Faith sulked in the Shell Raiser. "I wanted to help fight. Why doesn't Kain let me do things that I want? Why didn't Donnie let me go? Why do people never understand me?" She muttered questions to herself, half-wishing that there was someone to answer them.
After what seemed like ages of sitting in her seat, Kain finally came into the vehicle.
"Guess who is back…" he said, though he did not sound very happy about it.
"What happened?" Faith asked, standing up quickly and racing over to her brother. When he did not answer, Faith grew frustrated. "Kain! What happened?"
"Guys, be quiet and move out of the way."
"Leo?" Faith asked, standing on her tiptoes and trying to see over Kain's shoulder. After a moment, she moved out of the way, and so did Kain. Faith gasped and held her hand up to her mouth once the brothers entered the van.
Leonardo and Donatello were helping to carry a very injured Raphael. Michelangelo was trailing behind, looking crestfallen.
"What happened?" Faith asked once again.
"Your friend, Lilly... She was in the Foot and she captured me, hoping that you guys would come and help. You did, like she expected, and when Raph was fighting her, she stabbed him with her Katana," Leo explained quickly as he set his injured brother into his seat.
"Lilly did this?" Faith asked as she stepped towards Raph and looked at his wound. He was bleeding heavily.
"Yes," Donnie said as he headed to his seat in the Shell Raiser. Everyone hurriedly took their seats—Leo took the wheel, Mikey took the back, Kain sat in Faith's prior seat, and Faith sat next to Raph.
After the fast drive back to the lair, Leo and Donnie helped take Raph in while Faith, Mikey, and Kain hurried after them.
"Sensei, help!" Faith called as she raced through the turnstile.
Master Splinter rushed out of his room and looked at Raph. "Set him down. Get some bandages, quickly," he instructed.
Leo and Donnie set Raph on the couch as Mikey bolted away to grab some bandages. He raced back into the room and quickly handed them to Splinter, who bent down and hurriedly began to patch up Raphael's wound tightly.
"He should be alright, now," Splinter said, keeping an eye on his son.
Everyone held their breath as they stared intently at Raphael.
Soon enough, Raph stirred and made a grumbling noise.
"Raph!" Mikey and Faith shouted in unison.
"Wha—what happened?" he asked, looking dazedly around the room.
"Lilly stabbed you!" Mikey said, dramatically.
"Are you alright?" Faith asked, anxiously.
"I'm fine…"
"We thought for a minute that we might lose you," she continued, smiling mischievously and tapping her chin.
Of course, she had not really believed that for a moment. The thought had never even occurred to her.
Leo shot Faith a look and said, "No we didn't, Raph. Faith, stop messing with him."
"But, it's fun…" Faith protested.
Master Splinter smiled and said, "How about you all get something to eat? You must be hungry."
"Pizza!" Mikey shouted, racing out of the room and into the kitchen.
He came back after a moment with a box of pizza. He opened it and everyone dug in, beginning wolfing down their slices. For the first time in Faith's life, she felt as though she actually had a real family.