Amy sighs as she looks down at a sleeping Adeen. The firebird was still healing, to her dismay. Adeen had already started to feel like a best friend to Amy...besides MT. "I'm going to miss these birds when we have to let them go," she whispers. "Me too. Well, not Azkiar," MT answers, murmuring the last part. "Azkiar, I'll miss him a little less than the others," Amy admits. "Yeah," MT says. "I know that's rude, but I can't really lie," Amy explains, sitting on her bed. "I know. Snorting fire, snapping at us, I'm not gonna miss him much. But, that's just who he is."
"True…" Amy murmurs, rolling her eyes. "Anyway...wait, where are the other guys and April?" MT says, looking around. "Hm? I thought they were around the house..." Amy answers in confusion. "No, well, wouldn't they have seen or heard us running down the stairs and come to see what we were doing?" MT asks. "Maybe...Or they could have gone somewhere without telling us," Amy points out. "Like where? There isn't really anywhere to GO out here," MT argues.
"Right. Hopefully they didn't get kidnapped by that snow monster we ran into a while ago. You never know…" Amy murmurs. "It MELTED, Ames," MT retorts. "It was made of SNOW. Have you seen the weather outside? Snakeweed kept coming back, didn't he?" Amy argues. Suddenly, Aubrey flies up and lands on her shoulder. "Maybe Aubrey could track them down?" Amy asks, not noticing the firebird. Aubrey flaps his wings for attention.
"What is it, Aubrey?" Amy asks. The other three firebirds come flying and land on the table and hold out their legs. Tied to each is a small piece of paper. Aubrey holds out his leg as well. "What are these?" Amy mutters and takes the piece of paper from Aubrey.
Went ta do some forest stealth, yo! Be back soon! -Mikey
"Somebody's been busy training the firebirds!" MT comments with a smile. "What about the other pieces of paper?" Amy questions. MT takes the piece of paper from Azkiar.
Went with Mikey to make sure he doesn't get into trouble. Be back soon! –R.
Amy takes the piece of paper from Aurielle.
I trained the firebirds to carry messages! Are you impressed? –D.
Amy rolls her eyes. "Well, that explains a lot...What about the last one?"
"Ok, I'll read it out loud," MT explains and she takes the paper from Aleron. "Ahem. It says, "Went ice-skating with Donnie. DON'T EVEN START. Be back soon! –A."
"Gee, thanks for taking off without us, guys..." Amy mutters.
"To be fair, we were gone awhile," MT points out. "Yeah, good point…" Amy murmurs. "Let's send a message back!" MT exclaims. Amy snickers, getting an idea. "Yeah!" she says and writes a message to April. MT watches her closely. "All right, what does that say? I'm not letting you send it unless you tell me," she demands. Amy hears a Rrh! and she looks to see Azkiar nodding. Amy sighs in defeat.
"I wrote 'You and Donnie? Ice-skating alone? Nice job, April. ;)'," she explains. "And BTW I told Azkiar to torch any mean messages," MT warns. "Message received..." Amy murmurs under her breath. "Heh," MT chuckles and Aleron holds out his leg to take the message. Amy ties the piece of paper on Aleron's leg. MT opens the window and Aleron flies out.
"Oh hey look! There's a back to D's message!" MT exclaims and flips the paper over. "What's it say?" Amy asks and MT clears her throat.
P.S. Aurielle delivers messages to/from me. Aleron delivers messages to/from April. Azkiar delivers messages to/from Raph. And Aubrey delivers messages to/from Mikey and Leo. I'd like to have Adeen start training for you two, but since her wing is sprained, and she is young, I don't think we're going to get anywhere. Sincerely, Donatello
"Adeen's wing should be fine soon," Amy explains. "Anyway..." MT says and Adeen shoots to Amy's shoulder, squeaking excitedly, free of her bandage. "Wait, Adeen are you SURE your wing is okay?" Amy asks, raising an eyebrow. "She probably picked it off. Which means..." Adeen squeaks painfully on Amy's shoulder, proofing MT's theory. Amy sighs.
"Adeen, you have to be patient and let your wing rest..."
"She kinda reminds me of Leo in that way. She's so impatient for her wing to heal," MT inputs. Speaking of, Leo comes in at that moment. "Leo, could you come here? Adeen needs some advice," MT calls out. Leo comes over. "What about?" he asks, looking at them quizzically. "Adeen's wing is still broken. You had a broken leg, maybe you could give her some advice?" Amy explains. "Yeah, she keeps picking her bandages off," MT explains.
Leo smiles. Adeen, you can't rush this. The more you do, the longer it's gonna take. Trust me, I know," he tells her and winces, waiting for a negative response. Adeen nods. "Anyway, Adeen, you just have to wait," Amy says. Adeen Rhhs softly, and falls asleep on Amy's shoulder. They all look at her and MT giggles. "I think she only woke up because we were talking about her injury," MT replies with a smile. Amy giggles at that. "Probably."