Chapter 8

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Raphael and Claire rushed over and Zoey fell over.

"There was something at the window!"

The turtle went and stuck his head out of the window and saw Leonardo standing on the roof next to the gym with his arms crossed.

"Shit."

Raphael got down and Leonardo came in through the window.

Zoey and Claire stared, this must've been one of his brothers.

"Look before you get all mad-"

"Before?! Raph do you have any idea what you are doing?!"

Zoey pulled out her notebook and stared sketching the best she could of the new turtle.

"Hey these are the two who helped me when I was hurt! We can trust them!"

"We can't trust anyone, Raph! We don't belong here. Master Splinter knew there was something going on but I bet he didn't count on this!"

Claire cleared her throat.

"L-look we didn't mean to get you in trouble, Raphael."

Raphael turned to her.

"Don't worry." he glared at Leonardo. "This guy doesn't have the right to lecture me about trusting people. Or did you suddenly forget about Karai?"

Leonardo growled in anger at Raphael.

Zoey and Claire stepped between the two brothers.

"Let's take it down a notch, guys."

"No need to start brawling in here."

Claire grabbed Leonardo's hand and shook it.

"My name is Claire. Nice to meet you."

Zoey went over to Raphael and whispered something to him. Raphael laughed and everyone circled Leonardo.

"What's going on?" Leonardo asked taking a protective stance.

The three kept backing Leo until he was right where they wanted him.

"Let's all be friends. Well, after we do this of course."

Raphael kicked Leonardo hard, pushing his brother into the foam cube pit.

Zoey and Claire laughed and jumped in.

Leonardo grabbed one of the cubes and squeezed it.

"What is this stuff?"

"This is a pit for when people bouncing off of the trampolines or beams! It's all soft and awesome!"

Raphael laughed as Leonardo struggled to stand up for a second.

Leonardo was curious about the gym, he could tell the floor was more "springy" and the foam cubes were great for cushioning landings. Maybe it wouldn't be too bad to try those beams over there...

Leonardo and Raphael ended up trying out almost every piece of equipment that was on the floor. They even had a sparring match on the horizontal bars to practice balance.

Zoey didn't stray far from her computer and had already created a small, heavily secured document on her computer about the two brothers. Their anatomy was fascinating to her and watching them fight revealed even more like the ways their muscles were and the subtle differences between the two brothers.

Claire really enjoyed watching the two brothers act with each other. They obviously cared a lot about each other and had fun together. While they may have disagreed about certain things, such as what was their favorite part of the gym, they certainly had similar personality traits.

Leonardo knew the two brothers should go back to the lair soon but really was having fun on the spring floor.

"Would you two want to maybe check out the lair sometime? I think it would be okay, now that I know you aren't going to send us off to be studied somewhere." Leonardo asked.

Claire and Zoey agreed but said it would have to wait until the weekend, since they still had school and work for the next two days.

The girls got Leonardo's T-phone number before the four of them were about to leave the gym. Claire set the alarm and all four of them stepped outside.

The girls waved goodbye and started walking home.

Leonardo and Raphael went to the nearest manhole cover and went into the sewers.

"I told you we could trust them. I mean it's not like they are part of the Foot clan or somethin'."

"Shut up, Raph."