~ Lenni put me in such a great mood, before going to bed that I decided to go a head and post my new chapter. The Opera Singer will be updated soon, probably tomorrow night.
"Hey, who is that?" Donatello asked. Mary stood there, clutching her bag looking around.
"I did it," Mary quietly said. "I actually did it. She looked at Donatello and walked towards him. "You're Donatello."
"Donnie," Nancy said. "This is my best friend Mary that I told you about." Mary went out into the living room and every one heard her scream.
"RAPHAEL!"
"Ahh, what the," Raphael could be heard yelling. "Who are, get off of me." From the lab everyone rushed in and saw Mary climbing all over Raphael. Nancy laughed silently as Donatello and Michelangelo lifted Mary off of Raphael. He got up and ran behind Nancy intending on using her as a shield. Mary just sat on the couch, amusing herself with the sai he left there.
"Hey, put that down," Raphael said from behind Nancy.
"Come here and make me," Mary replied to him. Master Splinter came into the room and looked around.
"What is all the screaming about?" Master Splinter asked. Mary got up and went over to Master Splinter. Everyone held their breath. Mary stopped in front of him, put her hands together and bowed. Master Splinter smiled and slightly bowed back.
"Oh, she's a minx," Raphael commented. "Look at how she's getting all friendly with Master Splinter."
"Yeah, but you gotta admit she's cute," Nancy said to Raphael.
"Yeah, but, hey," Raphael stopped what he was about to say. "Don't distract me." Nancy laughed. Master Splinter called Leonardo in. He gave Nancy a hug when he saw her and everyone sat down. Nancy gave introductions of who Mary was and how she wanted to go with Nancy.
"Oh and I have another thing to share," Nancy said. She went and grabbed her bag out of Donatello's lab and pulled out the picture of the ultrasound. "Here," Nancy said handing it to Michelangelo, "Is our baby." Everyone gathered around to see as Nancy pointed out the toes and the hands.
"It looks like there is no shell," Donatello commented.
"No we can't tell if there is or isn't. We'll have to wait until the baby is born to find out." Nancy said. That first night, Mary and Nancy spent the night in Nancy's room. In the morning, Nancy called her boss and found out that Master Splinter had called for her, telling him that she found that she was pregnant and was ill.
"Yes, sir," Nancy said into the phone. "But I can return to work today. Okay I'll see you in a few, bye."
Mary watched Nancy leave and turned to look around. She wasn't really too sure about what to do. Michelangelo had left to go skateboarding, Leonardo was reading a book and Donatello was in his lab. That left Raphael who was sitting on the couch watching TV. Mary walked over to him and sat down next to him.
"You feeling okay," Raphael asked Mary. "I thought you were the type to bounce all the time." Mary smiled and sat back, but didn't say anything. Unlike Nancy's brown hair, Mary's was stark black and had an olive complexion. Normally Mary wore loose clothes, unlike Nancy's whose was more form fitting. Raphael was confused by this girl, her actions and her moods seemed to shift.
"So what did you do back home?" Raphael asked trying to make small talk.
"Nothing," Mary said. "I had a job but I never cared for it. Maybe Nancy and I can get an apartment if I start working." Raphael laughed.
"I don't think Nancy will ever move out of here." Raphael said.
"Raph? I can call you Raph right?" Mary asked. Raphael nodded amused. "I want to go explore, but don't know the way…" Mary let the sentence hang.
"Would you like me to take you out?" Excited Mary nodded yes and started to bounce up and down. "Okay, easy now," Raphael laughed. "First we need to get you a leash." Mary pretended to be shocked and playfully hit Raphael on the arm. Going to the surface Raphael pointed out a few sites and were walking around Central Park when Raphael went still. Grabbing Mary Raphael ducked behind a tree and looked around it.
"What's going…?" Raphael shushed Mary and pointed past the trees. Shredder was in the park talking to a group of teenagers. In a few minutes they broke up and went separate ways. Raphael and Mary rushed back to the lair with news of what they saw.
"Master Splinter," Raphael went to him. "I just saw Shredder in the park, talking to a bunch of kids. Looks like he's planning something." Master Splinter nodded and sent Raphael to get his brothers.
A month goes by, Nancy is now almost six months pregnant. Her stomach was starting to show no matter what clothes she wore. At work her boss offered to give her a lighter load, but Nancy insisted that she continue work as before. She was thankful that she still had a job. Nancy knew about the sighting of Shredder but since then, no one has heard or seen anything new of him. It did seem that more gangs were getting rallied up together. Just clocking off, Michelangelo was there to walk Nancy home. This far along, he didn't want her by herself. They were passing by an all night grocer when Nancy stopped Michelangelo.
"I want to get some food," Nancy said pulling him inside. At the counters, she looked through, she handed Michelangelo pickles, peanut butter, sardines, banana's and soda.
"What are you going to do with all this?" Michelangelo asked.
"Make a sandwich," Nancy replied. Michelangelo blanched, wishing he didn't ask He ate what his brothers would consider weird food, but it seems that Nancy is trying to out do him these days. Heading to the counter, they heard a man yell to the cashier.
"Give me all the money, quick." Hiding Nancy behind an aisle, Michelangelo went up to the guy robbing the store. He noted the gun in hand and whipped out a nunchukus knocking the gun away. When they robber turned to face him, Michelangelo realized his outfit was similar to the outfit worn by the foot. Not missing a beat, Michelangelo knocked him down, grabbed hosiery by the aisle and tied the guy up. The man behind the counter thanked Michelangelo and told him he could take his grocery's home free.
"Hey Nanc, did you hear that?" Michelangelo turned around. Nancy didn't answer. He walked back to the aisle where he left her. "Nanc?" Getting there he found the same symbol that the ninja tied up front wore, lying on the floor next to Nancy's nametag from work. Going back to the front, Michelangelo grabbed the guy shaking him.
"Where is she?" Michelangelo looked ready to kill. The ninja saw his eyes and panicked.
"They took her, I don't know where…"
"Don't lie to me!" Michelangelo shouted at him.
"The park, check the park." Dropping the guy Michelangelo headed towards the park, dodging cars as he crossed the street. In the park he heard voices, one of them Nancy's.
"You're pregnant, is your freak of a boyfriend the father?"
"He's more of a man than you'll ever be," Nancy spat back at him.
"Oh, hit her in the stomach!" One shouted. Michelangelo stepped around to where they could see him.
"Touch her and you'll die," Michelangelo walked towards them, nunchukus unsheathed. There were three of them, Nancy was on the ground tied up. Whipping the nunchukus, he knocked one guy down, spin kicked and knocked another aside. The third one was backing away. Michelangelo took a step towards him and he scampered off. Picking Nancy up, Michelangelo unties her and goes home.
Inside, Mary was playing a board game with Donatello, Raphael and Leonardo. It was the game of life. Raphael was loosing. He had no money, five kids and just lost his job.
Michelangelo stepped in and announced what just happened. The game was forgotten as everyone rushed over, sitting Nancy down and seeing if she wanted anything. After Nancy assured everyone that she was okay, everyone calmed down.
"I think Shredder is rebuilding the foot, with people this time." Michelangelo stated.
"That would explain why I saw him talking to those kids," Raphael exclaimed.
"But that doesn't make sense," Donatello interrupted. "Why gather kids when you can build an endless supply?"
"Maybe Kraing, got tired of Shredder and tossed him out," Raphael suggested. They argued the possibilities until Master Splinter interrupted them.
"That is not important my sons," They all quieted down to hear him. "What is now important is making sure nothing happens to Nancy or the baby." All nodded in agreement. Michelangelo turned to Nancy.
"I want you to stay home until the baby is born," He stated.
"What, no I have to work and…"
"Nancy you know that since you've been here you haven't had to work," Leonardo interrupted.
"Maybe I can take over your job, Nancy," Mary suggested. "Don't get me wrong guys, I love being around you and have gotten to know the sewers pretty good, but I am getting restless." Seeing that they weren't going to give up, Nancy nodded.
"I'll call my boss tomorrow and see if that's okay," Nancy relented. Donatello went to work on getting papers for Mary so she could work and Michelangelo took Nancy to their room. After she was in bed, Michelangelo leaned down and put his head on her stomach. The baby kicked causing Michelangelo's head to bounce. Looking up, Nancy was asleep. He swore silently that he wasn't going to let anything happen to her.