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: Chapter 12:

"Drop your weapons or the pretty girl gets pulverized" one of the thugs behind me ordered. What a great way to end your day out in the City, being held at gunpoint like the world's worst criminal. Yet, I was being held by criminals so you can imagine the ironies evolving around this whole situation. At least they had the heart to call me pretty though, but I hope Don wasn't around to hear that or these goons were really ganna get the beating of their lives.

I held my hands above my head and slowly walked towards the crowd as demanded by the thugs. I knew I shouldn't have been as worried as I was, but for some reason I had a feeling that even though I was practically invincible, every living thing can die somehow and I'm sure a few rounds from those automatic handguns through my skull might do the trick. So I played nice, like the little sweetheart I was and did what the big, bad meanies told me to.

"I said drop your weapons!" The goon yelled again while the cop in front of me, who had a very handsome mustache by the way, slowly nodded his head and knelt down on the ground and dropped his pistol. He slowly stood back up with his hands in a defensive position at his chest.

"Let's take it easy now. Don't do something you're going to regret." The cop's voice sounded brave, despite the fact that my life was at stake. He either didn't care or was very good at his job. "Now what is it that you would like?"

"The two freaks that showed us up" The thug poked me in the back with what I'm guessing was the muzzle on his gun. "This chick was with them. So if they want her to live, they'll show themselves and they'll do it in the next 5 minutes." They giggled sinisterly, making chills run up my spine.

I had to weigh the options here. Raph and Don had good reasons to come to my rescue, and good reason to not. Would they risk their own identities just to save me? I knew Don would in a heartbeat, but for all I know, Raph could be standing between me, and my death. Sometimes though, a person is only as good as their thoughts. Maybe I'm overthinking this whole rescue thing. Leo and Splinter had been teaching me some defensive moves and maybe, just maybe, I could deal with these assholes myself. Imagine the look on Leo's face when I tell him I took out two, full grown street thugs on my own. Plus, to put the icing on the cake, I could show off my new moves to a mutant turtle in specific who I knew was keeping a close eye on me.

"Let's have a lesson shall we. Lesson 1" I tilted my body forward and swung my right leg behind me, knocking the gun that was poking me in the back, out of the fat thug's hands "element of surprise." "Lesson 2" I knelt down and swung my leg around the ground, knocking the goon's legs out from underneath him and sending him plummeting to the floor "agility."

"Lesson 3!" Suddenly, Donatello came shooting down from the sky and landed right on top of the last thug. He flipped and landed safely on the ground "messing with my girl." He looked at me and illuminated like a Christmas tree. "I mean, messing with Austria"

"You had it right the first time. Oh and for the record, I had this covered" I pointed to the scene.

"Oh, then you knew this guy…" he poked the body on the ground with his staff. "Had a gun pointed to your head and was ready to fire?" He grinned but then caught himself and smiled innocently. He held his Bo-Staff vertically and grasped it with both of his hands, using it as support while he just stood there and looked at the awe stricken crowd of people.

Cameras were flashing; more news's trucks were arriving, and the police force arrested the two thugs who were moaning on the ground. People broke out of the yellow tape and flooded around Donatello and me but mostly him considering the odds. They touched his arms and smiled up at him like a bunch of puppies. Yet he still stood there and smiled like this kind of attention was completely normal to him.

"Sir Sir! Please can I have your name?" A man held out a microphone to his mouth.

"I'm sorry, I can't tell you, but know something. New York City has a group of guardian angels and although you can't see us, we're here, and we always will be" He nodded his head, satisfied with his speech and then sheathed his staff. He proudly strolled over to me and put one arm behind my back, one under my legs, and then swept me off the ground. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed his cheek. His eyes widened and he smiled, showing his beautiful white teeth.

Don maneuvered around the crowd and ran into the alley way near the store. The crowd was behind us, screaming for answers and yelling out questions that all just sounded like a blur from here. He quickly jumped up the fire escape and landed on the roof before the mob even knew where we had gone. Above all the chaos, Raphael was waiting for us with his arms crossed and a tight grin on his face.

"Yah kick ass mutant girl I can give you that" He nodded his head in approval.

"Well, I did have some help" I smiled and patted Don's plastron as he carefully sat me down on the ground.

"TeeHee" He giggled. "Austria is the one who deserves all the credit. I had no idea you had a special skill for Ninjitsu."

"I don't. I have a skill for kicking bad guy booty!" I pumped my fist in the air and jumped up and down. This was a proud moment for me, if you couldn't already tell.

"I wouldn't be celebrating for too long. That mob was flashing photos like there was no tomorrow." Of course, Raph had to ruin the party by being legit. He was right though, and there was nothing we could do about it though so why worry.

"Well, hopefully Don's cute little speech will change their minds about how to head this event in the new paper." I stated.

"Cute? She thinks I'm cute" Don giggled again.

"She said yah speech was cute, moron." Raph playfully slapped his brother on the head. Like I said before, he's all too legit. Let poor Donnie have some fun.

"You're cute Don" I repeated.

"HA!" He pointed a finger in his brother's face and smiled triumphantly. Suddenly, dozens of helicopters flew overhead with huge spotlights, shining down on the scene below. A few made their way onto the roof and blew our cover and I guess when one shone on me, the blood from my gunshot wound drew Donnie's attention. He held his hands on my shoulders and began to look panicked but I simply smiled and told him I was alright. Just to ease his nerves, I pulled down the shoulder part of my shirt and showed him that there was no wound. The original entry point was a bit lower than I had thought and I suddenly noticed how his face had become as red as a tomato. He looked away and gave me a thumbs up.

"I'm still double checking when we get home"

"Sure you are" I gave him a tiny wink.

"I didn't mean…" He held his hand over his eyes and shook his head. I loved him to death but picking on him was just so much fun.

"You there! On the roof!" I loud voice boomed from overhead.

"Time to split!" Raph called the shots and urged us off the open roof and into the safety of the ally way. We carefully descended down and used the dark corridors to make our way to the nearest manhole. We pulled the lid off and prepared to evacuate this hell hole. No pun intended.

"Wait!" My head snapped to the left where a figure was standing just a few yards away from us. Once the light from the helicopter skimmed overhead, I saw it was the cop with the mustache who had tried to save my life back when I was being held by the thugs. Don and Raph drew their weapons but stayed in a relaxed position. The cop was alone and didn't pose any sudden threats.

"What do yah want?" Raph growled.

"I saw the girl was shot and wanted to give her medical help" He was kind and sincere but I still felt Don shift his weight behind me as the cop moved closer to us. He brought his staff across my body like a seatbelt. I thought maybe he was being a bit too over dramatic but this guy was a cop and sometimes they can be a bit unpredictable.

"We have it covered" Don said

"If you don't mind me asking…" He stopped moving once Raph took an offensive position. At this this guy got the message and slowly took a few steps back. "How are you not hurt?" He asked sounding bewildered.

"I uh…wasn't shot. This is that old guy's blood that I saved back there and…yeah" I smiled awkwardly.

"That man had no flesh wounds" The cop didn't sound…angry, he sounded understanding, like he already knew why I hadn't been injured.

"Your experiment 450063" He smiled but wouldn't be for long. Don and Raph jumped into action, the cop was pulled into the alley and pinned against the back wall by a purple masked turtle. He held his staff horizontally across the cops neck and suspended him a few feet in the air. "Please! I mean you no harm!" He struggled to break free as Raphael shoved Don out of the way used the tip of his Sai to trace the outline of the officers face. "Please…" his face started to turn blue, and then purple. "Let me explain!" but he wouldn't listen so of course, the woman had to interfere and make things right.

"Let's hear what he has to say!" I yelled. Don looked at me and raised a brow. He hesitated for a second but then pushed Raphael away so the man's legs were no longer dangling above the ground.

"If he tries anything…" Don frowned.

"I know I know" I turned to the officer and nodded "Go ahead."

"My name is Nathan Reese, and I was one of the scientists at the laboratory you were created in." He still looked afraid but stayed strong in his appearance. He lifted his head high when he spoke which probably set Raph on edge. "We thought you were killed years ago by your father who swore to destroy you for your own safety, but it looks like he didn't have the heart." He smiled at me brightly. I was started to get the liking for this guy. The mustache was probably helping too because it looked absolutely fabulous. "But when I saw you survived that gunshot wound I knew it was you. You walked out carrying that old man with a hole in your shoulder, then the next time I saw you, it had completely vanished."

"So am I ganna have to kill you, now that you know she's alive?" Raph grinned.

"No, because I volunteered to be experimented on once we started to test your ability to transport your powers into another human body." Nathan stated

"Wait. How is that possible? Only one subject survived and I read through all the papers." Don sheathed pulled his staff away from Raphael and released Nathan from his grasp.

"Yes, only one did survive." He nodded at Don who suddenly became interested in this person.

"So you must be the survivor! I have so many questions for you!" Don grabbed Nathan's hand and shook it in both of his. "What about you was different that made the transfer successful? Did it even work? Are you immune like Austria is?" He started exploding with all these questions that I couldn't even keep up with to tell you what they were.

"Austria? What does the lonely state in western Europe have anything to do with this?" Nathan chuckled

"No, her name is Austria" Don placed a hand behind my back and smiled.

"What a lovely name. Excuse me for calling you by your experiment number" He bowed his head. Its official, I love this guy. "As for all your questions, I would love to answer them"

"You can come back to our lair!"

"Don are you insane! We aint bringin this scum back to our lair. Let's not forget what happened last time we let someone down there!" Raph threw his arms in the air and growled.

"Relax Raphie! This guy knows what he's talking about, he even knew Austria's…" He stopped.

"Experiment number? It's ok to say it Don I won't be offended." I laughed but appreciated his kindness as he looked at me and smiled.

"Besides, I have so many questions that need to be answered! We could figure everything out, even down to what's up with the Purple Dragons!" He was just all too excited for anyone to say no to him. I think Raph liked that last part about the Dragons because he sighed and slowly approved.

"But first… Raph walked up to Nathan and held his hand out. "Weapons, pepper spray, receivers, whatever; you aint goin nowhere until it's all gone and out of your possession." Nathan, willingly, unhooked his belt, emptied his pockets and even took a small pistol from under the leg of his pants and handed them to the angry turtle. He threw them into a nearby dumpster and shut the lid.

"If you try anything at all…" Raph pulled out a Sai "I'll skewer you and serve you to the rats. And just to be sure…" He pulled off his bandana and tied it around Nathan's head so he couldn't see. "And remember, you're only coming down to give us information, then your outta here." Raph jumped down the manhole and helped lower Nathan into it. "If anything happens Donnie so help me God…"

"It'll be fine Raphie! Think about Austria"

"First of all, don't call me Raphie. Second of all, I aint thinkin about her any more than I have to" He disappeared below with the Officer.

"Thanks Raph. You sure do know how to make someone feel warm and fuzzy inside" I rolled my eyes and allowed Donnie to help me get underground (even though I didn't really need help *wink wink).

"So what's with you and saving me ass?" I asked him as we descended down the ladder. I heard him chuckle and couldn't help but laugh a bit myself. It was quite Ironic how he kept rescuing me so many times.

"I'm not very good at keeping you out of trouble I guess." He giggled and helped hop off the ladder once we reached the bottom.

"Maybe I get into trouble on purpose." I cupped his cheek in my hand. He placed his hand over mine and smiled lightly and looked like he was about to fall asleep. We never got much time alone expect for when Leo was…you know.

"Are you guys commin or what?" Raph yelled from somewhere down the sewers. See, no time alone and even when we do get a few seconds of peace, I can never fix my eyes off of his gaze long enough for us to kiss or even have one frickin hug for crying out loud! If he would stop being so adorable, we could actually get somewhere in life but no. God had to make him absolutely perfect and make my life a living hell.

Don took my hand off his face and awkwardly wrapped his three fingers in between my five and kissed them one by one. My stomach exploded with butterflies and must have sensed my uneasiness and simply smiled at me.

"Jumpy"

I lightly slapped his shoulder and started to walk down the sewers. "You would do the same thing if the love of your life actually made a move on you." Ow, my face hurt from all the intense smiling.

"Then for the record, you chose to walk away" He chuckled and ran up beside me and held my hand again. I stopped the little love train and faced him.

"If you…" I choked on my words once he started to innocently smile down at me. "Don't look at me like that" I turned around and kept walking.

"Why?" He giggled. "Afraid you'll like it?"

I stopped abruptly and jumped around to smack him but he laughed and cowered away. "Afraid I'll like what Donatello?" I'm glad it was dark down here so he couldn't see my extremely red cheeks.

"Nothing…OW!" I slapped him (Flirtatiously) and he grabbed my arms to prevent me from wailing on him again. "Why do you abuse me so much?!" We both feel down into the dirty sewer water from the struggle, laughing our asses off like a bunch of drunken hyenas.

"I wish I had my camera" I leaned my head on his plastron on shut my eyes.

"Why? So you can hit me with it?" He stroked the back of my head, soaking it with disgusting blah water.

"Yeah, so I can hit you with it." We giggled but the fun was rudely disturbed by the very pissed off Raphael who stomped over to us and held his hands across his chest.

"We were just coming" I smiled angelically. Behind him was Nathan who looked at us with a great curiosity.

"I thought maybe you two had something going just by observing the way this one protects you" He smiled. Don picked me up in his arms and stood up out of the water.

"I'm Donatello, for the record"

"Yes, and I'm Nathan and I think this is the start of a very good relationship Donatello."