The Turtles, Splinter, and Ashton sat around the table eating
breakfast.
Leo couldn't help but look over at what Ashton was eating; a raw piece of beef. "She doesn't even use utensils." he thought.
Ashton noticed him looking over, and looked over at him. "What? Don't think that those stale Fruit Loops you're eating are any more appetizing than a good chunk of raw meat."
"At least my food was never an animal." said Leo.
"Be glad I didn't decide to eat you." said Ashton, swallowing a piece of meat.
"You couldn't anyway, I have a shell, a strong shell." said Leo proudly.
"No matter, I've eaten tortoise by a pond before." said Ashton.
The entire table grew silent, dropped their utensils and looked at Ashton, fear frozen in their eyes.
"Oh come on, there was nothing else to eat. If its any consolation, it tasted horrible." said Ashton, then she sunk her sharp canines back into the meat in front of her.
"Uh Master, do you think she's safe to be around?" asked Leo.
Splinter thought for a moment. "She presents no harm. Do not worry yourselves." he said, returning to his breakfast.
Venus nodded in agreement, then slowly went back to eating.
Later on, after breakfast, Ashton washed her face off with tap water from the sink. Then she sat down on the center table, took out her nails and began combing her hair.
Donny sat near Ashton with a notebook and pen. He periodically wrote things down as he looked at her.
Ashton hadn't even noticed him as she blissfully combed her hair. After a while, she stopped combing, and her nails retracted. She looked over at Donny.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
Donny was a bit startled, he didn't know she noticed him. "Oh, nothing." he said, then quickly jotted something else down.
Ashton looked at his notebook and how he wrote in it while watching her.
He reminds me of those scientists. What is there to watch? Why can't I just live in peace without being stared at like I'm some kind of freak?!
Ashton grew angry. "Stop it!" she yelled.
Donny looked up, startled.
The others in the room looked at her.
"You remind me of those scientists! I thought I got away from types like those, just stop watching me!" shouted Ashton as she stood up. She snatched Donny's notebook and began ferociously tearing it to shreds with her nails. Then she dropped it on the ground, and began walking towards the exit of the lair.
"Where are you going? Its not safe out there. Its daytime." said Leo.
Ashton stopped and stood near the exit, trembling from anger.
"Ashton?" called Venus.
Ashton stood very quietly for a moment, then she looked to the side of her, and suddenly sprang up from where she was standing, and up to the top of one of the subway cars.
Everyone was startled.
Donny began reaching for another notebook.
"Donatello!" said Master Splinter.
Donny looked over at him.
"Stop reaching for that notebook, now." said Splinter firmly.
Donny quickly did so.
"Man, now look what you've done. You got her all mad and what not." said Mikey.
Venus walked by Donny. "Seems science creates more problems than it solves." she said coolly.
Donny just sat there and sighed. "What a lot of trouble over some simple observing."
"How would you feel if someone observed you?! How would you feel if you grew up being observed, and tested, and locked away in some plastic prison? Would you want to be observed some more?!" hissed Ashton as her eyes narrowed almost to slits.
Donny moved away from the area Ashton was in. "I'm sorry, its just that I've never seen a hybrid, only mutants and humans."
"Well now you've seen a hybrid okay?!" exclaimed Ashton.
No one said anything, they just looked at her.
She turned away from them, breathing hard, and uttering a low growl. "I need to get out of here. I need to be free." Then she turned to them. "Do you know how bad it stinks down here?! Its disgusting! I can't stand this, its like being in confinement in that laboratory all over again."
(I feel like I'm going crazy, I can't stand it in here, I wanna leave so badly. I need those tall trees, that beautiful river . . . I can't stand this filth!)
"Well we can't go out until 7pm, its only 12pm now." said Leo.
Ashton hung her head down and clasped her hands over it. "Pantera preta com alma torturada. Pantera preta com alma torturada . . ." she muttered.
"What's she saying?" asked Raph.
Splinter listened. "Its Portuguese. I don't know what it means though, but she is upset. We must leave her alone until much later."
Mikey looked up at her and sighed, then shook his head and walked over to the couch.
In his daytime hideout, Bonesteel paced about his room. He stopped and stared at the cage that Ashton was in just the night before, then he continued pacing some more.
"Those stupid Turtles. I was set for LIFE with that kid!" exclaimed Bonesteel.
He then looked out of the window, and saw Central Park down the street. He thought for a moment, then grinned. "Those freaks always go to that park sometime during the week, and that kid has gotta be with them." Bonesteel walked over to a wall where he kept all of his arsenal and picked up a vial of tranquilizer fluid. "I'll have that kid back in her cage soon enough." he said while looking at the vial with an evil grin.
Leo couldn't help but look over at what Ashton was eating; a raw piece of beef. "She doesn't even use utensils." he thought.
Ashton noticed him looking over, and looked over at him. "What? Don't think that those stale Fruit Loops you're eating are any more appetizing than a good chunk of raw meat."
"At least my food was never an animal." said Leo.
"Be glad I didn't decide to eat you." said Ashton, swallowing a piece of meat.
"You couldn't anyway, I have a shell, a strong shell." said Leo proudly.
"No matter, I've eaten tortoise by a pond before." said Ashton.
The entire table grew silent, dropped their utensils and looked at Ashton, fear frozen in their eyes.
"Oh come on, there was nothing else to eat. If its any consolation, it tasted horrible." said Ashton, then she sunk her sharp canines back into the meat in front of her.
"Uh Master, do you think she's safe to be around?" asked Leo.
Splinter thought for a moment. "She presents no harm. Do not worry yourselves." he said, returning to his breakfast.
Venus nodded in agreement, then slowly went back to eating.
Later on, after breakfast, Ashton washed her face off with tap water from the sink. Then she sat down on the center table, took out her nails and began combing her hair.
Donny sat near Ashton with a notebook and pen. He periodically wrote things down as he looked at her.
Ashton hadn't even noticed him as she blissfully combed her hair. After a while, she stopped combing, and her nails retracted. She looked over at Donny.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
Donny was a bit startled, he didn't know she noticed him. "Oh, nothing." he said, then quickly jotted something else down.
Ashton looked at his notebook and how he wrote in it while watching her.
He reminds me of those scientists. What is there to watch? Why can't I just live in peace without being stared at like I'm some kind of freak?!
Ashton grew angry. "Stop it!" she yelled.
Donny looked up, startled.
The others in the room looked at her.
"You remind me of those scientists! I thought I got away from types like those, just stop watching me!" shouted Ashton as she stood up. She snatched Donny's notebook and began ferociously tearing it to shreds with her nails. Then she dropped it on the ground, and began walking towards the exit of the lair.
"Where are you going? Its not safe out there. Its daytime." said Leo.
Ashton stopped and stood near the exit, trembling from anger.
"Ashton?" called Venus.
Ashton stood very quietly for a moment, then she looked to the side of her, and suddenly sprang up from where she was standing, and up to the top of one of the subway cars.
Everyone was startled.
Donny began reaching for another notebook.
"Donatello!" said Master Splinter.
Donny looked over at him.
"Stop reaching for that notebook, now." said Splinter firmly.
Donny quickly did so.
"Man, now look what you've done. You got her all mad and what not." said Mikey.
Venus walked by Donny. "Seems science creates more problems than it solves." she said coolly.
Donny just sat there and sighed. "What a lot of trouble over some simple observing."
"How would you feel if someone observed you?! How would you feel if you grew up being observed, and tested, and locked away in some plastic prison? Would you want to be observed some more?!" hissed Ashton as her eyes narrowed almost to slits.
Donny moved away from the area Ashton was in. "I'm sorry, its just that I've never seen a hybrid, only mutants and humans."
"Well now you've seen a hybrid okay?!" exclaimed Ashton.
No one said anything, they just looked at her.
She turned away from them, breathing hard, and uttering a low growl. "I need to get out of here. I need to be free." Then she turned to them. "Do you know how bad it stinks down here?! Its disgusting! I can't stand this, its like being in confinement in that laboratory all over again."
(I feel like I'm going crazy, I can't stand it in here, I wanna leave so badly. I need those tall trees, that beautiful river . . . I can't stand this filth!)
"Well we can't go out until 7pm, its only 12pm now." said Leo.
Ashton hung her head down and clasped her hands over it. "Pantera preta com alma torturada. Pantera preta com alma torturada . . ." she muttered.
"What's she saying?" asked Raph.
Splinter listened. "Its Portuguese. I don't know what it means though, but she is upset. We must leave her alone until much later."
Mikey looked up at her and sighed, then shook his head and walked over to the couch.
In his daytime hideout, Bonesteel paced about his room. He stopped and stared at the cage that Ashton was in just the night before, then he continued pacing some more.
"Those stupid Turtles. I was set for LIFE with that kid!" exclaimed Bonesteel.
He then looked out of the window, and saw Central Park down the street. He thought for a moment, then grinned. "Those freaks always go to that park sometime during the week, and that kid has gotta be with them." Bonesteel walked over to a wall where he kept all of his arsenal and picked up a vial of tranquilizer fluid. "I'll have that kid back in her cage soon enough." he said while looking at the vial with an evil grin.