Chapter 14 April's Visit

So what do you think so far? How do you think Brit is healing? Do you think the fbi should give her her brother back or should the turtles go get him?

April came to visit Brittany in particular to see how everything went between Brittany and Master Splinter. She is hoping for good news as she has been working very hard on the steps for Brittany to get her brother back legally. For this to happen she also brought an address change for Brittany so it can be filled out to April's current address.

April is currently walking in the sewers to towards the turtles' den. She keeps wondering when something is going to change Brittany's luck and her outward natural reaction to not be trusting anyone in her life with the exception of Raphael.

April just reaches the den and inputs the correct pass code to allow her into the den. As she walks into the den she comes short to the sight that bewilders her. Mikey has two pies in his hands waiting in the kitchen for someone as it seems.

Meanwhile, Raph is walking into the kitchen from just being asked by Brittany to get her something to drink. As Raph approaches the corner to the kitchen Mikey has one pie with his arm extended back ready to unleash his weapon upon Raph. Mikey smashes one pie into Raph's face.

"Mikey you chucklehead I am going to kill you!" Raph replies angrily.

Brittany is laughing hysterically from the doorway. Raph looks over at her questionably. He is not sure as to how she could have known unless Mikey involved her.

Raph turns on Mikey this time. "Did you involve her in this prank!" Mikey just nods and backs up just in time for Raphs fist to hit nothing but air while he is laughing along with Brittany. While Raph and Mikey are circling around in the kitchen, Brittany grabs the second pie that Mikey had put down right in front of her. As Raph makes his way by Brittany after Mikey she throws the pie into Raph's face. Raph is surprised beyond belief. Raph grabs a towel and wipes his face off as he hears the most magical sound to his ears of Brittany actually laughing. Raph walks over to the sink with a cocky grin on his face. He grabs the spiket and sprays Brittany with water over her face. Donny, Leo, and Master Splinter walked to Raph squirting Brittany with the spiket. Everyone was enjoying the sight of Brittany laughing hysterically with Raph and Mikey.

After everything had settled down April glances at Brittany to notice that she seems more content and happy. April looks at Master Splinter and sees that he has the twinkle in his eye that gives April the message to follow as he heads to the kitchen. April follows Master Splinter and accompanies him to his meditating room that is attached to the kitchen.

"April I talked to Brittany earlier. It went very well in my opinion. I see a new resolved sense of who she is now. She seems to of had a new heart in her as a result of the talk we had. It was very productive. I believe she has a new fond spirit in her and will now open up to more of us. I think in reality that I knocked some sense into her today," Master Splinter replies happily.

"Well it seems you had everything in control today," April replies teasingly. "I have everything in order on my end and if we could continue this conversation with everyone else so that I do not have to repeat myself several times with the rest of our family."

"Very well. Let's get everyone gathered up in the kitchen as afterwards I imagine you and Brittany will have some work to do," Master Splinter replies decisively.

"My sons and Brittany please join us in the kitchen!" Master Splinter replies eagerly.

As everyone joined Master Splinter and April in the kitchen they were met with eyes full of confusion and worried. No one knew exactly what to expect when they were all called into the kitchen for a family meeting. Everyone seemed skeptical as if they are in some kind of trouble.

"So I called you all into here to talk about our current situation with Brittany so that everyone can be informed at one time," Master Splinter replies.

"So I've been doing some research as to how you can get your brother, Ben, back. I found out that you probably can but you will have to switch your address to mine and make it look like you stay there at the very least if nothing else," April replies as she is looking directly at Brittany.

"Ok I can do that but I don't have many things and I'm kind of uncomfortable going up top still," Brittany replies warily.

"Ok so I filled out my address on this form and you got to do is fill out your previous address and sign it," April replies as she hands Brittany the form.

"Ok. So what do I got to do to get my baby brother back?"

"I got some paperwork from the FBI. It is very complicated to fill out and I thought the best turtle to help fill this out would be Donny. What do you say Donny is you up for the challenge?" April replied jokingly as she hands Donny the paperwork which consists of about 20 pages.

Donny is eagerly looking through the pages of the paperwork. He is skimming some of the pages to see how complicated this process is going to take. "Yes, it can be done. Basically, as far as I can tell, all they are trying to tell is what your true intentions are in regards for your brother."

By now Brittany is so excited that her eyes are glowing with pride as she is thinking about getting her baby brother back. She just never considered that it would be possible. "Well what are we waiting for Donny the sooner the better?" Brittany has so much energy put into that one sentence that everyone just looks bewildered at her new attitude adjustment.

"Well shell if you put it that way. I guess we can get started right away. Let me just go get a pen and some peace of quiet would be nice too," Donny replies as he eyes Mikey and winks to let him know he is just joking.

Everyone except for Donny and Brittany cleared out of the room. By the end of it, it had taken a total of three hours during which Mikey had cooked up lasagna and garlic bread for everyone. "Donny thank you for all your help. It really means a lot to me. I may not be used to others helping me but I really appreciative of everything not just with the paperwork. I don't know where I would be if Raph hadn't of found me that night. I could be dead or worse still in the hands of my ex-husband. It still kind a sounds funny saying that but it is to help me heal by starting to say it out loud."

"Well let's go give this stack of papers so she can hand it in tomorrow. They will give her a date and time in which you will have to meet up at the FBI. I'm not even sure which one you will have to meet at but you can expect to be questioned thoroughly," Donny replies as he heads to the living room and hands the paperwork to April.

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