Casey's Family farmhouse in the country they had some days when they would take advantage of the sunshine and not worry about human's encountering them, but those days were rare.
Satisfied she was feeling better; Mona made her way back to bed. A small niggling in her brain seemed to be telling her this was no normal illness but she brushed it aside.
"No...No..." she whispered to herself "I can't be, I'll give it a few days."
A few days passed and Mona felt ok, she didn't feel the dizziness again so she believed it to be only a passing feeling.
She was able to take part in training and join in with other activities. Part of her felt relieved, but there was still that niggling in her brain telling her to investigate the feelings further.
One day, two weeks later, Mona sat with the other turtles in the TV area playing 'Super Smash Bros. Brawl' together.
"I'm gonna get this!" cried Michelangelo as he rocked about with his controller.
"Oh no you're not!" yelled Donatello "I'm gonna win this fight!"
"Step aside losers!" shouted Raphael "This wins mine!"
"No chance!" yelled Leonardo.
Mona just laughed as she tried to get her character to fight back "Neither of you have a chance!" she crowed as she used her character Kirby to knock Michelangelo's Sonic character off the screen as he got his character to taunt.
"You're too sl...!" Sonic shouted as Kirby smashed him off the screen.
"Hey!" shouted Michelangelo in shock as his character flew off the screen "That's not fair!"
Almost all the turtles forgot to play as they were laughing so hard.
"Epic fail!" laughed Raphael "Nice one Mona!"
"Genius!" laughed Leonardo.
"Nice move Mona!" praised Donatello as Michelangelo looked sulky and annoyed.
They continued to play and soon they finished with Donatello being fifth, Mona fourth, Leonardo third, Michelangelo second and Raphael first.
Raphael was overjoyed but Michelangelo again looked cross.
"Aww! I was supposed to win!" he moaned.
"Well you snooze you lose!" Raphael replied.
Michelangelo sulked again.
"You mustn't get too competitive Michelangelo." A voice came making everyone jump. They all looked behind them and saw Splinter had appeared with a tray of herbal tea and two muffins.
"After all it is only a game." The old rat continued as he placed his tray on the table "You can always try your luck on the next game."
"Your soaps are on any minute aren't they Master?" asked Mona.
"You read my mind child." Splinter smiled.
Michelangelo looked annoyed but Leonardo promised they would play some more after Splinter was done watching his soaps.
As Donatello switched off the games so Splinter could watch the TV, Leonardo picked up a book to read on the sofa, Michelangelo retreated to his room and Raphael decided to go to his punch bag.
As Mona stood up she felt a slight tingling in her breasts and a strange wave of tiredness swept over her. She cradled her right breast as the tingling ran over her nipple.
"Are you ok?" she heard Leonardo's voice behind her.
Mona almost jumped out of her skin.
"Yes..." she whispered "I'm fine, I'm feeling a little tired, I think I'll have a nap for an hour or so."
She walked away from the TV area before Leonardo could ask her anything else and climbed a ladder to get to her bedroom.
Leonardo watched her for a while, then shrugged and returned to his book turning on his Ipod so he didn't get distracted by Splinter's soap operas.
As soon as Mona entered her and Raphael's room, she sat on the bed and cradled her breasts which were now starting to feel more tender and sore.
A flash of worry and panic flashed across her stomach as she tried to think.
Sickness, tiredness and now sore breasts, something wasn't right. She chewed her lip as she tried to think of what these symptoms meant.
Although her brain and her heart kept telling her that she already knew the answer, she had to find out for sure.
At once she reached for her shell cell and dialed a number.
"I've got to be sure," she thought "I can't just ignore this!"
After a few rings the person she rang answered.
"April?" Mona breathed softly
"Ah Mona!" came April's cheerful voice from the other side "Are you ok?"
"I don't know." Mona confessed "I've been feeling strange for a few days, listen, April...I need a favor..."
So what's Mona going to ask April? Find out in the next chapter!
Note: The scene where Mona knocks Michelangelo's character off screen! That happened to me once! I was playing Smash Brawl with my partner and he was playing Sonic whilst I was Kirby and he thought he had knocked me off the screen but he didn't notice I had floated behind him and as he was taunting "You're too slow!" I used a hammer and smashed him off the screen before he could finish the taunt! He was so shocked! Lol!
