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Happy New Year! Can't believe it's come around again! I hope you all had a good one!
Chapter Eleven
What I've Done
After Mona's mother and her brothers had gone, Mona sat on the bed and cried. Just sitting in her old room made her feel so homesick.
"Why did all this have to happen?" Mona sobbed "Why did I go to New York?"
She sat there for a while just crying hard until she felt the Woman in White's hand on her shoulder.
"Sometimes..." she said "Some things do happen for a reason."
"A reason?" asked Mona looking up "Was it made that I was taken away from my old life? And raped...and practically murdered?"
She stood up and looked around the room.
"My room stands here, an empty shell of what was..." she looked at her bed "The sheets have never been changed...the shelves have never been dusted...even my clothes that I wore before haven't been washed, it's as if they wish to preserve my smell..."
She then walked out of the bedroom and into the hallway, there were many pictures on the walls, all showing Mona's former life before she left for New York, pictures of her as a baby, as a child, with her brothers when she was a baby, and many other treasured moments caught on camera, all frozen in time.
She then walked down the stairs, back to the hallway downstairs.
It was there she saw her whole family gathered around the table, all sitting in silence, some with tears in their eyes.
She recognised her mother's sister and husband, and she also saw her father's unmarried brothers, her aunt and uncles along with her grandmother and grandfather from her father's side.
Jake and Callum were sitting near her mother, and her aunt was comforting her mother since Gina was still weepy and barely eating the marvellous spread that was before them, two types of bird, turkey and Goose, along with all the trimmings.
And at the table, there was an empty space with a pink dress draped over it, it was where she would have sat had she had seen Christmas with her family this year.
Before long, Caledon broke the silence.
"It's alright..." he said "Life is full of meetings and partings...and some loved ones of ours...have..." he paused as he looked up at everyone who looked back at him.
Caledon cleared his throat and looked down at his food.
"I'm sure we will never forget Monalisa...she wouldn't have wanted us to be sad for her...she'd want us to keep going...No matter what..."
He then lifted his glass.
"To Mona..." he said.
"To Mona..." everyone else said quietly before looking back their meal, no-one spoke, yet glanced at each other slightly as if waiting for someone to speak, yet they didn't and they sat in sorrowful silence whilst the one single chair lay empty and bare for the much missed guest.
Mona then looked across to her mother who was mouthing slightly, and she could just make out what she was saying.
"You're out there somewhere Monalisa...somewhere...and wherever you are...I hope I will see you again...and you'll find your way home...soon..."
Mona walked behind her mother, and as tears filled her eyes, she leaned forward and kissed her mother's cheek, yet she knew her mother couldn't feel her, she felt it was a small comfort.
She then felt a hand on her shoulder, and she looked behind her to see the Woman in White.
"I wouldn't want them to be hurting..." Mona whispered softly "I wish I could make it go away...but...I can't..."
"No..." said the woman in white "You can't...but it's not your fault...in time...they will heal...and they will never forget you...just as you will never forget them..."
Mona bowed her head and stepped back, watching as her family continued their meal in silence.
"But Mona..." the woman in white said "Sometimes you need to realise, that even though you were taken from one life, you have gained so much more...and there are people who love you, you are no longer alone..."
The woman in white lifted her hands, then the room began to change and glow brightly.
Mona shielded her eyes then when she opened them, she found herself in the turtles lair.
"Hey..." Mona said "I'm in the lair in New York..."
The woman in white nodded.
Mona looked around, the lair was empty, yet she could hear the sounds of the turtles rousing in the rooms to begin the day.
"You see Mona..." said the woman in white "Think about what you've done to those who love you...you've been a rock to them, an angel to them...a lover...a sister...and a friend! Everyone would be lost without you..."
Mona watched as she saw the turtles coming out of their respected rooms, all ready to begin the New Day.
"Their lives changed forever when you came." Said the woman in white "And so much happened since you arrived…even though you were torn from your old life, you were given a new chance in life, and to be happy again…"
Mona said nothing but watched as she looked at the turtles and Splinter going about their activities, Splinter was walking to the TV area to watch his soaps, Leonardo was doing his swordplay, Michelangelo went to read comic books, Donatello went to his table in the corner to tinker with a new gadget and Raphael went to his punch bag.
She then saw herself come out of her and Raphael's room and at once the turtles surrounded her, well Michelangelo and Donatello surrounded her.
Michelangelo was begging Mona to play a game with him followed by some skating, and Donatello was requesting Mona's help in a new gadget he was working on.
Mona chuckled as she saw herself get pounced on by the two younger turtles.
"They always liked to get my attention." She said "Especially Michelangelo, he loves having me to himself."
"That's because you always make time for him…" said the woman in white, if you weren't, poor Michelangelo would have no-one…well his brothers would play with him, but on their terms, you would happily give up what you were doing to give him attention."
Mona chuckled again.
"I suppose…" she said "He'd been running rings around the others!"
"And Donatello is glad to have someone enthusiastic to learn his craft, whether it be tinkering, or medical, especially when one is injured."
As she mentioned that last part she looked at Mona.
"Leonardo has a lot to be grateful for too, especially to you…"
Mona turned to the woman in white.
"You saved his life remember?" she said.
Mona soon remembered, and she saw as Leonardo was practising his sword play the scar on his stomach, and she remembered that if she hadn't injected him with the healing serum, he might never had made it.
"And think of your beloved Raphael..." said the Woman in White "Think of how happy he has been in so long, yes he is still a hothead, but so in love with you..."
Mona looked at Raphael as he placed his arm around her and nuzzled her.
"And Splinter..." said the woman in white "He loves having you around, to him you're like the daughter he never had, as well as April, he has another woman to train as a ninja, even though you already knew the art of Kung Fu."
Mona smiled proudly.
"You have always been a strong girl." Said the woman in white "Stronger than most people, and as a certain Gecko Girl said, you're stronger than most, some would never have gone through what you did...You have rare courage, almost like a diamond..."
Mona looked at her new family and she began to think clearly, she soon began to realise just how much she had changed the turtles lives, and how much they loved her, she her stomach tingled as she thought how devastated she would be if she lost them.
The scene then changed and she saw herself with Tyroth and Sephie, she saw herself saving Tyroth from drowning after he saved her life from Bandits in Skyrim, she saw herself teaching Sephie the ways of her Kung Fu, and then she saw herself helping the Chicago Knights along with the turtles, training the Knights in ways of fighting.
"Wow..." she said "Such darkness in my mind...but I never realised just how wonderful everything was...right in front of me..."
The Woman in White smiled.
"You see..." she said "You have such a wonderful life...and you've made an impact on a lot of people! Even those who don't know you..."
She then showed Mona times of her fighting in New York in her lost vigilante days fighting the Purple Dragons and other criminals, then with the turtles fighting the Foot and other enemies they encountered, then joining Tyroth and Sephie and the Chicago Knights, whether they were fighting in Skyrim, or in Chicago.
"You may not be with your family Mona..." said the woman in white, "But you have memories, and you will never forget them, no matter what...and they will never forget you...and maybe you could hold onto the hope that you may see them again, even if it is just a dream, hope is very strong...and as long as you have it in your heart...you'll be alright..."
Mona looked back at the woman in white, and then suddenly she noticed she began to age slightly, her dark hair turned grey and her face wrinkled.
Mona was shocked, but then she soon recognised the woman in front of her.
"G...Grandma?" she whispered.
The old woman smiled.
"Hey there sweetie!" she said.
"Grandma!" Mona cried, running over and hugging her tightly "Oh my gosh!"
Mona's grandmother hugged her close and kissed her head.
"I've missed you so much nana!" Mona sobbed "I remember feeling so lost when you died..."
"I've missed you too honey..." said Mona's grandmother "But I promised you I'd be your angel, and your guiding light whenever you were in a dark place...even if you couldn't see me, I was there when you were lost in New York as a new mutant...I knew you could be strong, but even the strongest of warriors need someone to watch over them..."
Mona smiled as she looked up at her grandmother.
"And I saw again you needed some guidance," her grandmother said "And I believe you have found your way again."
Mona nodded.
"I have..." she said "Thank you nana..."
"And now...it's time to wake up darling..." said Mona's grandmother "Your friends and family are waiting for you..."
"Nana..." Mona said "Wait...I just..."
"Shhh..." said Mona's grandmother "Everything will be alright...I'll always be with you...and watching over you..."
She then placed her lips on Mona's forehead, then Mona felt herself floating and then she started to hear voices in her ear.
"Mona...Mona...Mona! Can you hear me! Wake up! Wake up! Can you hear me..."
So the Guardian Angel was Mona's grandmother! Doubt you saw that coming!
Hope you enjoyed it! xxxx
Once again Happy New Year! xxxx