It was late on a thursday, no sign of the sun. The tower was dark, except for one computer. Robin stared at the screen, and hung his head. What will I tell them? I can't let them know yet. I need something good to tell with the bad news.

Just then, Thessa walked out of her bedroom, wearing a light tank top and striped pajama shorts. She tried to sneak over to him, but a floorboard creaked. Robin turned around. "Couldn't sleep?" Thessa laughed, reminding her of the night before. "Got any more Ice cream Robin?"

"Well of course. How do you feel about mint chocolate chip?"

"Hm. Can't say I ever tried it. I was a prisoner and experiment of aliens for a while there, and then I lived in the sewers. Not a very good time to try new flavors of ice cream." She laughed. Thinking of the sewers reminded her of Leo, He'd become her best friend, and maybe a little more. He definitely had something for her, but did she feel the same way? He's a turtle, after all. Mikey became her little brother. She would miss him most of all. He knew how to make her laugh like no one else. Thessa pushed those thoughts aside and focused on the here, on the now. Robin sat down on the couch beside her, handing her a bowl of mint ice closed her eyes and took a bite. A cool, refreshing flavor met her tastebuds. She looked over at Robin. "This is amazing!"

"It's my absolute favorite by far. I remember trying it when I still worked..." He stopped talking and looked away.

"Still worked..."

"At the circus. With my family." Thessa smiled.

"I didn't know that you worked there."

"Barely anyone does. It was a really long time ago... And..." Thessa saw his down look.

"That's okay. Considering a circus, I'm guessing there was ice cream." Robin laughed.

"All kinds, of course. One of my smaller jobs was helping the ice cream guy test new flavors. His name was Paul. I remember that much. He was really kind to me, especially when my parents were busy practicing their act."

"That's really sweet."

"Yeah, It was my favorite part of the day. I've tried TONS of flavors."

"Ever tried… Pizza flavor?"

"What? No! That's kinda just plain weird."

"My um…. brothers…. had an obsession with pizza. One day, Mikey and Donnie were in the lab, Donnie was experimenting with ice, due to the recent development of Kanye's ice powers, and Mikey insisted on making ice cream. So they made pizza flavor ice cream. It was crazy nasty at first."

"At first?"

"Yeah, after a few bites it started tasting really good. I gotta hand it to the little guy, he knew how to make some crazy things, but some of them turned out pretty dang good."

"So what were your….. brothers… like?"

"Well, for starters, They're turtles. Well, mutant turtles. They're trained in ninjutsu, by Master Splinter, our sensei. He taught me a lot, but…. nevermind. He's a rat mutant. There's Leo and Raph, Donnie and Mikey. Leo's the leader. He's a lot like you in many ways. Raph has some anger management issues, but he uses that in combat. He's the best fighter I've ever seen, besides Splinter and…" She paused. "Donnie's our tech guy. He's so skilled in science and computer technology, he made our bikes and decoded alien technology for fun. Mikey's the youngest. He goofs off 96% of the time, but he's a great fighter and can make me laugh like no one else. He kinda became my little brother." She smiled. "That's my family that I remember."

"You paused a few times. What did you leave out?"

"huh?"

"After you talked about splinter."

"Oh. Well… I'm still a little confused on how everything went down, but for a few years there, I was…"

"It's okay Thessa. You can tell me anything." He looked at her and she looked away.

"My friends and I were trained by a villain, Master Shredder. He's ruthless and cruel. He gave us to the Kraang, those aliens, to make us into super soldiers. I'm slowly remembering parts of it. We lost our memory when the kraang shipped us back to earth. I'm just really looking forward to finding who my real family is. How's the search going anyway?"

oh crap. I can't lie to her, can I? Robin thought to himself. How do I get out of this?

"Nothing's turned up yet." he lied. "We'll keep looking until we find something, I promise."

"Oh thank you so much!" Thessa leaned over and hugged him. "It's been such a hard week, trying to get here, and find our past. You've been so good to us. I'm forever in your debt."

As she walked away, Robin felt something he'd suppressed for a long time. He pushed it aside with Starfire. She'd caused him so many mixed emotions, when they'd agreed to just be friends, his heart could rest. But with her, Thessa, it was stronger. There was something strange about her, something he liked.