Final chapter!
TMNT (c) Mirage
Amy (c) me
Chapter 10: Three months later
Amy stretched and opened her eyes. The sun was shining in to her room.
They were still at Casey's grandmother's house even though Casey and April had got married almost two weeks ago. It was good to have some rest, like master Splinter had said. Or maybe it was because it was midsummer and Splinter wanted to lie on the sun.
Amy stood and dressed up. When she got to the hallway she smelled that something was burning. Mikey was cooking again and it seemed that her teaching had gone to waste.
"Mikey, what the shell did ya do?" Raph was yelling at Mikey, while he was trying to fix up his food.
"I don't know. I left it alone for two seconds and I did everything like Amy does" Mikey said.
"Mikey, when you're making porridge you're supposed to whirl it all the time so it wouldn't burn like this" Amy said and gently took Mikey's hand.
"But this never happens to you" Mikey said.
"That's because I never leave my cooking alone" Amy said smiling and took the shovel from Mikey's hand.
"Now make yourself useful and dish this, so I can make us breakfast" she said.
"And you help" Amy said to Raph, when he started to laugh.
When Amy had finished her pancakes, she turned to look at Raph and Mikey.
"You can go get the others now" Amy said.
"You can go get Donnie, I'm not going near him after he's been up for all night" Mikey said.
"Fine, you two go get master Splinter and Leo and I go get Don. And the one who gets here first sets the table" Amy said and walked out of the room.
Because April and Casey were on their honey moon for two weeks, they had been there for that long. Of course April and Casey wouldn't mind for them staying here that long, just unhappy they couldn't be there with them. But Amy thought it was better that way and reason for that was right behind this door.
Amy knocked and opened the door without waiting for an answer.
Don sat on his table, looking at his computer, shadows under his eyes and unfamiliar angry look on his face.
"Donny, it's breakfast time" Amy said.
"I'm not hungry" Don said.
"You can't hide in here for all the time. Even Mikey had started to fear you" Amy said and walked closer to Don and closed the door behind her.
"I'm not hiding from anything or from anyone. I just want to be alone" Don said.
"You're not believing in that even yourself" Amy said and put her hand on his shoulder.
After the turtles had saved Amy, Casey and April had announced that they were getting married. After this Don had started to do his everything to get over April and he had nearly done it, but then he saw her in her wedding dress.
When April and Casey had left for their honeymoon Don had locked himself in to his room and showed himself to others rarely and always angry.
"You have to stop this, it's not healthy" Amy said, concern in her eyes.
Don turned to see her, and the light from computer made the shadows under his eyes look even bigger and heavier.
"What do you want me to do? Just forget her? Amy, I loved her!" Don said angrily.
"I know you did, but just sitting here in the dark isn't getting you anywhere. You have to come and live with your family again so we can help you. Even though I'm the only one who knows the truth, the others had noticed that something is wrong with you and that something has something to do with April and Casey" Amy said and kneeled down.
"If you keep this up we're going to lose you and you're going to lose yourself. And if the worst happens, you'll become like Leo after the Utroms sent Shedder to his sentence" she said.
Don met her eyes and saw the truth in them. He was really turning into something he wasn't.
"Please come down for the breakfast and then come out with us. You can sleep while Leo and Raph train" Amy said.
"I don't know could that be called sleeping if Mikey's next to me" Don said.
Amy laughed as she stood up and helped Don to get up too.
When they met Raph and Splinter on the way down, Don even smiled a little to them, when Splinter told him how happy he was to see his son again.
"Hah! Raph was here first!" heard Mikey's voice just when they entered to the kitchen.
Mikey ran in right after them, happy smile on his face like when he started to talk about his Battle Nexus championship.
"And how do you explain Leo and the table being set?" Raph asked.
"I don't know maybe he was being nice" Mikey said as he sat down.
"And it seems that our cranky brother had decided to join us" Mikey continued and looked at Don.
"Here Mikey, have some pancakes" Amy said and handed a plate full of pancakes front of Mikey, to make him silent.
"Thanks Leo for doing this, I don't know what would have happened if these two had started to fight who sets the table" Amy said and rolled her eyes.
"We can hear you, even though Mikey can't comprehend anything else but food at the moment" Raph said.
"It's alright, it was no trouble" Leo said and kissed softly her cheek.
Even though Leo had showed his feelings towards her in front of their family ever since they got back, Amy still blushed every time when he did that. Leo had told her he did it because he was afraid he was going to lose her again and he couldn't tell her how he felt towards her. That's why Amy couldn't tell him to stop, because it would break his heart. So Amy decided to stay embarrassed than break Leo's heart.
"So my children, what do you plan to do today?" Splinter asked.
"Well, Raph and I thought of training and we thought if others would want to join us" Leo said with a tone, like he was saying they had to join them or he would make them lives hell.
"Donny and I had decided to relax today, and it's so beautiful outside it would be pity to train all day" Amy said and looked at Splinter with her sweetest smile.
"But-" Leo started, but Amy looked at him to shut him up, and telling him this was no place for Donny to train.
"I think you're right. Michelangelo, you should train you've been doing nothing else but relaxing" Splinter said, after looking at Don's tired and sad face.
"What? Why? Don had been in his room for a week, why does he can slack the training?" Mikey asked.
"Shut up and eat you pancakes!" Raph said and hit Mikey at the back of his head.
After the breakfast, Raph and Leo (dragging unhappy Mikey with them) went to training, Amy and Don went to the other side of the yard and Splinter stayed at the porch so he could keep on an eye on his children.
Amy and Don sat down and they saw Raph and Leo starting their training from the other side of the yard.
"How are you feeling?" Amy asked, as Don lied down.
"Tired" Don mumbled.
"You can rest now" Amy said.
"You don't mind?" Don asked.
"Not at all, I got something else to do" Amy said.
"Are you going to watch as they train?" Don asked.
"Yeah, why not" Amy said.
"Because you see us training all the time" Don said.
"Did you know that you look different if you know you're being watched while you train than when you're unaware of it?" Amy asked, a small smile growing to her face.
"Huh?" Don asked.
"Well, for example when you're training and you know you're being watched, you seem to think more what do you next. And when you're done thinking and you land your hit, you look around to see the reaction of the watchers. But when you're unaware that you're being watched, you do everything without any thought of all" Amy said.
"That's a totally different story for Raph. He always acts without any thinking when he is being watched. But when he's alone he thinks his actions, he even talks to himself" Amy said.
"How do you know all this?" Don asked.
"Like you said, I've seen you guys training all the time" Amy said.
"What about Mikey? And Leo?" Don asked.
"Well, Mikey always acts so smart, talks while he fights, to irritate his opponent. But when he's alone, he's never like that. Honestly, one time I saw him meditating" Amy said and smiled a little.
But he was not telling the whole truth to Don there. She had seen Mikey meditating alone a week after her rescue. Amy had heard him having nightmares and he looked every morning pale and tired.
One night, when Amy decided to check on Mikey, he wasn't in his room. First Amy had got scared when she thought that Mikey had gone out, but then she realized that there was light at the dojo. When she got there, she saw Mikey meditating and whispering something.
Quietly Amy walked closer to hear what he was saying.
"She's back… She's safe… He can't take her away again…" Mikey had said over and over again, like he was chanting.
Amy was so taken by this that she had sat down next to him. Just now, when she saw Mikey like this, she realized what kind of effect had her amnesia on her brothers. Mikey was actually seeing nightmares about it, and feared the day she would leave them again.
Amy hadn't realized that she had fallen asleep, before Mikey put his hand on her head.
"Hey, sis. What'cha doing here?" he had asked.
"I was looking for you. When I saw you here meditating, I sat next to you and I think I fell asleep" Amy had said and sat up.
"I'm glad you're here" Mikey had said, the happiest smile on his face that she hadn't been seeing for some time.
"What about Leo?" Don asked, pulling Amy back to the reality.
"Well, I have to say he doesn't look any different was he watched or not" Amy said.
"Expect… Promise you won't tell this to him" Amy said grinning.
"I won't" Don said.
"Well, Leo always does everything the same way, there's nothing different in his training, it his face after the training" Amy said.
"Every time Leo wins the training, he has this victorious smile on his face. It doesn't last for long, maybe 3 or 5 seconds, but I haven't even seen him having that smile when he's alone" Amy continued.
"I wonder what you look like alone" Don said and grinned.
"You can't ever know, because I'm the sneakiest of us all. Only Splinter could sneak behind me but not you guys" Amy said.
"That sounded like a bet" Don said and closed his eyes.
Amy smiled as Don slowly fell asleep and turned her head to look at her other brothers. Leo and Raph had finally got Mikey to train with them, and now Raph was looking how Leo and Mikey trained. Amy could hear Leo's voice and she knew he was giving introduction for Mikey. And soon Mikey would get mad.
He didn't get mad as fast as Raph, but if someone always pointed out his mistakes, he got frustrated.
And soon enough Mikey yelled something, threw his nunchacks on the ground and pointed at her location. Obviously he was angry that Don could rest but he couldn't. And Leo's action didn't help either. He started to lecture Mikey, like he always lectured his brothers when they acted like that. Amy decided it would be best if she helped. So she stood up and walked over to them.
"I don't get it how you can train like this when it's this hot. You'll get dehydrated. Leo, rest for awhile so Mikey and I go get some lemonade" Amy said and pulled Mikey away.
"You're a total savior, sis! I wouldn't have lasted long in Leo's torture" Mikey said when they got inside.
"I just don't want you guys fainting middle of your training and I was thirsty myself too" Amy said and smiled.
"It's not fair that Donnie can rest and I can't" Mikey said.
"I know, but Donny got something in his mind and he hadn't been sleeping for weeks. I wanted to get him out and rest and just being with us, so he would get better" Amy said as she poured the lemonade to the glasses.
Mikey didn't say anything as he took his glass.
"Here you are, now drink it" Amy said when they got back outside and she gave the glass to Leo.
"I don't mind, I'm not that thirsty…" Leo started, but then he noticed Amy's face and drank his lemonade.
"Now if you excuse me, I'll join Donny again. And Leo, if any of you have to rest you can come and rest with us" Amy said and walked away.
"Uh, what's that?" Don asked as Amy sat next to him.
"Some lemonade, do you want some?" she asked.
"Sure, I was feeling kind a thirsty" Don said and sat up.
"What made you go get lemonade?" Don asked.
"I saved Mikey from Leo's lecturing. Mikey got tired of Leo when he guided him how to train better" Amy said.
"You save Mikey too often. He never learns if you come in the middle all the time" Don said and sipped his lemonade.
"He knows and I don't always save him. Beside that's much better than having Mikey, Leo and Raph all in the bad mood. No one could take it" Amy said.
"That's true. Mikey acts like a little kid, Raph start a fight with anyone, usually with Leo and Leo…"
"And Leo comes all dark and moody" Amy finished Don's sentence, dark look in her eyes.
Don looked at her and lowered his gaze to his glass. When Leo had been all dark and moody last time, he had almost torn their family apart. That hadn't hurt anyone as bad as Amy, not even Splinter who Leo actually hurt.
And Amy and Leo had a huge fight just before Leo was sent to the Ancient one. Amy had yelled at him that all he does these days is train and nothing else, and that he had lost his old self and just slices everything he sees. Before Leo had used his swords to defend himself and his family, now he used them all the time for everything.
After that fight both Amy and Leo hadn't spoken to each other, and at that same day Leo wounded master Splinter and Leo was sent away, they never got a chance to make it up.
When Leo had come back from the Ancient one, it had taken awhile for Amy to talk to him again, like she was getting to know him from the start, and they both were trying to forget their fight at the same time. And Don also knew that before they had gone after Shedder and sent him to his doom, Amy and Leo had been really close, closer than ever. So whenever someone mentioned Leo's dark and moody time, her eyes changed. They got a darker look in them and she closed up.
"So it's a good thing you did that. I don't know if I had wanted to look Raph and Leo fighting all day" Don said and smiled.
Amy answered to his smile, even though it didn't reach up her eyes.
"Donatello, Aimeé. Do you mind if I join you?"
Amy and Don looked up and smiled at Splinter.
"Of course you can, master Splinter" Don said and made room for Splinter.
"I didn't see you at the porch earlier, where were you?" Amy asked.
"I decided to take a walk. How are your brothers doing?" Splinter asked.
"They're calm" Don said.
"Lemonade, master Splinter?" Amy asked and took the can to her hand.
"Yes please. It's so hot out here it's only better to drink something" Splinter said and took a glass Don had offered him.
"That's what I told them, but they don't think they could dehydrate because they're so tough" Amy said, rolling her eyes as she pointed Leo and Raph.
"The warrior that thinks he's weak if he shows himself like that, becomes weak" master Splinter said.
"A total describe for Raph" Don said smiling.
"Actually, it's to you all" Splinter said.
Amy and Don turned to look at their master.
"You all have your weaknesses that you don't want to show, so they won't make you look weak" Splinter said.
"And you know what they are if you think about it for awhile" Splinter continued.
Amy looked at Raph, Mikey and Leo, and knew what master Splinter was talking about. She had noticed every time during the fight, she tried her best to focus on her own fight. She was afraid that if she showed any emotions towards the others, the enemy could use it on its advantage. And she had started doing this after Bishop showed up again. She would never forgive herself if her brothers got hurt because of her.
"I know what you mean, master Splinter. The most dangerous enemy is our own fear and weakness. If we don't beat that first, we'll never be able to beat the enemy in front of us" Don said.
"Yes Donatello. If we worry about the weakness inside of us, we'll lose the battle. We should head to the battle with clear mind. Of course that's never easy and there are rare warriors that can clean their hearts before going to battle" Splinter said.
"And the weakness isn't always your enemy. If that weakness is going to make you protect your love ones, is not your enemy, it's a friend that gives your power" Splinter said.
Amy looked at him and once again she felt that Splinter was able to read her mind. She smiled at him.
Amy had long ago forgiven Splinter that he hadn't told her that he had found her as a baby before Bishop. Splinter had made a mistake, but saved her when she had run away from Bishop almost ten years ago. She had become Splinter's daughter and now she didn't care have she become that ten or twenty years ago. Besides, it had been Splinter who had named her, so didn't that make him her father?
"I'm going inside. This warmness is too much for me, and it's cooler inside the house" Splinter said and stood up.
When Splinter left, Mikey joined them.
"So, Leo finally let you go?" Don asked, as Mikey lied next to him.
"Almost. Master Splinter said to Leo it was time to let me rest. Is there still lemonade?" Mikey asked, turning his head to Amy.
"Here, take the rest, so I'll go make some more if Leo and Raph want some" Amy said, poured the last of lemonade to Mikey's glass and got up.
When she got back outside, Raph flew next to her.
"You're paying for that one, Leo!" he yelled, not noticing Amy.
"You're getting slow again, snail boy!" Leo said and grinned.
Raph got up, and was ready to get Leo, when he suddenly started to wobble, like he was going to faint.
"Easy now, Raph!" Amy said and got a hold of Raph's back so he couldn't fall.
"Raph, are you alright?" Leo asked, getting closer to Raph and Amy.
"Yeah, I just got up too fast" Raph said, holding his head.
"But I'm fine now" he said.
"No you're not!" Amy said and stopped him by taking a hold of his shell.
"You both are going to rest, now!" she said angrily, and started to drag Raph with her to where Don and Mikey were. Leo followed them, thinking it was no time to argue with Amy.
"Now sit and rest, and drink this!" Amy said, made both Raph and Leo sit and put glasses to their hands.
"And if I see you two training in 30 minutes, you're not allowed to come out the whole day!" she said.
Leo and Raph looked at Amy, then each other, then their glasses and then Amy again.
"Better do what she says, dudes" Mikey whispered behind Leo and Raph.
Leo drank his lemonade, but got up straight away.
"Amy, we don't need to rest. We're going to be just fine after this" he pointed the glass.
"Oh yeah?" Amy asked.
She then flicked Leo on the forehead, and Leo, to his and everyone else's surprise fell to his knees.
"I'll let you train when you don't fell down after taking that hit" Amy said and tapped Leo on the head.
She then sat between Mikey and Don, who were trying to do they best not to start laughing. Only one, who could make fool out of Leo, was Amy.
"It's alright, Leo. We've been training all week. We can take a break from it for awhile. I doubt anyone would come here and attack us" Raph said.
"Raph's right, Leo. We're perfectly safe here, so why we have to prepare ourselves to the worst all the time?" Mikey asked.
"I think we all remember that we have been fighting for some time now" Leo said.
"Leo, you worry way too much. Bishop's dead and we've made a truce with Karai. Our only trouble is the Foot Elite, but they won't ever defeat Karai, and they're not match for us" Amy said.
"Do you really think he is? I mean, you told us he could change bodies and that he was 100 years old. You sure he's dead?" Don asked.
"He can't be alive, Leo cut his head off. He might have found a way to live longer, but he's not an utrom. If his head is chopped off, he's dead" Amy said, trying at the same time make herself believe that as well.
When Amy hadn't been able to fell asleep, she feared that Bishop was still alive, hunting her and appearing to her doorstep any minute.
"Still, I want us to be prepared for anything" Leo said.
"I think we're pretty prepared already. With this training you start to look like that dark and moody Leo you were some time ago" Raph said.
Don felt how Amy's muscles tensed, and he knew she had been thinking the same Raph had.
"Hey, what if we all went to a walk? It's not training" Don said to Amy, who looked like she was going to say Leo and Raph shouldn't move.
"Okay, I'll go inform master Splinter first" Leo said, as he got up.
When he got back, others were waiting for him at the edge of the forest.
"Remember guys, we have to be careful, no one can see us" Leo said.
"Relax, fearless one. We'll train our stealth at the same time. Besides, there's no one else, because all the neighbors' houses for holiday use" Raph said and started to push Leo towards the forest.
The whole forest was green and the sunlight was able to come through the branches. To Amy it looked like a magical forest. She smiled and turned into a big dog and started to run around the guys.
Mikey started to laugh and followed Amy and they ran ahead from the others. Raph followed them, saying something he and Amy would be able to push Mikey over.
"Guys, don't go too far" Leo started to yell after them, but they couldn't hear him anymore.
Don put his hand on his shoulder.
"Let them be. I know you're worried, but we're safe here. Beside its Amy's first time out in an open since we got her back. Let her enjoy it" Don said.
Leo looked at his younger brother and nodded.
Don smiled. Something about this place was able to relax his mind.
Suddenly Amy ran back to them and she jumped over Leo and pushed him down to the ground. She turned back to herself and started to laugh.
"You should have seen your face. You looked like I was going to eat you" she laughed, still on top of Leo.
Leo noticed the position they were in, but wasn't able to do anything at the moment. Don, who also had noticed what might happen next, followed Mikey and Raph, leaving Amy and Leo alone.
"Well, it's nice to see that at least you're having fun" Leo said.
"I'm sorry, but I haven't seen you smiling all day" Amy said, stretching Leo's lips so he looked like he was smiling.
Leo took her hand and held it against his cheek, smiling. Amy answered his smile.
"Could you help me up now?" Leo asked.
"Sure" Amy said.
She sat down on her knees and offered her hand to Leo, so she could help him up. But Leo pulled her hand so she fell on his lap, and he kissed her. He buried his hands to her hair, pulling her closer.
They didn't let go of each other before they heard "krhm" behind them.
They startled and let go of each other, and saw Raph, Don and Mikey.
"I wonder what would have happened if we haven't come" Raph said and grinned.
"What would have happen?" Mikey asked who really didn't understand what Raph was talking about.
"Nothing Mikey. Are you guys coming, or what?" Amy asked, her cheeks blushing as she started to walk forward.
Leo followed her, not looking at the others.
Raph grinned at Don and Mikey, as they started to follow their siblings.
"Donnie, what Raph meant?" Mikey asked.
"It's really something I shouldn't talk about, Mikey" Don said.
"Why? What was it? Tell me, tell me, tell me!" Mikey said, starting to hop around Don.
"No, I won't. Leo and Amy wouldn't like if I told that to you" Don said, trying not to look at Mikey, who still danced around him.
"Fine, then I ask from Raph" Mikey said.
"Wait!" Don said and stopped Mikey by pulling him from his shell.
He figured it would be better that he told him than Raph. He just hoped Leo and Amy would keep him in one piece.
"Look, Amy and Leo were kissing when we caught them. And what Raph meant was that they would have gone further if we haven't showed up" Don said, stopping so others wouldn't hear what they were talking about, which was stupid because they would find out eventually.
"Further to what?" Mikey asked innocently.
Don sighed. Mikey really was the youngest of them all, and still so pure.
"Raph meant… He meant that… Well, that Amy and Leo would start doing something… Something else than kissing…" Don said, trying to sound reliable.
He wanted to explain to his little brother what his older brother was going through and how he was starting to go different way than the rest of them, but at the same time he didn't want to think that his sweet little sister was turning into a woman.
"You mean having sex?" Mikey asked out of the blue.
'Maybe not so pure after all' Don thought.
"I see. I didn't get it first because Raph was talking so weird, but now I get it" Mikey said and started to follow the others.
Don looked after him, shocked of the fact that his baby brother actually knew that much. Mikey's voice woke him up from his thoughts.
"Hey, Leo! Is it true what Raph said, that if we hadn't caught you before, you and Amy would have had sex?"
He saw how Leo and Amy both turned around to look at Mikey and then at Raph, both almost trembling with anger.
"Raphael, could you come here! Leo and I have something to discuss with you" Amy said, sounding like she was about to tore Raph's head off.
"I… I said that… But Donnie explained that to him" Raph said, pointing at Don behind him.
"What?" Don said.
Leo and Amy looked at each other, nodded and headed to Raph and Don. Leo headed towards Raph, while Amy headed towards Don.
"C'mon now Leo. Mikey's not that stupid, he would have found out eventually" Raph said, walking backwards trying to calm Leo down.
Leo didn't say anything, only got closer to Raph and Raph continued backing away, before he started running.
Amy's eyes were fixed on Don and she kept walking towards him, faster and faster.
"I had to explain it to him, Amy. It would have been me or Raph, or you and Leo. Would you have wanted that?" Don said, trying to avoid Amy's angry eyes.
Amy didn't say anything; she only turned into a wolf and started chasing Don. Don screamed and started running away.
Leo and Amy chased Raph and Don in a circle, so when Leo was about to attack Raph and Amy was going to jump on Don's back, Don and Raph crashed to each other.
Two young men turtles fell to the ground holding their heads and looking at each other confused. Then they heard laughing and saw Leo and Amy laughing at them.
"You should have seen the look on your faces!" Amy said, holding her stomach.
"Next time, let us tell Mikey the truth. Then he at least would hear the whole truth and not some rumors" Leo said.
"And no more comments like that, Raph. It was bad enough that you caught us" Amy said, looking angrily at Raph.
"Deal" Raph said.
"Let's get going" Amy said and helped Don and Raph up.
"You coming, Leo, Mikey?" she asked.
"Where's Mikey?" Don asked.
"Don't tell me he stayed there" Raph said.
"I'll go look for him, you stay here" Amy said.
"You can't go there alone" Leo said, stopping her by taking a hold of her arm.
"If Mikey had been caught it's better that you three don't show up" Amy said.
"And it helps when a girl who can turn into an animal comes there" Raph said.
"If there's anyone he doesn't need to know what I really am" Amy said as she turned into a hawk and flew there where Mikey had stayed.
Soon enough she spotted Mikey, who was alone, thank God.
He was on his knees and seemed to be holding something.
"Mikey, are you alright?" Amy asked, landed next to him and turned back to herself.
Mikey looked up, looking sad.
"I am, but he isn't" he said and showed what he was holding.
It was a small bunny that had a broken leg.
"Oh no, let me see" Amy said, kneeling next to Mikey.
The bunny didn't move when Mikey give it to Amy. It actually looked like it was used to humans, and mutant turtles.
"I think he's going to be just fine, but I don't think he's a wild animal. If he was, he would have bitten us" Amy said.
"Do you mean someone already owns it? Aww, I was hoping we could keep it" Mikey said.
"You already have Klunk" Amy said, referring to the cat that had stayed at the farm with Splinter.
"He would have liked to have a playmate" Mikey said.
Amy smiled at him.
"But now we have to heal this guy. Let me see" she said and found two thick sticks, then took her bandana and wrapped the stick around the bunny's leg.
"Now, good as new. And green looks good on with his brown fur" Amy said smiling.
"Amy, you said that this guy was already owned. Do you think that they might be looking for him?" Mikey asked.
"Oh yeah. Mikey, go to the North, the others are there. I'll go looking for this guy's owners. Tell the others the situation and tell Leo not to worry too much, I'll be alright" Amy said as she got up.
"And Mikey," Amy said when Mikey started walking to other direction, "if I can't find this guy's owners, I'll promise we can keep it."
Mikey smiled, the smile washing away the sad look on his face.
"Okay now, where did you come from?" Amy asked from the bunny when Mikey was gone.
Thanks to Bishop, Amy was able to turn into half animal half human, but she was able to use different animals' skills as well, like dog's nose. She used that skill and smelled the bunny and then the forest around her.
"From that way" Amy said and started to walk towards the South.
She knew that part of the forest very well. When they had arrived there for April and Casey's wedding, she and Raph had come here together, usually because they wanted to get away from April who was getting too stretched up for the wedding. She looked sadly at the bunny when she remembered the last time she and Raph had been there.
Amy had made Raph play hide and seek with her and Raph had been it first. Amy had turned into a squirrel and climbed into a tree. When Raph had started looking for her and had kept doing that for awhile, a hawk had spotted Amy on a tree. It had flown towards her, trying to catch her.
Amy had screamed and fell from the tree, screaming for Raph, who had came there so fast it had felt like he had been just behind the tree. When he saw the hawk trying to get Amy to its dinner, he threw his sai and the hawk flew away.
"You okay?" Raph had asked as Amy turned back to herself.
"Yeah, I just scared that I didn't realize that I could turn into a human" Amy had said.
"What?" she had asked when she saw Raph's sad face.
"For a second I thought Bishop was back" Raph said.
"He's not…"
"I know he's not coming back, but you sounded like you were in danger" Raph had said.
"Well, I was, kind of. That hawk tried to eat me" Amy had said.
"Not funny. You know I'm just worried" Raph had said and turned away.
Amy had smiled at her brother and stood up.
"I know that, but you saw yourself Bishop's death, he's not coming back" she had said to him.
Raph had only nodded and now when Amy thought about it, she realized that back then Raph was afraid that he wasn't able to protect her, that she was going to slip trough his hands, again.
"I'll protect you little guy as long I can, I promise you that" Amy said quietly to the bunny.
It just looked at her with it's big brown eyes.
Suddenly she heard voices near her and soon four people walked in front of her.
"Ah, Mr. Bunners!" yelled a little girl and she ran to Amy.
"Daddy, he's hurt! Did she hurt him?" the girl said, looking at the man and then at Amy.
Amy looked at the girl and then at the man.
"I found this bunny with my brother. I thought it wasn't a wild animal so I decided to look his family" she said.
The man, who had looked first angry thinking that she had hurt their pet bunny, smiled at her and walked next to her daughter.
"It's alright, Emily. Mr. Bunners must have hurt himself by accident" the man said and put his hand top of the girl's head.
"His leg was broken so I made him a little splint" Amy said.
Her heart was racing really fast and she could almost feel how her knees were shaking. Even though these people were no threat to her, she had been afraid of other people for years, afraid that they'd recognize her.
"Thank you" the man said and took the bunny from Amy.
"I'm Pete" he added.
"I'm Am- April" Amy said.
"Do you live close here?" Pete asked.
"We're at the farmhouse that belongs to the Jones' family. We're Casey Jones' friends and are there at vacation now when Casey's on his honeymoon" Amy told him.
"And you're with?" Pete asked.
"I'm there with my father and four brothers" Amy said.
"Would you mind if we dropped by some day? I'd like to thank your brother too" Pete said.
"No need to do that. Beside we're going to leave soon, our vacation is almost at in end" Amy said.
"Well, thank your brother for me, April" Pete said, "Come one, Emily."
"Sure" Amy said as Pete and Emily walked to other two people who seemed to be Emily's older siblings.
She turned around and walked away. When she was far enough, she started running. She ran fast and stopped when she saw Casey's grandmother's farmhouse. She leaned against the tree and let a deep breathe out of her mouth.
She wasn't ready to be so close other people. Even though her posters were taken from the police stations and from news since Bishop had made her amnesia, she was still afraid.
She sat on the ground and closed her eyes, trying to make herself calm again.
"What'cha doing?"
Amy screamed and fell on her back as she tried to back away. Mikey looked at her like she had gone insane.
"Mikey! Don't do that!" Amy said, trying to make her breathe normal again.
"What?" Mikey asked.
"Where are the others?" she asked.
"Inside, Leo told me to come look for you. He said it was my fault you were here so I have to come look for you. Something about being responsible" Mikey said and rolled his eyes.
"Come Mikey. Let's go inside" Amy said.
She wanted to get inside as fast as possible in case Pete wanted to come and thank her family without permission.
Inside the house every other Hamato's family member looked nervous. When they entered Leo, who had been walking in circles, startled and almost ran to them.
"Amy!" he said and hugged her.
"Why did you leave like that?" Don asked.
"What do you mean? Mikey told you, right?" Amy asked.
"Yes he did, but you were going to meet humans. What if they had recognized you?" Leo said.
"Well they didn't and I made them believe that we're leaving soon so they can't come over. They wanted to thank us for finding their bunny. And I even lied my name" Amy said.
"Then I think we can't go outside so freely anymore if there's someone who wants to thank us unaware of our form" master Splinter said.
"I'm sorry master Splinter. I was so nervous that I couldn't lie more than my own name" Amy said.
"It's alright. Beside, I've been thinking that we should leave soon. Casey and April will soon come back from their honeymoon and they said they'll go straight to New York and they'd like if we were too at that time" Splinter said.
"When will we leave, master?" Leo asked. Suddenly he looked worried.
"Let's leave tomorrow, it's the best option" Splinter said.
Leo looked like he was making up his mind about something.
"Something wrong?" Amy asked.
"No, no, nothing. Sorry, I have something to do" Leo said.
"I'm glad you're alright" he said and kissed her cheek softly before leaving the living room.
"Okay, what's up with him?" Amy asked from Don.
"I don't know, he's been acting like that the whole week" Don said.
Amy shook her head. This was one of Leo's ways to keep something secret from them, so she didn't think it was anything special, Leo would tell them when the time was right.
"So, I guess we can't go out anymore" Amy said, looking out of the window, where sun made shadows on the ground.
"Guess not, but I think it's alright. I got enough sunlight for one day" Don said.
"You look better now. The shadows under your eyes are gone" Amy said smiling.
"It seems that you were right about me, I felt better when I was with you guys" Don said.
"You can be right about science, Donny, but leave the relationship problems to me" Amy said smiling.
"I guess you're right" Don said and smiled.
But Amy noticed that his smile didn't reach up to his eyes.
"You okay, Donny?" Amy asked.
"Yeah, I'm just little tired, that's all. I think I'll go and rest a bit" Don said and went upstairs.
"Okay…" Amy said, looking after him.
While looking after him, Amy realized that she and Don hadn't have their usual long talks for a long time. She thought about it for awhile before going after him, but she was afraid to let Don alone after getting him put of his room for the first time in weeks.
She knocked on his door and Don told her to come in. He was lying on his bed and looked confused when Amy entered.
"What is it?" Don asked.
Amy looked at the floor, trying to make up what to say.
"Are you alright? For months now it seems like we haven't talked like before, like you don't trust me anymore" Amy said.
Don looked at her for awhile before he sighed. He sat up and touched the bed so Amy would sit next to him.
"You're right, I think I've been avoiding you. I just got the feeling… Every time you come to me asking for help, you'll get in trouble because of that. I didn't want to see you getting into trouble again because of me" Don said.
Amy looked at him and shook her head.
"When are you four going to realize that I'm not leaving anymore? You four seem to fear that every time you turn your back on me, I'll disappear. It's not going to happen, so stop blaming yourself" Amy said.
"I know you're right, but you're our little sister. We wouldn't be good older brothers if we didn't worry about you" Don said.
"Now when that's out of your shell, can you talk to me like before?" Amy asked.
"Of course" Don said and smiled.
Amy smiled back, happy that she had got her brother back.
Just then someone knocked on the door. Don told to come in and Leo walked in.
"Hi, I thought I'd find you here. Can we talk?" Leo asked from Amy.
"Sure" Amy said.
She stood up and walked to the hallway with Leo. She hadn't realize what time it was until she saw the sun setting outside.
"What did you want to talk about?" Amy asked.
"Come" Leo said, taking her hand and they walked out.
At the porch Mikey was looking at the sunset.
"Hi guys, you want to join me?" Mikey asked.
Just then Don looked out from the door.
"Mikey, come in, I need you inside" he said.
"Fine" Mikey said, sounding disappointed because he couldn't do what he wanted to do.
"What is it?" Mikey asked when went inside.
"Don't go outside until I say so, and if Raph or Splinter wants to go out, stop them" Don said.
"Why?" Mikey asked.
"Because I say so" Don said.
Leo took Amy next to the barn where the sun set was shown perfectly.
They stopped and Leo took her hands, stayed quiet and looked at them. Amy looked at him question in her eyes and waited for him to say something. Finally he looked at her in the eyes.
"We've known each other for almost ten years. We've been siblings, friends and now lovers" Leo said and put his hand on Amy's cheek.
"I once thought that I could feel the same kind of love that people do, but I think I was wrong. You've become my life, my light in the darkness and you're the air I breathe. All those times Bishop was able to kidnap you from us, it felt like a part of me was taken" Leo said and leaned his forehead against hers, like he always did when he wanted to feel her close to him.
"When we able to rescue from Bishop last time, I was afraid that it wasn't over. That he'd come and take you away from us and I had to prove it to myself over and over again" Leo said.
Amy knew this. She had woken up sometimes and saw Leo guarding her room, like he was sure she wasn't safe any other way.
"And I've been thinking, doing lot of thinking, these past three months. I want to keep you close forever and never let go, no matter what so you don't have to be alone ever again" Leo said.
"So," he said, let go of her hands, dropped to one knee and took her left hand, "Hamato Aimeé, my love and my friend, will you marry me?" Leo asked.
Amy gasped as she looked at Leo. She knew how serious he was because he was using her real name, that only Splinter used. Amy could only nod and smile, because it felt like her voice had drop into her stomach.
Leo smiled, put a ring into her finger, leaned against her hand, kissing it. Then he got up and put a necklace on his neck where was his ring, because he couldn't put it on his finger. Then he hugged her and they both smiled and cried at the same time.
One week later
It was almost night time. Casey and April had just left back home. That had come back from their honeymoon and came to greet them. April had been really excited about Amy and Leo getting engaged. It was something Mikey usually forgot and Raph couldn't still comprehend. Don was the only one with master Splinter who could really understand all this, but that was only because Leo had told him before.
"By the way, why haven't we celebrated yet? April and Casey celebrated they engagement" Mikey said.
"I think we kind of did that already. I mean who else we could tell than April and Casey?" Amy asked.
"Well… Leatherhead and Angel. And Silver Century!" Mikey said.
"Quit it Mikey. We're suppose to hit the rooftops, not to talk about ya fake parties" Raph said.
"But it would have nice to have a party, and cake…" Mikey said.
"Yes, yes, Mikey. Only reason why you would like to have a party is because you want cake" Amy said and dragged Mikey with her after the others.
"And now it's time for some stealth practice, and no night goggles this time, Donnie" Leo said.
"And to show us we can trust you, you'll be 'it' first" Mikey said, and they all ran to different directions.
Amy ran to her hiding place and for the first time in moths she felt herself safe. She didn't have to watch out for anyone, expect for Donny at the moment. She was happy, in love and surrounded only those four who had saved her almost ten years ago. And that was the way she wanted it to be, forever.
"Donnie, you have the goggles again!" Amy heard Raph's voice.
"These aren't the night vision goggles, they are my heat sensors, I can see every creature that's warm" Don said.
"That's the same thing!" Raph said.
"Why do you have to spoil our fun, Don?" Mikey asked.
"C'mon Mikey, let's teach our dear brother some manners" Raph said.
Amy smiled as she stood up and walked to her three brothers, before people have to call police because some mutant turtles decided to have a family fight.
End
And that was that, I hop you liked the whole story! And I know the last chapter got pretty long, but I got carried away a little bit :)