Authors Note: Sorry for the long update, just started college and all. So I hope you forgive me and this is a somewhat filler chapter, but not really. Hope you like it. Read and Review. ON WITH THE STORY!
It was nearing midnight at the moment. It was July 16th, meaning that it was summer vacation, meaning my parents didn't expect me to be up until almost 11. It was the typical 12 year old life, for someone who is in the Foot anyway. Going from my bed to the door, I pressed my ear to the door to make sure that no one was up and sure be it, both my parents were either sound asleep or reading their book in their own room/den. I was grateful for that because when they are awake, they tend to come in and check up on me when they think I'm asleep. But, since their asleep, I put on some jeans and a sleeveless t-shirt since I have definition in my arms now. I then went out my window and went down the fire escape. My parents made the stupidest mistake when they put this fire escape when I was younger; it makes it easier for me to escape away to my true family. Once I was down in the alley, I started walking towards the hideaway at, I don't even know where, Tony never told me, only showed me how the hell to get there. Yes, I'm twelve and I swear, what are you going to do about it, shoot me?
I was about halfway there, when I decided that I would take a detour down into the sewers to try and get an understanding of where everything was at. Plus, my brother told me that taking the sewers were easier to take to the hideout because you don't get seen as easily and the cops aren't questioning why you are out so late. I was down there no more than five minutes when I heard distant, what sounded like, skateboarding coming from behind me. I quickly found a shadow to hide in for when whoever was skateboarding came past me. It was a good two minutes of waiting before they actually passed me and when they did, I accidentally let out a small gasp for what I saw was a giant turtle with a orange cloth wrapped around his eyes.
"Told you guys I wasn't kidding, I did tell you someone was down there with us. Oh yea." And he did his normal victory dance while everyone else rolled their eyes, even Splinter, which was surprising. I ignored it and continued on with the story.
I quickly clamped my hands over my mouth and went up against the wall, hoping that he doesn't see me or even heard me. Of course, the giant turtle stopped because obviously he had heard me. He turned around and started looking around to see where the sound was coming from. Praying to God, I hoped he wouldn't come near the shadow I was in. Thankfully, he stopped just before he came into the shadow. But then he did something I never thought he could do. He talked and said, "I could've sworn I heard something coming from over here. Better go tell the others that we're not the only ones down here tonight." With that, he had gone back to skateboarding and skated off. Once I knew for sure he was gone, I went into the light and was breathing slightly heavy. Man that was a close call. Next time I'm down here, I have to make sure that I avoid the giant walking, talking turtles. As I continued on thru the sewers I keep thinking that I had someone following me but I knew that there wasn't. I knew that because I had a really excellent sense of when someone is following me and when someone isn't.
I was coming close to where I had to get out of here when, this time, I heard multiple voices coming from behind me. Again, I quickly went into the shadows and stood there, knowing that they could pass me. And sure enough, they pass me up and stop roughly 15 feet away from me. I quickly recognized the one turtle from earlier, the one with the orange cloth. But this time, there were two more turtles with him. One with a red cloth tied around his eyed and sounded like he had a rough Brooklyn accent to him. The other one had a blue cloth around his eyes and he sounded like he was very smart.
From what I could hear, they were talking about strategies of finding whoever was down here with them, which was me, knocking me senseless and taking me to their leader. Oh boy. I am totally screwed if they find me. But, I'm pretty sure that I could take them. I'm not totally sure though. They stopped talking for a moment and looked over in my direction before they started conversing again. I backed up slowly before I hit something with my back and thankfully, it didn't make any noise whatsoever. As I turned around to see what I hit, I realized that it was the ladder I was looking for to get up to the surface and quickly climbed up it and re-surface to clean air. Well, the air is not that clean but it sure sounded good when I said it.
After I put the sewer cover on, I checked my surroundings to make sure that I was in the right place and sure enough, I was. I could see the hideout just across the semi-large lake. Man, I knew for sure that people notice that I'm late, because usually around this time, I'm playing pool with some of the guys, whooping all their asses. And yes, when I say guys, I mean actual guys. But anyway, I started walking to the bridge like structure that leads over to the island which holds the hideout. As I was crossing it, I realized that there was someone behind me, so I turned around me and saw that it was only Bill. I let out a breath and said, "I thought you were someone else man." Bill was my brothers friend and we're on good terms, but we ain't friends.
"Who'd you think I was anyway?" he said while coming up to me.
"I dunno, that's why I turned around dummy."
He laughed and said, "Why are you just getting here? You're usually here at least 20 minutes before I am. So what kept you?"
"I got lost in the sewer. No biggie." After that, we fell into a comfortable silence. When the fence came, we both went under like pro's and started dashing off towards the door. Just as we went thru the double doors, we heard the loud gong go off. Everyone knew the drill and went to the arena and knew that Master Splinter would be talking to us. With all the rustle and bustle getting there, I paid no attention to people who bumped or got shoved into me because I'm still young and yata yata. But then I felt someone grab my arm. I looked up to see that it was Tony. He looked at me and said, "Put this on. Hope it's the right size and I see you have your headband. Wear it."
After I put on the suit my brother motioned for me to follow him. I did as I was told and followed him. He led me to the actual floor of the arena. Wait, this meant that I was actually going to become a full fledge Foot. We went over to one side of the arena, stood there proudly, and waited for Master Shredder. Ten minutes later, he shows up and walked in all dramatic like. He stops in the middle of the floor, waiting for Tatsu to bring back his cape, revealing spikes on his shoulders. He then looks up at everyone, looking at them slowly before going to the next group. The Shredder then starts saying, "Today is a special day. Today, there is someone that gets the honor of becoming one of the highest part of us, a ninja. It is also special because this is not only the youngest, but the first female to receive this honor. This person is none other than Sam, sister of Tony." Tony nudged me to walk up to him, on the red carpet. What are the odds of me being able to walk on a red carpet.
Once I got to Master Shredder, I kneeled, took off my headband and waited. After about a minute, he put the face mask on. I then stood up, bowed, and went back to my spot. There, I put the headband on. Within a minute, he continued on saying, "Remember one thing, this is your family and I am your father. The outside world rejects you; they will never accept all of you for who you are." With that, he turned around and basically stormed off.
Once everyone knew he was gone, we all started talking and left to go back to the arcade. Just as I was almost there, I felt someone grab my shoulder. I turned around to only reveal my best friend, Kenny. I laughed and said, "Dude, what's up?"
"Nothing much. Good job on becoming a full fledge. No one and I mean no one as young as you have ever made it into the elites. Plus, you're a girl and that's amazing."
Kenny was 14 and was in the Foot a hell of a lot longer than I was, so I knew he was telling me the truth. I looked at him and said, "Thanks, and are you trying insult me cause if you are, you're doing a really bad job at it."
"Not trying to insult you, but seriously, let's go play some pool."
"Okay," I said as we went over to the tables. This is the game that always relaxed me and always will.
