Author's Note: Remember I don't own the turtles, splinter, April or Casey! But I do own the girl and this story idea!

Ch.2 - Rescue

After Raph's departure, Leo headed for the dojo without saying a word to Donnie (the turtle in purple) or Mikey (the turtle in orange). Donnie retreated to his room where he got on his computer whereas Mikey was watching the TV. It had barely even been 15 min since Raph had left when he climbed down the ladder into the lair.

"Gee Raph thought you wouldn't be home for hou-" Mikey started to say but then stopped when he noticed the injured female in his arms.

"Quit staring and go get Donnie" Raph said as he laid the girl on the couch on her side so that the gunshot wound was facing out. A few seconds later Donnie and Mikey came out. Mikey stood off to the side alongside Raph both unsure of what to do now while Donnie went over to their guest and examined her.

"My god! What happened to her" Donnie exclaimed as he was looking at her wounds. All the commotion alerted Leo that something was going on in the living room so he decided to go investigate the cause of it. Walking into the room, he saw Raph and Mikey at the end of the couch looking over at Donnie who was studying their guest who was on the couch.

"Ok what's going" Leo had started to say but was interrupted when Donnie suddenly said"No time for questions, Leo. I've got to treat this gunshot wound. Raph lie her facedown on the table in the infirmary, Mikey go get some wet towels, and Leo get some soap and dry towels. I'll go wash my hands" Without question the three turtles did as they were told for they knew that their brother knew exactly how to tend to the girl's wounds.

Within minutes all four turtles were in the infirmary. Donnie laid a towel over her, which covered her from the lower back to just below her butt and then proceeded to get the surgical kit out while he instructed Leo to remove her pants so that he could operate on her leg to get the bullet out, and Mikey to clean the area around her leg. After that was done, Donnie made a little incision on her leg and used the tweezers to pull out a single bullet which he handed to Raph. Next he stitched up the wound and cleaned up the blood around the wound.

"So what do we do with that" Mikey asked while pointing at Raph's hand which still had the bullet in it.

"We could keep it and try to find out what type of gun was used to shoot her with. Might be able to help us learn who shot her and why" Donnie said.

"Ok so we'll hang on to the bullet for that reason. Is she going to make it" Leo asked Donnie who had now started to clean the dirt off her bare legs and feet. He looked up for just a second and replied"Yea, she'll make it. She won't be able to use her leg much, probably need crutches for a few weeks then she could probably walk with a crane for awhile. And maybe in a few months she could walk on her own again"

"How long will she be unconscious" Raph inquired after he had set the bullet down on the counter close to some of Donnie's papers.

"Hard to say really, hours, days, weeks even. Though I really doubt it. I'd say more like hours or a few days. Actually, it'll probably be more like hours than days. Why" Donnie answered as he had removed her shirt and started to clean the dirt off her back and arms. He then turned her over and started cleaning her front side. Leo felt embarrassed for the poor girl so he laid another towel over her to cover up her chest.

"Just wanted to know how long we'd have to wait to get some answers" The other three turtles all nodded their heads in agreement. They all wanted answers to the questions that they'd been pondering. Who is she? What does she want? Who's after her? Why are they after her? Is she our new enemy? They all stood quietly; except for Donnie who was still cleaning the girl up, watching their brother attend to their mysterious guest.

After she was all cleaned up, the brothers laid a few blankets on her to keep her warm. Leo decided that they should call April and have her bring down some clothes the young lady could wear and so she could help wash the girl's hair as it was pretty filthy. Donnie cleaned off the bullet and went off to his lab, which was in the same room as the infirmary, to find out what gun it came from. Mikey went back to the TV and Raph retreated to his room.

"Hey guys. What's going on" April asked as she came down the ladder with a bag of clothes in her hands. Leo, who had been pacing around the living room while waiting for her, came over to her and took the bag of clothes from her and answered"Raph brought home a girl who got shot. He found her in the sewers" He then carried the bag of clothes to the room that Donnie and their guest was in.

"April brought her some clothes" He said as he set the bag down.

"Good" Donnie replied without even looking up from his research.

"Find anything yet" Leo asked as he looked over Donnie's shoulder to see him examining the bullet that he had put under a microscope.

"Nope, not yet"

"Oh. Let us know right away when you do find something. I have a feeling there's more to this girl than what meets the eye and I want to know exactly what we're dealing with" Leo stated as he left Donnie to his work.

"I'm getting a bad feeling about her," Raph stated as soon as Leo came back into the living room.

"Like what? I feel there's more to her than any of us can see, but that doesn't always mean its bad," Leo pointed out.

"I'm tellin' ya, whatever it is, it's not good,"

"Are you sure Raph?" April asked. Raph's instincts were usually right but he was also impulsive, so perhaps he was just jumping the gun a bit?

"I'm positive,"

"Maybe she's here to kill us all!" Mikey jokingly said.

"Maybe she is. And maybe I'll help her to you," Raph said as he glared at his younger brother.

"Mikey, I don't think she's here to kill us. I think that she is perhaps in some kind of trouble and in need of our help," Leo said.

"Oh brother," Raph said, rolling his eyes at his older brother.

"Maybe she's like an alien from outer space!" Mikey jokingly said. This earned him a smack on his bald head from his brother, Raph, and two pairs of rolling eyes from Leo and April. Leo was about to tell his younger brother to try to be serious for once, when a crash from the lab/infirmary brought them all running towards the noise.