Anna spent the next couple of days in and out of sleep, only waking up long enough to use the bathroom and get a snack here and there. She'd called her job and straight up quit, not wanting to even risk being in that situation again. She refused to sleep by herself, moving into Mikey's room. Mikey had gotten scared that she had stopped breathing once or twice, only to poke her and hear her mumble incoherently. The girl was damn near dead to the world. The whole ordeal with Karai and those two men had exhausted her. Donnie had been convinced that she was in a coma until she randomly got up to get a snack and quickly got back into the bedroom. She barely spoke to anyone, even Mikey, which really had them worried. "Do you think she blames us?" Mikey wondered out loud. He did feel guilty about everything that happened, all four of them did.

Leo shook his head. "She's probably just trying to forget about it. It seemed like they were trying to violate her when we got there." They all seemed to cringe at the thought, especially Mikey. "I know she's having nightmares about it.. But she won't talk to me. " Mikey said with a sad sigh. Anna had woken him up a few times from whining and crying in her sleep. He'd simply pull her closer to him or start rubbing her back until she calmed down, but it broke his heart to see her in that state. "She'll talk about it once she's ready, Michelangelo. Give her time to heal." Splinter chimed in as he entered the living room.

Mikey sighed and nodded. "I know.. I just want her to be happy.." He'd tried a few different things to get her to at least smile for him, but it didn't have much effect. "I think she blames me." Splinter shook his head. "I'm sure that's not the case. You just need to give her time." There was a few minutes of scilence before they heard Anna wake up again. Mikey immediatly got up to check on her.

Anna was sitting up on his bed, still looking exhausted despite all the sleeping she'd been doing. She jumped when Mikey opened his door. "H-hey.. I was just checking on you, babe.. Do you need anything?" Anna looked up at him with a sad expression. "Do you really think that I blame you guys for what happened?" Mikey's eyes went wide. "Y-you heard all that?" She nodded. "I've been up for a while.. Mikey.. I dont blame you. I blame myself. I did something stupid by going outside the building before you said it was safe. I put myself in that situation. Not you." She got up and pulled him into a hug. "You didn't know that they were going to do that. Don't blame yourself." Mikey hugged her back, almost a bit too tight. He missed the affection. "But it is my fault that they started followin' you around." Anna shrugged. "I don't care! If I remember correctly, they were already after me just for knowing April. It's not anything you did... Just.. Please, stop taking the blame for something that you didn't do. You're not the one who tied me up and cut me. You didnt hit me... You.. You.. Didn't try to.." She trailed off and got quiet, burring her face against his chest, thankfully, not crying this time.

Mikey picked her up and sat on the bed with her in his lap. "Do you want to talk about it? I'm not gonna be mad at you, I promise, angel." Anna shrugged. "It's not worth talking about... You guys got there before anything too bad happened. Plus you beat the guy pretty good, so its not that big of a deal anymore." Mikey laid his chin on top of her head. "I know it was bad.. You had nightmares. You don't have to tell me if you don't wanna.. But I'm always gonna be here to listen, okay?" She smiled for the first time since coming home. "I know..."

It wasn't too long before Anna had started to slowly act like herself again. There where still certain things that would send her into a slight panic, but at least she wasn't keeping herslef locked in a different room all day. They guys were quick to figure out what did and didn't cause her to freak out and acted accordingly. She still didn't react too well to having anyone, aside from Mikey, touch her in certain ways, tending to get jumpy if somone tapped her on the shoulder or bumped into her suddenly. Splinter had managed to convince her to try meditation with him and Leo, which seemed to help a little more than she thought it would. She still had the nightmares, but Mikey was always laying next to her, ready to give her any comfort she needed.

Towards the end of the week April and Casey came down to the lair. "Sup, April?!" Mikey asked happily while cuddling Anna on the couch. April smiled. "I have a surprise for the four of you." Anna smirked, knowing full well that the guys were going to love it. "So I know this past week hasn't been great.. But since your birthday is this weekend, Anna and I got to planning something that I think you guys are gonna enjoy." "April, you know you don't have to get us anything.." Leo said with a smile.

April shook her head. "That's nonsense. You guys do a lot for everyone. We decided that you guys deserve a break, so were going on vacation!" Mikey immediately jumped up. "YES!" Once the girls had explained what was going on, the guys were on board with it, instantly going to pack up some of their stuff for the long weekend.

They headed out of town that night.