Author's Note: Mwahahahaha! Hello again, darlings. I know I'm so evil with my cliffhangers, but I have to keep you guys entertained and on the edge of your seats somehow. I'm working on trying to make the chapters longer now and more in depth with what's going on. I hope you guys keep up with following me and reviewing as well. I'll try to get at least a chapter or two at a time up. Within the last week, I've already gotten eight chapters and working on more as I type :) No more ranting. On with the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything of TMNT. All rights go to their creators. I only own my OCs.

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April couldn't believe she was doing this; her nor Vern wanted to do this, but they had little choice in the matter. Both Vern and April had to make a news report live in downtown Brooklyn, where the girls disappeared over a week ago. She was never nervous but her stomach was in knots. She stood in the middle of uptown Brooklyn, her yellow jacket blowing swiftly in the cool breeze.

"You sure you want to do this?" Vern asked, bracing his camera on his shoulder while looking through his scope in the camera.

"You heard what Thompson said. We have to make it known so we can help find the girls faster." April groaned as she cleared her throat to get ready for her live report.

"I got a bad feeling about this. But, whatever she says goes I guess." Vern sighed as he settled his camera on his shoulder and got ready to film.

"Okay in five, four, three, two, one ..." Vern counted then came quiet as the red light on the camera came on and April knew that she was live.

"Hi guys, this is April O'Neil from Channel Six news, giving you the up-to-date on the missing girls. Over a week ago at this subway station here in uptown Brooklyn, four high school students went missing merely moments after a hostage takeover occurred here. The names of these young high school girls are Lauren, Rachel, Danielle and Erica Yuzuka; if anyone has any information regarding the disappearance of these young girls, please contact your local police station and Channel Six news station. Back to you, Chris." April reported, her heart in her throat as she gave her best report on the four girls.

When the red light on the camera went off, Vern took the camera from his shoulder and looked at April. He knew that she was upset about the girls missing, but he knew that the both of them need to get some sleep. He walked up to April, and hugged her close to his chest; he felt her shake as her sobs started to come up and break out from her chest.

"It's okay, O'Neil. We'll find them, I promise. We'll find those girls." Vern said, trying to calm her down, but he was only kidding himself. He knew he was just as scared as she was in not finding the girls. He be damned to hell if anything happened to them.

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A business man sat in his office as he watched the report that was on the TV regarding the missing disappearance of the girls. The pictures of each of them were displayed on the screen as April gave her report; the man looking with interest at the screen, knowing there was something about those girls that made his interest piqued very high. He reached over to the phone on his desk, and dialed a number while putting the receiver to his ear before hearing a voice pick up on the other.

"I have a favor for you."

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Splinter had just finished watching the news that had displayed the pictures of each of the girls, and he stared at the screen with wide eyes, not believing what he had just saw. The names of these girls rang through his ears; their faces engraved in his memory; oh sweet Kami, he now knew who these girls were; the same girls that were from the dreams that his sons claimed they remembered. He sighed, knowing that he could never keep this a secret anymore; he knew that his sons as well as the girls in their care needed to know the truth.

"I knew that this day would come; I just didn't think it would be this soon." Splinter muttered, knowing that he had to explain everything from the beginning.

"I believe you and I both knew this day would come, my koibito." A shy, feminine voice said as he turned around to see a very familiar face.

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The four turtle brothers sat at the kitchen table, pondering and debating about whether they were ready to tell the girls the truth about themselves. Leonardo and Raphael sat at one side of the table, Donatello at the head and Michelangelo at the other side of the table. They were nervous, anxiety pulsing through each of them. They were second guessing themselves, wondering if the girls could handle the truth about who they were, let alone their appearances.

"So, how do we go with this?" Leo asked, looking at his brothers with concern in his royal blue eyes.

"We just tell them, and keep the blindfolds on. That's it, they don't need to know we're freaks." Raphael grumbled sinking down to lay on his large arms.

"Raph, you know we can't do that. We have to tell them." Leo said, knowing that there was no other choice.

"Besides, if we tell them what we really are, and show them that we mean no harm to them; We can show them who we are, and not hide." Michelangelo pleaded, his baby blue eyes wide with hope.

"The probability of them not being scared by our appearances is 2.00004%. The chances of them freaking out by how we look - 120%." Donatello calculated, his green eyes sad with false hope, but maybe he could look past that and let Danielle see him for who he really was.

"Thanks for the vote of confidence, brainiac." Raphael grumbled, glaring at his younger brother.

Leonardo sighed heavily, and glanced over to their den where the girls were sitting. They managed to get all four girls out of their beds, and were now sitting on the couch made out of pizza boxes. Each girl was shifting slightly; they were glad that they were all alive and together, but they were nervous. Their auras radiated off of their bodies, and sending waves of nervousness over to the turtles. It was as if the atmosphere was made of pins and needles, not sure when the pins will drop to break the silence that stretched throughout the lair. God, this was a mistake in its course, but what choice did they have? They rescued them; saved these beautiful girls from being killed in cold blood; tended to their injuries and began to open up slowly to them. Donnie was the one who opened up the most; he seemed happier and more carefree as of late. Mikey was more laid back and calm, which was a surprise to everyone; and Raphael was not as brooding as he normally would be. Even Leo ... he seemed less uptight about everything; he even allowed Michelangelo and Raphael to fight each other longer than normal.

"Guys, we owe them an explanation. We need to tell them." Leonardo said, his tone commanding and final. He looked at each of his brothers, knowing how nervous they were for they didn't want to be judged. Leo and Raph could handle the rejection; Mikey would need some explaining on why he would be rejected; it was Donnie that Leo was more worried about. Don had ever been able to handle rejection before; he may have been the smartest of the four, but he was also the most emotional as well. He knew how emotional he would get, especially after seeing him go off on sensei, which was a rare sight indeed. He got up as well as the other three and slowly walked over to the den where the girls were sitting nervously but patiently.

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Lauren sat still, even though she was extremely nervous about what was going on. When Leonardo came to wake her, she was surprised to hear from him let alone speak to him. He had told her that he had a surprise for her as well as her sister; hopefully it would be taking off these ridiculous blindfolds they were forced to wear. She didn't understand why they still had them on, but she would play along for now. She and her sister were trying to stay still, but the anticipation was eating up at her nerves. She heard footsteps, and knew it was Leonardo; a small smile tugged on her face, but quickly vanished when she heard more than one set of footsteps walking towards her and her sister.

"L-Leo?" Lauren stuttered, her voice nervous about who was actually coming towards them.

"It's okay, it's just me and my brothers." Leonardo said, his voice making Lauren calm. He was all nervous; he wouldn't show it, but he was extremely nervous about showing himself and his brothers to the girls in front of them.

"When can we take these stupid things off?" Rachel growled as she tried to remove the blindfold from her eyes; she gasped sharply as she felt a hand wrap around both her wrists.

"We'll tell you when we decide, creampuff." Raphael smirked, keeping his hand around her wrists as he felt her struggle a little in his grasp.

"Who are you calling a creampuff, you limp-noodled -" Rachel started to say until she heard a loud voice.

"ENOUGH!" Splinter yelled as he gotten the attention of all four of his sons as well as the attention of the four girls sitting down on the couch.

"That is enough, Raphael. I will speak to these young ladies." Splinter said as he curled his tail and smacked his volatile son in the back of the head before walking to stand in front of the four girls.

He looked at each of them closely, noticing how they have all changed within the last ten years or so. It has seemed so long ago that he first encountered them with their sensei as infants. He watched them grow up to little girls who had no care in the world as long as they were around his sons. But it all changed one day when they went to school, and both he and Shimizu felt it was best to keep them apart until the time was right. He had let this go on long enough, and it was time for them to come face to face with one another.

"Who ... who are you?" Lauren asked, not recognizing the new voice that had just shouted throughout the home of wherever they were.

"I am the father to these four boys who you each have spoken to." Splinter said, he wanted to keep their curiosity up at attention.

"What's your name, old man?" Rachel said, growling that she was being talked to in riddles. Rachel felt a slap hard at her uninjured shoulder, and groaned in pain. She knew that slap from anywhere; it was their sensei.

"Rachel, you should know better than to talk to your elders that way." A female voice said, making all four girls smile happily.

"SENSEI!" All four girls exclaimed, happy that their mother was here at last.

"Yes, your mother and I have known each other for a long time." Splinter said as he looked at the girls with a smile on his aged face.

"So, um . . . could we . . .?" Danielle asked, fidgeting in her seat hoping to see after being blindfolded for so long.

"Yes, but you will do it one at a time." Splinter said as he watched the girls listen to his instructions. They sat in silence, heavy silence for a moment, wondering who would be the first to take off their blindfold.

"How about -"

"W-wait, sensei! I-I-I forgot to do something." Donatello stuttered, all eyes were on him as he cleared his throat and went over to kneel in front of Danielle.

It shocked Splinter that Donatello would be the first to interrupt him, let alone kneel in front of a young girl. He was shaking, visibly shaking; Donnie had no idea what he was getting himself into. He felt that he should be the one to take the blindfold off of Danielle, let alone, have her be the first one to see him as well as his family. He took a deep breath, and reached down towards his utility belt, digging through the pocket until he pulled out a pair of large black glasses and held them in one hand. He reached behind her head, and slowly worked the knot of the blindfold, feeling it shift and untangle beneath his fingers. The knot have way, and he slowly unwrapped the blindfold from her eyes, letting the purple material uncoil and fall into her lap. Donatello gasped loudly, staring into the most beautiful set of eyes he had ever seen. Danielle's eyes were beautiful! Marvelous! No words could describe him how lovely her eyes shone; bright teal green eyes stared ahead, but he knew her vision would be blurry without her glasses. The young turtle gulped, and brushed her bangs from her eyes, his hand shaking so badly.

"I-I-I brought your glasses for you when we rescued you. I-I-I noticed they were broken, s-so I fixed them as best as I could f-for you." Donatello stuttered as he brought her glasses from his hand and placed them in her lap. He watched as she fumbled with her hands in her lap, and felt her glasses in her fingertips. She smiled brightly, and slowly unfolded them while bringing them to her face. Before she could place them on her face, though, he gently stilled her hands with his, and waited for her to respond.

"D-Donnie?"

"I-I-I need to tell you something, Danielle. I-I need you to . . . promise me one thing." Donnie stuttered, trying to come up with the courage to ask her; plead to her that she wouldn't be afraid.

"Do you remember w-when I said to not be afraid? That me and my brother are ... different?" he asked Danielle as he watched her nod her head in silence.

"Yes." Danielle answered, her voice so hauntingly beautiful that he couldn't stand to be away but he needed to hear her say it.

"I need you to promise me . . . that you won't . . . scream or run away ... or um - uh . .. call us names? W-will you promise me?"Donatello pleaded, his green eyes boring into her clouded teal eyes, hoping that she wouldn't run away, praying to every deity in existence that she would be just as accepting to see him with her eyes as she was accepting without them.

The tone in his voice made her heart quench; she knew that he was different from what she felt with her hand. But she had no idea how different he was as a person, let along a completely different species in general. She had trusted him so far with her; he took care of her, healed her, spoke to her, and she wouldn't let appearances get to her, no matter how different he was.

"I promise, Donnie." Danielle said, smiling blindly at the young turtle who knelt down in front of her as she began to put her glasses on her face.

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Author's Note: I'm sorry guys, but this is getting too good for me as well as for you :P I have to put a cliffhanger somewhere, and I've been neglecting to post this up for a few days due to being back at work. So I hope you guys enjoy the chapter and get ready for the next chapter to be up soon. Reviews are welcome!