A/N: NEW CHAPTER BEFORE THANKSGIVING, THIS ONE'S A LITTLE AWKWARD, WEIRD AND YES ALEX IS ACCIDENT PRONE. I'LL WRITE ONE MORE CHAPTER BEFORE THANKSGIVING, AND THE NEXT ONE WILL THE THE HOOK OF THE STORY. YEEEE HAAAWWWW!

Chapter 9

I opened my closet and pulled out something more comfortable, I slipped off the skirt and slid on some sweat pants and a white muscle shirt.

"Much better," I said pulling my hair into a pony tail.

I flexed my leg back and forth, "I'm so frustrated with today," I said to myself.

I picked up my staff to support myself, that's when I heard the guys cheering.

I limped back to the living room; Leo and Donny were setting up a chess board.

I smiled and came around to the couch.

"Donny's going to kick Leo's butt," Mikey said eating out of the bag of ships. I slide in next to him.

"Set the board boys let me show you how it's done," I said taping on the chess board.

"You?" Donny said adjusting his glasses.

"Yes, set the board," I taped again. Raph crossed his arms and sat down on the floor, Leo set the board with Donny.

"Pick a colour," I said to him leaning towards the table. "Ladies first," He said pulling up his glasses.

"White," I said. Mikey leaned in. "Ooooh," He said passing the bag of chips around.

I made the first move by moving a pawn. Donny did the same and moved out a pawn.

I held my finger against the knight, thinking. "OOO tension heating up," Mikey said leaning in. His crunching was irritating me.

"Come on Donny, if she moves her knight," Leo said to his brother leaning in. Over the course of fifteen minutes almost half the board was cleared, pawns, bishops, knights. Donny was good, very good, and I was almost a loss. Almost!

I changed my mind and moved my rook instead.

"This is getting good," Mickey said, Raph fist pumped him. Donny looked nervous he kept adjusting his glasses.

He picked up his rook, and then put it down.

"You totally can't let her win bro," Leo said.

"What Don, nervous?" I said taunting him. I crossed my arms and waited. Splinter seemed interested; he leaned in over Donny watching.

"I'm thinking," he said. I could see him trying to figure out the board, his lips where moving but nothing came out.

"Ooo, Donny is thinking, dropping the ball," Mikey said. Raph hit him in the arm. Donny touched the bishop and moved it.

"Are you sure you want to do that?" I asked him, looking at the board.

"She's guilting you, reverse psychology thing," Leo said to him. "Nope, I think I have her," Donny said, he leaned back and crossed his arms.

"Your move," He wavered with his hand.

Come on Alex be nice, don't check mate him yet. I placed a finger to my king and moved him. "Check!" I said.

"Wooooahhh, girl you sly," Mikey chuckled.

"SHUPT UP MIKEY!" they all said to him.

Donny moved his king. "Check!" he said too. One more move Alex and you win the game, but I don't want to hurt his ego. Screw ego! I moved my queen and took his king.

"Check Mate!" I said.

"Whooooohooo, girl," Mikey said high fiving me.

"Damn," Donny said. "Nice move," He said also high fiving me.

"Hahah, nice," Leo said nodding his head.

The guys cleaned up the board while Mikey talked about his board collection, skateboards, his new model of board that flies, and his hovering surf board. We also spent the night on the couch laughing at Mikey's jokes, and Raph's arrogant remarks.

"Boooo," I said throwing chips at Raph. "Party pooper," I said to him. Leo put an arm around my shoulders, "hey," he said looking at me. I turned to him. "Blood doesn't make you family," He said. "Loyalty does.." He added. At that moment I saw something in Leo, his gentleness, and his maturity. He looked so wise. I smiled at him and tapped him on the leg. "I know," I said to him.

I don't remember much after laughing my lungs out, we all had fallen asleep on my couch sandwiched together. I woke up in the middle of the night, wasn't sure why, but for some reason I was thinking and it woke me. I awkwardly slide my way from between Leo and Raph and slide to the floor.

I limped to the kitchen and opened the fridge.

"Great all my milk is gone," I said to myself. I closed the fridge and sighed. I looked over to the guys; they looked so cute, just like how they were when they were babies. Always huddled together. Splinter had slept on the mat he trained on earlier. I shifted my feet to the closet in the hallway and pulled out some blankets.

The wooden box fell over, I had completely forgotten about this. I put the blankets down and picked up the box. I looked over at the guys, hoping I didn't wake them. I slide down to the floor and pulled the box to my lap.

"I should open this," I said to myself.

I slide it back to the closet but half way in so that I would try to open it tomorrow. I picked up the blankets and turned around.

That's when I felt a hand grab my mouth and pull me down the hallway.

"Mm mmmhhh," I fought trying to pry the hands off.

"Shut up," the voice said, "I'll slit your throat," a knife pressed against my neck.

"Don't say a word," the voice said against my ear. I couldn't tell who this person was, he wore a mask and looked like a member of the footclan, only the outfit was different. He pulled me through the hallway towards the living room.

I grabbed this persons arm trying to pull his grasp from me.

"I said don't, do you want to die," he said again this time it was louder.

"Hey," Mikey said in his sleep. "You so special girl," he mumbled again.

I tried to make a sound, a clank against something to wake them.

I noticed the stool near me, closest to the counter, I kicked it and it tipped over. It startled Leo and he jumped up.

"Damn you," the voice said to me, his hand felt tighter against my mouth. Leo kicked Raph's Leg.

"What Leo," He jumped up angrily. Mikey and Donny woke too.

"Let her go," Leo said coming around the couch.

"Stay back turtle," the man said. "I'll slit her throat," He added pressing the knife harder against my neck.

"Look we'll do what you want, let her go." Donny said also coming around the couch. Mikey shifted over towards the weapons.

"Uh uh," the guy said turning me towards Mikey. Mikey froze in his spot. "Get back over there," he gestured to him. Mikey held his hands to the air and slide back over to his brothers.

"You boys need to really…" Splinter said waking up.

"Sensei," Leo said to him. He turned around and jumped to his feet.

"Let her go," Splinter said too.

"Stay back sensei," Leo said to him. He took a step towards us.

"I'm warning you turtle, I said stay back," the man said again.

"What do you want?" Raph asked balling his fists.

The guy took a whiff of my hair and pressed his face against me. This made Raph angrier I could see his body become ridged.

"Please just tell us what you want," Leo pleaded again.

"Hehehe, oh this is fun," he said. "Seeing you turtles in fear, she must mean a lot to you," the man added.

"He's playing with us Leo," Raph said pacing.

Tears rolled down my eyes, I wasn't playing he actually was hurting me. He pressed his body against mine. "I have a message from Mr Sachs." The man said running the head of the knife down my chest.

"I'm going to kill you," Raph hissed at him. Leo tensed up, he became angry and I could tell his face changed.

"You have only one chance," the guy whispered in my ear, he then took the knife and pressed it against my chest.

"Don't you dare," Leo hissed angrily at him. Mikey shifted back to the weapons, Splinter threw him his nunchucks, and Mikey quickly flung it in the air at the man.

He ducked down dodging it.

"I warned you," He said the man pushed me into Leo. He pulled his arms out and grabbed me.

He then whistled. Leo pulled me to him, Raph came to his side. Then the entire roof caved in on us.

"GET DOWN!" Splinter shouted, Mikey covered his body over Splinter.

"What the hell," Donny said, looking at the army of footclan members aiming their guns at us.

"Shoot them down," a voice shouted to them.

"Not a chance," Raph said jumping in to the air, he flex his arms and ran at the gunmen.

"Leo," Mikey shouted tossing him his swords.

"Donatello, Alex," Splinter threw our bo's to us.

"Stay back," Leo said pushing me away from him. "We got this," He said.

I shifted away from them holding my staff out. The foot clan members started shooting at us. I twirled my staff in the air.

"Aaarrghhh," I shouted running at the man coming at me. I swung my staff at his legs knocking him down. He held his gun to me, and I kicked it out of his hands. Leo jumped back to me and swung his swords through the air hitting three members at the same time.

Splinter jumped in and swung two of them against a wall. "Get out of here," He shouted at us.

"Not a chance," I shouted back to him ducking from a fist. Raph held up his hands and blocked a punch and a kick as he got swarmed by foot members. Donny covered his back and knocked them off his shell. "I got you Raph," He shouted at them.

I swung my staff around again and held it in front of my pinning back a row of men against the wall. The guys came in and hit them. I took a deep breath and put a hand to my chest.

My heart is beating so fast, I can't let them see. I said and swung around with my staff.

"How is there more of them," I said looking at the remaining members.

"Alex are you okay," Leo shouted at me, he kicked a foot clan member then swung his swords around hitting two more.

"Yeah," I said but I lied, I couldn't stand up. I clenched my hand over my chest.

"Hey, are you sure?" Raph said touching a hand to my arm.

"I'm okay," I told him he jumped away from me and swung his sia's attacking the remaining standing members.

I dropped my staff and fell to one knee. Splinter ran to me. That's when we heard a swarm of cop cars surround the complex.

Casey knocked my door down and came in with bunch of cops following him. My entire apartment filled with cops.

"Everyone okay?" he said holding his gun up, he looked around the apartment.

"We need an ambulance," Leo said to him he picked me up and looked at Casey.

I heard sirens, I wasn't sure. I woke up in an ambulance; it was speeding down the street so fast I felt queasy. I could see two cop cars behind us with their sirens blaring, I think the guys where with them.

"Squeeze my hand," the female EMT said. I tried but couldn't squeeze her hand.

"You had a heart attack," she shouted over the sirens.

I had a heart attack. That could be why I didn't remember, I must've blacked out.

"No blood test," I said to the EMT.

"I have to take your blood, for the records," she shouted over the sirens. If she takes a blood sample and they test it I'll be quarantined for life, or a science experiment. My DNA would be so messed up they may call the national guards.

I pushed the needle out of her hand, as the ambulance came to a stop. "We'll take it inside," she said as they pulled my gurney out of the ambulance. Leo ran out of the car with the guys and came to me.

"Don't let them take a blood sample," I whispered at him over the mask.

Donny nodded he understood what I meant.

"We have to take her in to emergency," the EMT said as they pulled me through the hospital.

"Damn," Raph said as they watched me get wheeled into a private emergency room.

"What happened?" Casey asked turning around.

"We got ambushed," Leo said looking at the three people sitting in the waiting room. Casey's phone then rang, "Its April, I'll take it outside," he said to Leo waving the phone.

Donny sat down next to Mikey in the waiting area.

"Dude, this wasn't cool," Mikey said rubbing his head. Donny touched his shell.

Twenty minutes had past when a doctor came out of the emergency doors.

Everyone stood up, Raph shifted from the wall to his feet.

"Uh," the doctor said looking at them.

"Well she's okay, she had a minor heart attack," he said watching their expressions.

"Is she alive doc?" Mikey asked taking a step towards him.

"She's alive, but her heart muscles are very week, she needs rest and absolutely no heavy lifting," he cautioned them. Leo nodded and shook his hand as he left.

"Excuse me," A nurse said approaching Raph. "If you all come this way, she has a private room," she said to them. They followed her through the hallway.

"Wow," a kid said looking at them as they walked through.

"People are talking," Mikey whispered.

"So?" Raph said to him. "It's so cool man," Mikey added, he would wave to the kids that looked at them.

"In here," the nurse gestured with her hand. Donny closed the door behind them.

"Hey guys," I said sitting up. "You worried us," Donny said. They all leaned in and hugged me."Woah, you guys," I said touching their arms.

"I don't think Alex should be fighting anymore," Raph said to Leo as they watched the window.

"I'm right here guys," I said trying to figure out the crossword puzzle in the book I found.

"We think, you should take it easy for a while," Donny said pulling his glasses up.

"We still haven't figured out what's inside that box we brought back from the footclan base," Raph said rubbing his head. "You won't be able to open it anyway," I said to them lifting the book to my face.

"What's another word for mouse," I asked. Donny looked at me, "nevermind," I said and wrote down rat. "I think the reason they attacked us is because of the box, I think they're looking for it." Leo said as he sat down at the foot of my bed.

"Oh man," Mikey said in a chair twirling his nunchuck. "Need a word for cat 6 letters," I said trying to distract their conversation. "Mouser," Donny said without even looking at me. I shifted my eyes to them. "The attack tonight was them ringing the dinner bell, I don't think that was the last," Leo said pacing the room. He seemed worried; he kept looking out the window.

"No one's going to attack me in a hospital, besides its 5am," I told him as I flipped the page.

"Why are you being so calm about this," Raph hissed at me. "Because I hide the box, either way they wouldn't find it, and…" I said pulling the book down, "… my insurance will get me a new apartment," I said sarcastically.

Casey walked in; he seemed frantic, or nervous. "Hey, so we have a little problem," he said pushing his cell phone to his pocket.

"Sachs is holding a meeting this week, April's going to be covering it," Casey said, looking to Leo.

"A meeting about what? A press conference?" he asked.

"Yeah, April and Vern are going to try to find out more," Casey replied.

Raph twirled a toothpick between his lips and came over to Casey.

"We need someone to stay with Alex," Raph said again twirling his toothpick.

"I can have a few officers watch her room," Casey added. I listened as they conversed and went back to the crossword. That's when a thought flashed my mind. I threw the book down.

"Sachs, I know what he wants." I said looking to Donny.

He came to my bed side.

"What…?" Everyone said at the same time.

I flipped the book over to the back side and started writing. Donny leaned in to see the diagram. I turned the book to Donny; Mikey leaned over to get a better look.

"He knows the box is missing, it's what he's looking for," Donny read out. "Why'd you write it down?" Mikey asked. I pointed to the camera in the room.

"It's been moving since I got here, and I think its listening to everything we've been saying," I half whispered to them.

"Sach's owns New York's entire computer system, hospitals, police department, anything that runs cameras or computers," I added. "How do you know this?" Leo turned to ask me.

"She's right," Casey added. "Our entire system at the station has Sach's company logo on it," he added.

"Wehwwww," Donny whistled and examined the camera.

"We need to be careful, what we do or say while Alex is here," Casey added. "Come to April's we'll talk there," he added. He then talked to a few officers, waved at us and left the room.

"I'm not staying here," I said to them pulling the sheets off.

"Oh no miss," the nurse from earlier came back.

She looked to the turtles a little puzzled then put on her rubber gloves.

"You can't leave, you have to be here for three more days, doctor wants to monitor your heart," she added.

"Oh man," I said leaning on the pillow.

"Alex," Leo came over to me, he bent down holding his hand to his mouth. I leaned in.

"We'll be at Aprils until things can get sorted out," He handed me a Bluetooth.

"Wear it, you'll be able to listen in," he said. I took it from him.

I nodded to him.

"Let's go guys," Raph said, he nodded to me and went to wait in the hall.

"Hey, I'll bring you some junk food later, you know since hospital food isn't that great," Mikey half whispered to me. Donny pulled him by the arm.

"Come on numb nuts," he said to him. He then tapped to his ear. "We'll call tonight," he said and left with Mikey.

Leo followed behind them. I slide the Bluetooth under the sheets. The nurse looked to them, then me.

"They're teenagers," I said to her.

"Huh," she said, she leaned in and handed me a small cup of pills. "What's this?" I said to her.

"Its heart medication, it'll help release any pressure around your heart," she said shaking the cup.

"I won't take it sorry," I said to her. She didn't look like she liked my answer; she pressed her lips into a hard line and slapped the cup down to the side table.

"Sorry, but there are people after me and my friends, so I can't trust anything anyone gives me…" I said to her. "Even a hospital," I said again.

"Look, do you really think a hospital would poison its patients?" the nurse said crossing her arms.

"Please leave it here, I'll take it…." I said to her. She took off her gloves and left, she seemed angry.

An officer watched her as she left. I sighed and took in a deep breath. I didn't mind the quiet for once, however I couldn't stop thinking about what Casey said.

"Sachs holding a press conference," I said to myself. "Hmm," I picked up the word search, and crossword book.

"We have to watch what we do and say for the next few days while Alex is in the hospital." Raph said as leaning against Casey's cop car.

"Until we figure out what Sach is planning, we need to get that box from Alex's apartment and hide it somewhere else, if she's right… he'll be looking for it," Donny added.

"That's a plan, let's go boys," Leo said, as they piled in awkwardly into Casey's car.

I clicked the TV on, and flicked through the channels.

"Nothing," I said to myself and flicked to the news channel.

I turned my head to the door and heard a strange voice talking to the officers.

"Niko?" I said leaning over to see who was talking to the officers.

"Miss," one of the officers said coming to the door. "A friend of yours?" she asked pointing to Niko.

"Yes he's fine," I said to her. He came in.

"I heard about the footclan attacking your apartment," he said coming to my bedside. "Are you okay?" he asked quickly.

"I'm fine, but how'd you know I was here?" I asked him.

"I saw your turtle friends outside," he said.
"Huh," I replied, I wasn't sure if that was true or not they had been gone for more then twenty minutes so I'm not sure if they did hang around outside.

He shifted to the chair and sat down.

"I know I'm probably the last person you wanted to see right now," he said, and looked around the room.

"No, its fine. I was bored anyway," I said to him. "Besides, I think were okay," I said to him pointing between the both of us with the pen.

"I don't think your friends were too happy to see me," he said tilting his head.

"Oh?" I added, "Did they say something to you?" I continued.

"Nah, nothing to worry about," He said, and crossed his arms.

"How long will you be in here?" he asked.

"Three days they said," I sighed.

I hadn't even realized that we had spent the entire night talking, well not the whole night, three hours more or less. We talked about stupid things, about schooling, and about college.

"Yeah, so I signed up for this class," he said gesturing with his hands.

"I hate it," he said and laughed. "What class?" I asked with a chuckle. "Economics," he said making a disgusted sound.

"So back out," I laughed. "Can't semesters almost over," He said again rolling his eyes.

"Hahaha, awesome," I replied, that's when I felt the Bluetooth vibrate under my leg.

"I think your phones ringing," he said pointing to me.

"It's okay it'll go to voicemail," I said to him pressing my leg against the Bluetooth.

"I should go let you talk to whoever's calling," he said standing up.

"Could I come see you tomorrow?" he asked swinging his bag over his shoulder.

"Uh, sure, I don't think the guys will come visit… they're probably busy," I said smiling.

"Okay great," he held his hand up and waved. "Good night!" said passing the officer by the door.

"Well," I said to myself and pulled out the Bluetooth, it was still vibrating. I put it in my ear, I'm in for an earful. I sighed and clicked the answer button.

"What took yeah so long?" Donny asked on the other end.

"I had a visitor," I said to him.

"Oh? Who?" he asked perplexed as to who'd visit me.

"Not important," I said raising the volume on my ear piece.

I heard a lot of commotion in the back ground, then Donny put me on speaker phone.

"Hey girl," Mikey said.

"Hi Mikey," I chuckled.

That's when I heard April, "Alex you there?" she asked. "Yup," I replied and picked up the book I was using flipping it to the back blank page.

"After the last time, the last incident with Sachs, he shut down his lab, we thought he was dead, but he was arrested instead." April started to explain to me, I was in New York long enough to know what had happened with Sachs, "Okay," I said following the conversation.

"He posted bail, since then he resurrected the footclan, and started his lab up again." She continued.

I looked to the camera that was turning; I think it was trying to listen in.

"Hang on guys," I said and shifted out of the bed. The IV yanked at my arm. I pulled the IV with me to the bathroom, closed the door and sat down on the edge of the tub.

"Everything okay," Leo asked. "Yeah the camera was creeping me out, we can now talk, so go…" I said and shifted the book to my lap.