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Chapter 14

I wanted to scream but nothing came out. I saw the Krang's hand going for my shoulder again but I dodged it. Adrenaline was rushing through my body. I ran. But not towards the door. No, my first instinct was to run away from the door and into the back of the room. The Krang followed. I could hear the blood pounding in my ears as I tried to dodge the Krangs attack but that didn't work out so well. The Krang hit me so hard that I fell to the ground. As I hit the floor I felt a sharp pain in my leg and arm. But I was too freaked out to care. I quickly got back up and headed straight for the broken BO-staffs.

As I grabbed a BO-staff that only had a few chips in it but looked like it could break at any moment, that's when I ran towards the door. I only got a few steps out the doorway until the Krang was in front of me again. I didn't know how it could move so fast but somehow it did. Right now I could feel myself living in the moment. Without thinking I held up the staff and sung it as hard as I could. I whacked the Krang so hard over the head that it fell to the floor this time. I didn't stop after that. No, I kept hitting the Krang over and over again to make sure it wouldn't get up. Finally the pink brainy thing popped out and started screeching. Before I could hit it, the Krang ran away.

I stood there in disbelief. I was breathing heavily and I couldn't believe what I had just done. Before I could get my thoughts together I heard someone behind me. Who ever it was, they were leaning on my shoulder and once again I took the BO-staff and sung it around. I soon realized that it was just Mikey. But I couldn't stop myself before I realized it. I hit Mikey so hard that the staff broke in half. The piece that broke off went flying in the air and I let go of the other one. I covered my mouth with my hands. I couldn't believe that I just hit Mikey. I felt so bad.

" Ow!" he yelled.

" Oh my gosh Mikey! I'm so sorry! I-I thought you were another Krang bot. I didn't do it on purpose. I swear!" I cried.

"It's okay. It didn't hurt that much." he tried to convince me.

It didn't work. He was rubbing his arm. I still felt really bad even though he said it didn't hurt.

" Are you okay?" I asked sheepishly

" Yeah I'm fine. Don't worry." he persuaded.

" Okay. I just feel really bad. I was just so in the moment that I just thought you were a Krang." I explained again, just rambling on and on about whatever my mouth would let me say.

" Yeah I seen you fight the other Krang bot. You were really goo-" he paused and stared at my leg.

Puzzled, I looked down and saw blood streaming down my leg. It wasn't just a little stripe of blood, it was oozing out. My foot was drenched in blood. I didn't even feel it until now. Pain shot up and down my leg and arm. I looked at my arm and it was bleeding too. Not as much as my leg, but still, blood is blood. I looked back at Mikey. I gave him on again off again smiles. I didn't know why. Suddenly I felt light headed.

Mikey looked at me expectantly. Like he was waiting for me to say if I was okay or something. I opened my mouth about to say something but nothing came out and I felt myself flop backwards. My vision was blurry but I could still make out Mikey's concerned face. But then everything went dark.

When I woke up I was back in the new temporary lair. Mikey must of carried me back. I tried sitting up but I still felt dizzy and I went back down. There was a horrible ringing in my ear. Even with the ringing I still heard someone call my name. I turned my head to the left and saw Donnie sitting beside me mouthing my name. He had a book in his lap. After a few seconds my hearing went back to normal and I heard Donnie repeating my name...

" Taylor?"

" Yeah?" I replied weakly.

" You okay?"

" Yeah." I grunted while attempting to sit up again, " Yeah I'm fine."

I looked down at my leg. The blood was all cleaned up and I had a bandage around my thy. It wasn't a big bandage, just the little stripe of bandage that you see in movies. I also had one on my arm too. My right arm to be exact.

" What this for?" I asked pointing to my bandage then realize that it was a stupid question.

" Well you have this cut on you leg. So I wrapped it up." he responded.

" Why?" I asked absentmindedly.

" Well you had this huge piece of glass stuck in you leg and arm so I took it out and to stop the bleeding, I wrapped it up." he repeated.

" Oh." I laughed and glanced down at his red medical box, " Where did you get that?"

" Mikey carried you back in the old shopping cart you guys found and in it was my medical box."

I didn't respond to that. Instead that reminded me of Mikey. I looked around the room for him. I wanted to know if he was okay. I didn't see him. In fact I didn't see any of the turtles. Well, I did see Leo meditating with Splinter. But he wasn't sitting like you would when you normally meditate. His sore leg was sticking out to the side. But his other leg was folded inwards. But Raph and Mikey were missing.

" Where's Mikey and Raph?" I asked.

" They're back in the old lair collecting materials." Donnie explained.

I felt bad. They were out finishing the job that I didn't. Donnie must of saw that my facial expression change and he must of realize what I was feeling because his expression changed too.

" Oh don't worry. We were planing to go today anyway."

" Wait. How long was I out for?" I wondered.

" Just over night." he told me.

" Why didn't you go with them?"

As soon as I asked that question Donnie stiffened. His eyes glanced from side to side searching for an answer. Finally he responded...

" Um, well we take turns sitting beside you. Cause we didn't know when you were gonna get up. It was my turn so I stayed behind. Plus they only need two anyway."

There was something about the way he said it that I could tell it wasn't the entire truth. I could tell he wanted to desperately change the subject. So I asked..

" What book you reading?"

"Oh um. It's actually the book from your bag. I tripped over you bag and your book fell out. It looked kinda interesting so I began reading it." he replied sounding nervous. Perhaps worried that I would be mad. But I wasn't. I just gave him a side smile and a laugh. I knew he got my message because he gave me a smile in return. Showing all of his teeth, including his missing one.

" You should get some rest. You did lose a lot of blood." Donnie suggested.

" But I just woke up." I told him in confusion, still a bit woozy, I didn't know have the things I was saying.

" Technically, you just woke up from being passed out. There's a big difference between passed out and sleeping." Donnie explained.

" Okay." I whispered and gave up on this conversation, just now realizing how tired I was. I laid down in my moss bed and closed my eyes.

I woke up the next morning. I couldn't believe that I slept for an entire day. Donnie was still sitting beside me but he was laying down and he fell asleep with my book in his hands. I thought that was cute. I looked around. Mikey, Leo, Raph and Donnie were all still sleeping. The only person I didn't see sleeping was Splinter. I tried to get up and I did. Now don't get me wrong, it hurt like heck but I did it! Anyway the reason I got up was because I wanted to look for Splinter. I hope he didn't get taken again.

So I got up and started limping towards the entrance. Thinking that maybe he just went out for a walk.

Now I know how Leo feels. I thought to myself. I continued walking. Before I could even get to the door way I heard Master Splinter's wise voice.

" Taylor."

He made me jump. " Oh my gosh Master Splinter. Your scared me." I turned around to see Splinter sitting in the corner, meditating.

" Where are you going?"

" Oh, I was just going to peek out the door to see if you went for a walk or something." I explained to him.

" Come, sit."

"Um, okay." I said sounding puzzled. I didn't know why Master Splinter wanted to talk to me. But I didn't question him. I limped over to him and sat down. Unlike Leo I was able to cross my legs. It did hurt but once I crossed them, my leg felt fine.

" Taylor," Splinter began, " Michelangelo has informed me of how you fought off a Krang alone. Also Donatello told me how you got to the top of the TCRI building using only the machinery. That was a wise yet unwise move. If you didn't. I would probably still be stuck in the giant container. That impresses me."

" Yeah, but with the Krang. It was manly the adrenaline rushing through my body. Plus the machines were really high. It wasn't that hard." I tried to explain to him. But by his face I could tell he wasn't convinced.

" The machine climbing shows bravery and courage. Fighting off the Krang shows that you know how to think in the moment." Splinter argued.

" Master Splinter, not to be rude. But where are you going with all of this?" I wondered.

" Taylor, I want to train you as a Kunoichi."

" Huh?"

" A female ninja." Splinter let out a chuckle.

I felt my eyes go wide. I was speechless. I said the first thing I could think of.

" Like, right know?"

Splinter let out a friendly sigh. Like not a mean one but a sigh that signified he was happy.

" No, not right now. In a week or so. When you are healed."

" Oh."

" I'm warning you now. Training as a kunoichi will drain your energy. It will be the hardest thing you've ever done."

" yeah, yeah." I was still in shock. " I'll do it."I finally answered.

" What's going on?" Donnie's voice came from behind me.

" Donnie guess what?" I said while taking his hand. He offered it to me to help me up.

" What?"

" I'm gonna train as a kunoichi!" I said excitedly and a bit louder then I should have.

" Oh that's great!" he said and extended his arms. Instantly I reacted and hugged him back. That's just what my first reaction was. We backed away, both looking a little embarrassed. Donnie rubbed the back of his head.

" Yeah, and maybe we could train together sometime." when he said this, his eyes didn't meet mine.

Was this his way of asking me out? I thought to myself wishing that it was true. Nah, he's probably just being friendly.

" Yeah, definitely." I said. I must admit, I did try to be a little bit flirty but it didn't really work. After I failed, I limped over and sat on the couch.

" Hey. This is new." I realized as soon as I plopped myself onto the couch.

" Yeah, Mikey and Raph brought it back from the sewer." Donnie explained as he sat down beside me.

" Wait, there was an old couch in the sewers? How on earth did it get there?" I questioned.

" Don't know." Donnie shrugged, " I'm just glad that it did."

We stopped talking for a few moments. But I didn't want the conversation to die this quickly.

" I can't wait to start training as a ninja." I attempted small talk.

Donnie was about to say something but then his facial expression changed. It changed to depressed, like he just remembered something really sad. Donnie cleared his throat and responded.

" Yeah, it's really exciting. I remember when I started training as a ninja..."

I was still listening but just not as intensely as I normally do. I got distracted, well by him. Just the way he was talking and how his facial expressions changed, eyes opening and closing depending on the sentence.

Oh Donnie, if only you knew what your doing to me. I thought. It kills me every day waking up knowing that Donnie might not feel the same way I do. He drives me mad. Not in a bad way though. Just in a way where you just wish that he would say how he feels. If he only knew how I feel. Then I stopped to think. This is my chance.

Should I tell him? No I can't. Do I tell him I love him? He's right there. Just say it!

" Hey Donnie?"

"Yeah?"

" Umm, Never mind." ...Dang it!

Before we could talk anymore Mikey came and sat down beside Donnie.

" Hey guys!" Mikey cheerfully said.

" Hey Mikey," Donnie began, " Hey Taylor, tell Mikey the big news."

" Oh yeah. Mikey guess what! I'm gonna train as a kunoichi."

" Wow cool!" Mikey burst.

" What's going on?" Raph asked as he approached with Leo.

" Taylor is going to train as a kunoichi." Donnie explained before I could.

" Cool" Leo said

" Yeah, maybe you'll finally fit in." Raph teased as he sat down on the couch's arm rest.

I gave him an affectionate punch on the arm. He let of a huff and a little smile. It was silent for moment. I shifted. Sitting for so long made my leg be irritating.

" Are you okay?" Donnie asked in a hurry.

" Yeah, my leg just being stupid." I told him.

" I know how you feel." Leo joked.

" I think I'm gonna go for a little walk." I explained.

" Did you want someone to go with you?" Donnie wondered.

Mikey quickly jumped at the opportunity. " Oouu, I want to do it. Can I go with you. Please. Please. Please."

I let out a little laugh. Mikey was so cute, with his round head and little freckles.

" Sure." I glanced over at Donnie, I detected a little hint of disappointment in his eyes. He gave his head a little shake and that disappointment faded.

" Come on." Mikey urged.

" I'm coming." I reassured him as I took his hand to get up. I didn't have too put my arm over his shoulder like Leo did. My leg wasn't hurt that badly. I just limped next to him.

I was kinda happy that it was Mikey and I going for a walk. I didn't get a chance last time to try and get some information to see if Donnie liked me back. Out of anyone, Mikey would be the easiest one to ask. But I waited until we were out of our home and a little bit further then that even. I didn't want Donnie to hear anything.

" Hey Mikey, you'd tell me anything right?" I asked, thus started the conversation.

" Yeah, unless it's something like super personal. I guess it depends what it is." Mikey responded.

" Umm okay. And I can talk to you about anything?"

" Yes. Well not science-y smart stuff. You'd have to talk to Donnie about that."

" Actually, this is the one thing I can't talk to Donnie about." I mumbled to myself but I guess loud enough for Mikey to hear.

" Why not?" he asked.

" Well, you see Mikey." I began realizing this was a lot harder then I thought it would be, " I-I like Donnie."

I looked at Mikey. He didn't seem shocked or surprise at all.

" Well we all like Donnie." he said with the most innocent voice ever.

" No I mean like-like him." I tried explaining

It seemed to have worked because he stopped walking and looked at me.

" Please say something." I begged.

" You like-like him? Like love him?" he asked.

" Well I don't know about love," I lied, " It's just a little crush. I just really wanted to get if of my chest."

" Well, you came to the right turtle. I'm great with this stuff." Mikey comforted.

" Really?" I doubted.

" No. But I could be."

I didn't respond.

" It's the classic love story," he began, " Both turtle and girl love each other but don't know how to tell one other."

" Wait what?" I asked interrupting his little fairy tale. " Donnie likes me back?"

" Uh no." Mikey said looking like he revealed to much.

" You said, both turtle and girl love each other." I pointed out.

" No I didn't." he tried to cover up.

I looked at him.

" Okay I did. But you can't tell Donnie." he admitted .

" What? Why?" I wondered.

" Because. Well. It's something to do with his past. Doesn't like to talk about it. So please don't ask him about it." Mikey pleaded.

" Okay I won't." I replied to thrilled with joy to care, " Oh, this is amazing."

" What's amazing?"

" The love of my life," I began but got cut off.

" Ah! So you do love him." Mikey claimed.

" Okay, yes I do love him. But if I can't tell Donnie. Neither can you."

" I won't if you won't."

" okay so we have a deal?" I asked.

" Yup." Mikey said while spiting on his hand and putting it out to shake.

I shook it. I know it might be gross but I lived in the sewer for 5 days and not to mention I visited it about a thousand times before. So, nothing really grosses me out anymore. Mikey and I started walking back. I had a big smile on my face.

" So, does Donnie talk about me?" I asked.

" Hey! We agreed we wouldn't talk about this." Mikey complained.

" No. We agreed we wouldn't tell Donnie." I pointed out.

" Well okay!" Mikey agreed. He seemed just as excited as I was, " He did talk about you. But since your around more, he just does it when you not around. For example when you and Raph took Leo for a walk. He said stuff like... isn't she amazing.? Then I warn him about last time he..."

" He what? He what?" I interrupted him.

" Nothing. I can't say. He made me promise." Mikey explained.

" Aw, come on Mikey. I won't tell Donnie." I pleaded.

" Won't tell Donnie what?" Donnie voice came from in front of us. I hadn't realized that we walked all the way back already. Donnie was standing in the door way.

" Nothing." I said quickly.

Donnie glared at Mikey.

" Taylor. Could I speak with Mikey for a second?" Donnie asked calmly.

" Yeah sure." I said, limping away. Donnie and Mikey stepped out of the doorway and into the sewer out side of our home. I hid behind the doorway.

" What did you tell her?" Donnie whispered angrily.

" I can't say." Mikey whispered back.

" Mikey!"

" It's about your birthday." Mikey lied.

" My birthday is still 5 months away." Donnie pointed out.

" You can never be too early." Mikey replied back.

I leaned against the wall and let out a big sigh of joy as Donnie's and Mikey's bickering faded into the background. Then I thought to myself...

I love knowing Donnie likes me back.