When Miwa awoke again, she was surrounded by her four brothers in a hospital room. They all looked at her with concern in their eyes. She smiled weakly at them until she noticed that Michelangelo had a bandage on his arm. "What happened?"

Donatello cleared his throat and spoke up. "You had lost a lot of blood and you needed a donor. Because of our blood type being O-, that made it hard to find a donor. Michelangelo offered his type and we found that it was a match… as well as the rest of us. It's very rare that all of us would be the same type, in fact, almost impossible, but then…"

"We're an impossible bunch to begin with." Raphael shrugged as he interrupted the nerdy brother.

Miwa and Donatello smirked and nodded. Sometimes Raphael being blunt could stop whole speeches of Donatello's doubt. "Right." Donatello then turned his gaze back to Miwa. "How do you feel?"

Miwa was quiet for a while before replying. "I want father back… our father… and mother too. I miss them." Their mother, Teng-Shen had died of mysterious circumstances when they were two. Miwa clutched her knees while gently having her injured right arm over them. "I'm sorry." She was crying again.

Raphael made his way over to his sister and started stroking her back like she did for them when they were kids. She looked up at him with confusion in her deep brown eyes. "We miss them too, sis. There's nothing to be sorry about."

"Raph's right." Leonardo agreed. "You need some rest. We'll be right here if you need us though, alright?"

Miwa looked at all of them and gave a weak smile. "He'll come after you all if he finds you helping me… you all know this, but you're risking your lives to help me… thank you…" She fell back asleep after Raphael gently pushed her back onto the pillows.

"Mikey, stay in here with her, we need to talk to the adults." Leonardo's voice was somewhat shaky, but it wasn't from his sister's words. It was from her own courage. The fact that she had put up with so much pain over the years. It was startling and admirable. He didn't know if he could have handled it.

Michelangelo nodded and grabbed his nunchakus from his belt, having them ready as though someone would break in to dare and disturb his sister. "I've got her, bro. No one's messing with her while I'm here."

The elder three brothers smirked and nodded as they left one by one. Outside of the room, their guardians were all talking, including the Daimyo; Michelangelo's guardian. The three boys didn't know what to say. They had ran away from their homes the moment they heard that one of their own was in trouble. In all truth, they would have ran all the way if they had to, anything to get to their siblings, to their family.

April, Casey, and Usagi looked at their wards with concern. They had each explained who they were taking care of and the story of the children from their perspective. Usagi was the first to speak as it was evident that Leonardo was the leader of the group usually.

"Leonardo, is everything alright in there?"

Leonardo was shocked. He had thought that Usagi would scold him for leaving the house without permission in the middle of meditation hour. He had gotten the call on the Shell Cell, got up without regard for his sensei, and was already heading towards the door by the time he had understood what was going on. Usagi had heard his disbelief and anger. He had seen the usually calm blue-eyed boy jump onto what appeared to be a stranger's motorcycle when the other boy's helmet revealed himself to look like Leonardo. Usagi had seen Leonardo, who had never ridden a motorbike before, get onto the back of the red bike, strap on a red helmet that was usually used in the day time, and held onto the black armored boy as they raced away into the night to meet up with their sister and brothers. Leonardo had never done something so reckless before in Usagi's memory of the boy.

Leonardo cleared his throat and began talking slowly so he wouldn't accidently speed up too much in his fear and anxiety. "Miwa is resting, and Mikey's guarding her. In his current state, I'd say very few would be able to get past him, and fewer without him noticing. He's very upset and angry, something that is always a rarity for him." The other two boys nodded in agreement.

"But everyone's going to be okay?" Usagi pressed, determined to find out if the five of them were going to be fine.

Leonardo looked up at his sensei with his cold blue eyes. "I think so. We just need to figure out where Miwa will be staying after this… we can't send her back to that place… He'll kill her…" The steel in his voice was noticeable and shocked Casey and April. James was also there with the Daimyo. He didn't understand what had happened to his cousin or why these people were important to him. He only knew that as soon as they were fine, his cousin would be back to normal, and that was something he wanted to help with.

April and the other adults looked at each other and nodded. "We've already got that sorted out, Leo."

The boys looked up in fear. They were worried that they'd send Miwa far away from them, and her abusive father. "R…r…really? How?"

"Since I'm the only girl in the group, I'm taking her into my care. I've got an extra room next to Donatello's and you kids can all come to my place anytime you need to." The boys looked at her with shock and tears in their eyes. April grabbed the three boys in a hug, one that only Raphael struggled out of. "Don't worry. We'll take care of you guys and your sister."

"Promise?" Donatello's voice quivered. He always made her promise on important things because he knew that she always kept her promise.

April smiled. "I promise that we'll do everything we can to keep you five safe and sound, got it, Don?"

Donatello hugged the lady who was still slightly taller than him. "Got it. Thank you."