Leo step towards Mona. He looked at her. She looked a little older and was dressed in ripped, dirty scrubs. He then walked quickly towards her and hugged her tight. She hugged back and began to sob into his neck. She tried to talk but couldn't. He took her out of the hug and looked at her. He wiped her tears.
"Mona. Come with me. I'll take you somewhere safe." Leo calmly said. She looked at him and nodded her head. He quickly lead her out of the alley. He took out his phone and texted April.
'It's her. I found her. I'm taking her to the base.'
'Okay. We'll be there. Waiting.'
Mikey and Donatello cleaned up their beers and started to walk towards the base. Donatello was just about to jump off the building when he got a phone call. It was Leo.
"Hey Leo. What's up?" Donatello asked. He could hear talking. Sounded like Leo and a female.
"Donnie? Donnie! Where are you?" Leo spoke quickly. "No, you can't speak to him right now." Donnie heard Leo tell the female.
"I'm heading towards the base. What happened? Is there something wrong?" Donatello motioned Michelangelo to stop.
"Meet me at 42nd street and Broadway." Leo hung up.
"What happened?" Mikey slurred.
"Leo wants to meet us. Sounds important."
Donatello and Mikey arrived first. They waited in the shadows for Leo. Even though mutants were free to roam, old habits die hard. They heard movement and saw Leo walking towards them. Someone right behind him.
"Leo, what is-" Mikey stopped talking when he saw Mona show herself from behind Leo. Mikey felt his knees get weak.
"Mona?" Donatello felt tears in his eyes. He saw Mikey run towards Mona and picked her up. She started to cry.
"I missed you! I missed you! I missed you!" He said. She laughed and cried at the same time.
"I missed you too.. I missed you all." She cried. Mikey put her down and she walked over to Donatello. They smiled and looked at each other. They hugged each other tightly.
"Where have you been?" He whispered. "We thought you were dead."
"I thought you guys were dead."
"Dead? What made you think that? What happened?" Leo came in.
"After..after David and after I left. I got caught by Shredder and the Foot. They told me they killed everyone.. That there was no point to escape. I felt alone. I felt like I wanted to die."
"What made you want to escape after all these years?" Leo asked.
"David. David is what made me want to escape. I thought about him and his short happy life. I thought about Shredder ending it and then I thought about revenge. thought about the pain it felt to hold his body and the pain of being capture. Being experimented on and being told that everyone you love was dead." Mona admitted. Mikey felt himself shuddered at the thought. He knew he would be the same way.
Raphael went to the base after seeing that explosion. He tried to call his family but no one was picking up there phones!
"Why have a phone if you don't pick up?" Raph grumbled to himself. He opened the door to April's office. She was crying in Casey's arms.
"Hey. What's going on? Why is she crying?" Raph asked. Casey looked at him. He had tears in his eyes. Raph didn't like this.
"What's going on?! Why is no one talking?" Raph yelled. April motioned him to close the door.
"Raph.. We have something to tell you. We don't know how you'll react." April started to say but she couldn't go on. Casey walked over to Raph.
"They found her." Casey said hesitately.
"Found who?" Raph looked back and forth between his friends. April stood up and wiped her face.
"Leo found.. Leo found Mona." Raph stepped back. He couldn't wrap his head around this news. He didn't know how to react. He started to panic. He opened the door and ran.
