Chapter 1
Christina opened the door of their new apartment and glanced around the small space. She sighed deeply and walked in. Her mother and sister followed suit but their expressions were happier.
"See, sweetie? It's not that bad." Ann smiled and placed her things on the ground. Christina stopped herself from rolling her eyes and walked more into the apartment. It was much smaller than their old home. It had only two bedrooms. Ann gave her girls the bigger one with the bathroom since they had to share it. In their old house, they always had a room of their own.
"I still don't see why we have to share a room." Lynn complained, this was the only drawback of moving to her. She didn't care much about their old home, not since their father had died.
"Believe me, I feel the same way." Christina told her sister. She placed her belongings on her bed and sat down. The room, even though it was the biggest bedroom, was still quite small compared to her old one. And it will be very tight especially since she had to share it with her messy little sister. She started to unpack when her mother called her and her sister into the kitchen. They got up quickly to see what she wanted.
"Yes, Mom?" Christina was the first to come in. Ann smiled at her daughters and sighed.
"I'm sorry to take away from your unpacking, girls. But I need some groceries. I want you both to go to that 7 eleven down the street and get some milk, eggs, bread, and lunch meat."
"Why can't we just eat out?" Lynn asked, but already grabbing her jacket. Christina was already at the door waiting.
"I did think about that, but what about tomorrow morning?"
"Want some cereal too, Mom?" Christina asked, not bothering to grab a jacket. Ann shook her head.
"No, I packed some before we left. You girls just be back before it's dark." The girls left the apartment and went downstairs. They left the complex building and headed to the 7 eleven. The girls walked in silence for a while when Christina heard something in the alley that they had just passed up.
"What was that?" Christina stopped and was about to go look when Lynn grabbed her arm.
"I don't know, but we don't have time to look, lets get what we need and go home?" Lynn pleaded. She didn't like being out on the streets this close to the nighttime. Christina shrugged and followed, just looking back once before they were on their way. They reached the store and grabbed and paid for the items they needed. Nighttime had begun to fall by the time they got out of the store. Christina and Lynn walked quickly towards their home. They were almost to the alley that they had heard the noise when Christina slowed down.
"Chrissy.what are you doing? Let's go home." Lynn tried to reason with her.
"Aw, Lynn, don't be a baby.I just want to see what that noise was." Christina was about to laugh when she heard another noise. It sounded like some fighting. "Stay here!"
Christina rushed into the alley before Lynn could protest. She stayed where she was though, frightened at what trouble her sister might be in.
She heard the fight before she saw it. She heard the whacking of wood, the shing of swords, and smacks of skins. She stepped closer until she saw them. There were about five or six men, wearing some sort of ninja costumes. They were attacking a man in a trench coat and a hat. Christina got angry. 'One man! How can they gang up on one man!' She let her anger take control of her body and ignored the warning signs going off in her mind. She stepped out where they could see her and called out.
"Leave him alone, you goons!" The guys in the ninja suits stopped momentarily their attack on the man and turned to her. The man stopped his struggle and stared at the newcomer.
"No, quick! Run! Get out of here!" He yelled. Shortly after the attack continued. Christina got into her defense mode. For the past few years, she had taken karate classes for fun, not knowing she would actually need them. She put her skills to test and got ready for the battle. Two ninja suited guys advanced towards her and she didn't wait for their first move. She kicked one in the stomach and punched the other in the face. One more came into view with a sword that she recalled learning from history lessons as a katana, slicing it close to her head.
"Gee, you got some nice friends here." She called to the other man, who had three other people on him, and two on the ground, groaning with pain.
"Yeah, they just don't know when to stop by for a visit. Why didn't you leave." He replied, not taking his attention off the people in front of him. A man with a sai nearly took off his head, but the stranger ducked quickly and knocked his attacker down.
"Cuz I don't like parties with out me. Besides, you looked like you need some help." Christina ducked away from the katana man and tripped him. She did a high kick to the man in front and ducked the blow from behind.
"This isn't your fight, you shouldn't have joined.but thanks anyway." Christina turned to Mr. Trench coat when she had an opening. She then saw a man coming behind her fellow fighter.
"Look out behind you!" The man ducked barely in time, the katana sliced through his hat, knocking it off his head, revealing a bald green head. Christina stood stunned. 'What the..'
Out of the corner of her eye she saw the ninja with the sais come to her side and raised his hand to attacked, she moved as quickly as she could but wasn't fast enough. The sai ripped her left arm, barely missing her bone.
"SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!" She screamed, grabbing hold of her arm. One of the ninja's pushed her down and she moved back until she hit the wall. She stared at her attackers, frightened and in pain. She tried to catch her breath and not cry from the pain. She didn't want them to have that satisfaction. One stood out in front of the others. He grabbed his jaw before he talked.
"You hurt my jaw, bitch. You will pay." He raised up a katana and was about to slash it down when a voice behind them spoke out.
"Hey, pick on someone your own size!" She heard and saw some ninja's drop. She looked at the person and saw.'A turtle?' Christina blinked. She shook away her shock and kicked one of the distracted ninja men in the groin, smiled at his cry of pain. She punched the other one in the face with her good arm. Pretty soon the battle ended and the ninja's retreated, taking the injured ones with them. The turtle sighed with relief before heading towards the injured girl. Christina didn't even flinch when he came near; she was in too much pain to worry about a walking, talking turtle. He kneeled next her.
"Are you okay?" He asked gently, placing a hand on her left shoulder while he looked at her arm. Christina winced, closing her eyes for a brief moment. The turtle took of his bandana and wrapped it around her wound. Blood quickly covered the bandana, changing the color of the bandana to red. "Jeez, this is just a time to forget a weapon, huh?"
Christina nodded. "Sure is." She opened her eyes and looked at the turtle, then at her arm. She winced and tried to get up. The turtle stopped her.
"Wait, you're hurt. Please, let me get that fixed. It's my fault."
"No, it isn't.I jumped in, remember.and it's not that bad.I can get it fixed at home." Christina just remembered her sister. "Shit! My sister, I need to bring her home!"
"But-" Christina stopped him and got up slowly.
"I have too, my will worry. Thank you for saving me. And thanks for my arm too." He smiled slightly and let go of her shoulder.
"I should be the one thanking you."
"Don't worry about." Christina turned towards the street, then turn back to the turtle. But when she did, he was gone. The only trace that there had even been a fight here was her blood on the ground where she got injured. She blinked, then ran out of the alley. At first she didn't see her sister and got scared. "Lynn!" she called out, practically running into the street. Before she got far, a figure stepped out from behind a dumpster.
"Chrissy?" Christina turned and saw her sister holding the bags of food. Christina sighed with relief and ran to her sister and hugged her.
"Oh, Lynn, I was so worried about you."
"Me? You're the one who ran into an alley to fight ninjas!" Christina looked at her.
"How did you know?"
"I saw them come out. I was afraid so ran behind the dumpster. Oh, my God! Chrissy! You're arm! What happened?" Christina looked at her arm and sighed. 'Jeez, how am I going to explain this?'
"I got cut, but it's okay."
"What are we going to tell mom?"
Christina paused to think. "Nothing.look, just give me your jacket and I can hide it. You can help me fix it up in our room tonight after we bring mom the stuff. Please, Lynn." Christina continued when she saw the look of doubt in her sister eyes. "I'll do your chores for you for a month if you don't tell mom!"
"How can you? Your arm's hurt!" Lynn cried out but gave her the jacket anyway. Christina put it on carefully and hugged her sister.
"Thank you."
"Fine, but you owe me." Christina let go of her sister and they both quickly went to their new apartment.
***
The turtle walked slowly down the sewers, heading towards his new home. Not long ago, his brothers, her master, and him were forced to move to a different place in the sewers because they were afraid that they would find April's apartment. They now resided in an old subway station, which they found rather good. At least he did.
He came to the entrance and crawled down. At first he thought nobody was awake but was soon proven wrong when a voice called out to him.
"Donnie! Where have you been? It's been hours." Leonardo stood at the bottom of the stairs staring at the turtle as he entered.
"Sorry, I got attacked by some foot." Donatello ducked his head away from the questioning, just wanting to go to him room and work something to get it mind off of it. But now Raphael and Michaelangelo entered the room and started their questioning.
"How many of them?"
"Why did you leave without your bo?"
"Did they follow you?"
"Are you hurt?"
"Where's your bandana?"
Donatello almost went dizzy with all the questions they were throwing at him. He didn't know which one to answer first.
"Stop your investigation and let him speak." A new voice called out, the turtles stopped and turned towards their master. Donatello sighed with relief and went to him, kneeling in front of him. Splinter placed a hand on his head and nodded. "Continue, my son."
Donatello cleared his throat. "I was just going for a walk, Siensi. I didn't think I need my bo. On my walk, I accidentally came across them. I lead them out of the sewer so they couldn't find this place. During a fight.a girl came into the fight and helped me. But she got injured in the process. I gave my bandana to her to put on her wound. She went back to her sister and to her home and I made sure she got there safe before I took the long way back incase the Foot were following me. I'm sorry, Siensi, I know it was foolish of me to go out without my bo and for letting that girl get hurt. I tried to get her to leave." Splinter, who smiled down at him, stopped him.
"The girl is safe?"
"Yes."
"And the Foot backed off?"
"For now."
"Good. Your conscience is punishment enough. Go get some rest and explain to me more about the girl and the fight later." Donatello nodded and left to his room. Raphael grunted and sat down.
"Jeez, if I did that, you would have my hind." He protested, looking straight at the rat. Splinter sighed.
"Donatello is not a fighter, but a thinker. You, Raphael, jump in every fight you can think of. If Donatello fought, he had no other choice. He's conscience is a greater punishment than any exercise I give him."
Raphael grunted and left. Michaelangelo left to his room, and Leonardo went with Splinter to meditate. Splinter's mind crossed to the young girl his son talked about and said a little pray over her.
Christina opened the door of their new apartment and glanced around the small space. She sighed deeply and walked in. Her mother and sister followed suit but their expressions were happier.
"See, sweetie? It's not that bad." Ann smiled and placed her things on the ground. Christina stopped herself from rolling her eyes and walked more into the apartment. It was much smaller than their old home. It had only two bedrooms. Ann gave her girls the bigger one with the bathroom since they had to share it. In their old house, they always had a room of their own.
"I still don't see why we have to share a room." Lynn complained, this was the only drawback of moving to her. She didn't care much about their old home, not since their father had died.
"Believe me, I feel the same way." Christina told her sister. She placed her belongings on her bed and sat down. The room, even though it was the biggest bedroom, was still quite small compared to her old one. And it will be very tight especially since she had to share it with her messy little sister. She started to unpack when her mother called her and her sister into the kitchen. They got up quickly to see what she wanted.
"Yes, Mom?" Christina was the first to come in. Ann smiled at her daughters and sighed.
"I'm sorry to take away from your unpacking, girls. But I need some groceries. I want you both to go to that 7 eleven down the street and get some milk, eggs, bread, and lunch meat."
"Why can't we just eat out?" Lynn asked, but already grabbing her jacket. Christina was already at the door waiting.
"I did think about that, but what about tomorrow morning?"
"Want some cereal too, Mom?" Christina asked, not bothering to grab a jacket. Ann shook her head.
"No, I packed some before we left. You girls just be back before it's dark." The girls left the apartment and went downstairs. They left the complex building and headed to the 7 eleven. The girls walked in silence for a while when Christina heard something in the alley that they had just passed up.
"What was that?" Christina stopped and was about to go look when Lynn grabbed her arm.
"I don't know, but we don't have time to look, lets get what we need and go home?" Lynn pleaded. She didn't like being out on the streets this close to the nighttime. Christina shrugged and followed, just looking back once before they were on their way. They reached the store and grabbed and paid for the items they needed. Nighttime had begun to fall by the time they got out of the store. Christina and Lynn walked quickly towards their home. They were almost to the alley that they had heard the noise when Christina slowed down.
"Chrissy.what are you doing? Let's go home." Lynn tried to reason with her.
"Aw, Lynn, don't be a baby.I just want to see what that noise was." Christina was about to laugh when she heard another noise. It sounded like some fighting. "Stay here!"
Christina rushed into the alley before Lynn could protest. She stayed where she was though, frightened at what trouble her sister might be in.
She heard the fight before she saw it. She heard the whacking of wood, the shing of swords, and smacks of skins. She stepped closer until she saw them. There were about five or six men, wearing some sort of ninja costumes. They were attacking a man in a trench coat and a hat. Christina got angry. 'One man! How can they gang up on one man!' She let her anger take control of her body and ignored the warning signs going off in her mind. She stepped out where they could see her and called out.
"Leave him alone, you goons!" The guys in the ninja suits stopped momentarily their attack on the man and turned to her. The man stopped his struggle and stared at the newcomer.
"No, quick! Run! Get out of here!" He yelled. Shortly after the attack continued. Christina got into her defense mode. For the past few years, she had taken karate classes for fun, not knowing she would actually need them. She put her skills to test and got ready for the battle. Two ninja suited guys advanced towards her and she didn't wait for their first move. She kicked one in the stomach and punched the other in the face. One more came into view with a sword that she recalled learning from history lessons as a katana, slicing it close to her head.
"Gee, you got some nice friends here." She called to the other man, who had three other people on him, and two on the ground, groaning with pain.
"Yeah, they just don't know when to stop by for a visit. Why didn't you leave." He replied, not taking his attention off the people in front of him. A man with a sai nearly took off his head, but the stranger ducked quickly and knocked his attacker down.
"Cuz I don't like parties with out me. Besides, you looked like you need some help." Christina ducked away from the katana man and tripped him. She did a high kick to the man in front and ducked the blow from behind.
"This isn't your fight, you shouldn't have joined.but thanks anyway." Christina turned to Mr. Trench coat when she had an opening. She then saw a man coming behind her fellow fighter.
"Look out behind you!" The man ducked barely in time, the katana sliced through his hat, knocking it off his head, revealing a bald green head. Christina stood stunned. 'What the..'
Out of the corner of her eye she saw the ninja with the sais come to her side and raised his hand to attacked, she moved as quickly as she could but wasn't fast enough. The sai ripped her left arm, barely missing her bone.
"SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!" She screamed, grabbing hold of her arm. One of the ninja's pushed her down and she moved back until she hit the wall. She stared at her attackers, frightened and in pain. She tried to catch her breath and not cry from the pain. She didn't want them to have that satisfaction. One stood out in front of the others. He grabbed his jaw before he talked.
"You hurt my jaw, bitch. You will pay." He raised up a katana and was about to slash it down when a voice behind them spoke out.
"Hey, pick on someone your own size!" She heard and saw some ninja's drop. She looked at the person and saw.'A turtle?' Christina blinked. She shook away her shock and kicked one of the distracted ninja men in the groin, smiled at his cry of pain. She punched the other one in the face with her good arm. Pretty soon the battle ended and the ninja's retreated, taking the injured ones with them. The turtle sighed with relief before heading towards the injured girl. Christina didn't even flinch when he came near; she was in too much pain to worry about a walking, talking turtle. He kneeled next her.
"Are you okay?" He asked gently, placing a hand on her left shoulder while he looked at her arm. Christina winced, closing her eyes for a brief moment. The turtle took of his bandana and wrapped it around her wound. Blood quickly covered the bandana, changing the color of the bandana to red. "Jeez, this is just a time to forget a weapon, huh?"
Christina nodded. "Sure is." She opened her eyes and looked at the turtle, then at her arm. She winced and tried to get up. The turtle stopped her.
"Wait, you're hurt. Please, let me get that fixed. It's my fault."
"No, it isn't.I jumped in, remember.and it's not that bad.I can get it fixed at home." Christina just remembered her sister. "Shit! My sister, I need to bring her home!"
"But-" Christina stopped him and got up slowly.
"I have too, my will worry. Thank you for saving me. And thanks for my arm too." He smiled slightly and let go of her shoulder.
"I should be the one thanking you."
"Don't worry about." Christina turned towards the street, then turn back to the turtle. But when she did, he was gone. The only trace that there had even been a fight here was her blood on the ground where she got injured. She blinked, then ran out of the alley. At first she didn't see her sister and got scared. "Lynn!" she called out, practically running into the street. Before she got far, a figure stepped out from behind a dumpster.
"Chrissy?" Christina turned and saw her sister holding the bags of food. Christina sighed with relief and ran to her sister and hugged her.
"Oh, Lynn, I was so worried about you."
"Me? You're the one who ran into an alley to fight ninjas!" Christina looked at her.
"How did you know?"
"I saw them come out. I was afraid so ran behind the dumpster. Oh, my God! Chrissy! You're arm! What happened?" Christina looked at her arm and sighed. 'Jeez, how am I going to explain this?'
"I got cut, but it's okay."
"What are we going to tell mom?"
Christina paused to think. "Nothing.look, just give me your jacket and I can hide it. You can help me fix it up in our room tonight after we bring mom the stuff. Please, Lynn." Christina continued when she saw the look of doubt in her sister eyes. "I'll do your chores for you for a month if you don't tell mom!"
"How can you? Your arm's hurt!" Lynn cried out but gave her the jacket anyway. Christina put it on carefully and hugged her sister.
"Thank you."
"Fine, but you owe me." Christina let go of her sister and they both quickly went to their new apartment.
***
The turtle walked slowly down the sewers, heading towards his new home. Not long ago, his brothers, her master, and him were forced to move to a different place in the sewers because they were afraid that they would find April's apartment. They now resided in an old subway station, which they found rather good. At least he did.
He came to the entrance and crawled down. At first he thought nobody was awake but was soon proven wrong when a voice called out to him.
"Donnie! Where have you been? It's been hours." Leonardo stood at the bottom of the stairs staring at the turtle as he entered.
"Sorry, I got attacked by some foot." Donatello ducked his head away from the questioning, just wanting to go to him room and work something to get it mind off of it. But now Raphael and Michaelangelo entered the room and started their questioning.
"How many of them?"
"Why did you leave without your bo?"
"Did they follow you?"
"Are you hurt?"
"Where's your bandana?"
Donatello almost went dizzy with all the questions they were throwing at him. He didn't know which one to answer first.
"Stop your investigation and let him speak." A new voice called out, the turtles stopped and turned towards their master. Donatello sighed with relief and went to him, kneeling in front of him. Splinter placed a hand on his head and nodded. "Continue, my son."
Donatello cleared his throat. "I was just going for a walk, Siensi. I didn't think I need my bo. On my walk, I accidentally came across them. I lead them out of the sewer so they couldn't find this place. During a fight.a girl came into the fight and helped me. But she got injured in the process. I gave my bandana to her to put on her wound. She went back to her sister and to her home and I made sure she got there safe before I took the long way back incase the Foot were following me. I'm sorry, Siensi, I know it was foolish of me to go out without my bo and for letting that girl get hurt. I tried to get her to leave." Splinter, who smiled down at him, stopped him.
"The girl is safe?"
"Yes."
"And the Foot backed off?"
"For now."
"Good. Your conscience is punishment enough. Go get some rest and explain to me more about the girl and the fight later." Donatello nodded and left to his room. Raphael grunted and sat down.
"Jeez, if I did that, you would have my hind." He protested, looking straight at the rat. Splinter sighed.
"Donatello is not a fighter, but a thinker. You, Raphael, jump in every fight you can think of. If Donatello fought, he had no other choice. He's conscience is a greater punishment than any exercise I give him."
Raphael grunted and left. Michaelangelo left to his room, and Leonardo went with Splinter to meditate. Splinter's mind crossed to the young girl his son talked about and said a little pray over her.