Disclaimer: Once again, I don't own the turtles, April or Casey. However I do own Brianna and this story idea!

Ch.3 - Unanswered Questions

"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. When they arrived they saw the girl huddled in a corner, using a thin sheet to cover herself with. She was trying to get as far away as possible from Donnie, who was standing in front of her trying to help her back to the bed. The eldest turtle was the first who spoke up, "Mind telling the rest of us what happened here?"

Donnie turned around to see his brothers and April staring at him and the girl. He replied, "She put too much weight on her leg and fell to the floor. When I went over to help her up she backed into the corner"

"I don't think she likes you that much" Mikey said with a laugh. Raph and April tried not to laugh too loud. This time Leo smacked his brother on the head and calmly said, "April, why don't you see if you can help her get into some clothes, while we go out and discuss what to do," After that the turtles all left April and the girl to themselves, and went out into the living room.

Even after they had left, the girl was still in the corner. April slowly made her way over, not wanting to frighten the poor girl; she bent down so that she was eye level and sweetly said, "Hey there, my name's April. Listen, I'm not gonna hurt you. I brought some clothes with me, that you can wear. Would you like to do that?" April held out her hand to the girl to show that she could be trusted. The girl slowly raised her head and whispered, "Yes,"

The girl had chosen to wear a pair of gray sweat pants and a white tank top. The pants were a little too big for her so she had to roll them over at the top, whereas the tank top fit fine with only a tad bit of stomach showing. She didn't have too much trouble getting dressed. She had only needed April to steady her while she put the pants on. For a few seconds neither one of them spoke. Finally April asked her, "You know my name's April, but I don't believe I caught your name, what is it?"

"Brianna," She replied.

"That's such a pretty name; did your mom give you that name?"

"No," Dr. Madison, the only one who was ever kind to me there, named me. It's a shame that Captain Carter bastard found out and had her disposed of.

"Your father?"

"No. Please stop asking me so many questions,"

"Oh. I also brought some shampoo with me so we could wash your hair if you want"

"Yea, sure" April helped Brianna walk down to the bathroom to wash all the dirt out of her hair. Afterwards she gave Brianna a brush to brush her hair with. April was quite impressed with the little "makeover". Before Brianna had looked like just some homeless gal, but now with her shinning golden brown hair, sparkling green eyes, and toned figure, April wondered just what kind of trouble Brianna was in.

"April?"

"Yea?" April said when she had realized that she'd been staring.

"Nothing,"

"Do you know who shot you?" April hoped that she wouldn't scare her by asking that question but, she wanted to know what the turtles would be dealing with.

"Yes,"

"Who?"

"I'd rather not talk about it" Brianna stated rather coldly and folded her arms against her chest, as she leaned up against the wall.

"Oh well when you are..."

"I will,"

"Good. Now, do you remember the others who were in the room with me?"

"Yes,"

"Why don't I go introduce you to them? They're old friends of mine,"

"Are they scientists?"

"No. Well, maybe Donnie could pass for one. Not that he is. He's just very smart like a scientist,"

"Do they work for the government?"

"Nope, they aren't aware that they exist,"

Brianna unfolded her arms and let out a sigh of relief, "I'll go meet them as long as they're not scientists and aren't in league with the government,"

"They're not. I promise," April said as she took Brianna's hand and led her out into the living room where the guys were. She wondered just what it was that Brianna had against scientists and the government.

The turtles were all huddled together between the couch and the TV set. At first they didn't even notice that the girls had joined them until April cleared her throat.

"Ahem. Guys," They all looked up to see April standing a few feet away from them, with her arms crossed and a look of annoyance on her face. Brianna was standing behind April, or rather leaning on the door frame of the hallway, as her leg was still very sore from earlier. Normally the turtles would've been asking Brianna how she was feeling but they were all so surprised at how beautiful she was, after only having her hair washed and brushed, that for a few seconds they didn't say anything.

"Uh, excuse me? Are you guys just gonna stare at her or what?" April asked with a hint of annoyance in her voice. Leo quickly averted his eyes from the strange girl to April and said, "Oh! Sorry!" The others all chimed in and said sorry too, after which Leo turned back to their guest who was still leaning on the door frame.

"Won't you come in, miss," He politely asked her. Brianna, who had been staring off into space, nodded her head at Leo's question. She then let go of the wall and started to limp towards the turtles. Mikey was the first one over to her side and attempted to help her over but she brushed him aside. And refused to let anyone help her walk the few steps it took, to get from the hallway to the middle of the living room. Much to Donnie's dismay who tried to tell the girl that she really shouldn't be walking so soon after her surgery. Raph was the first to speak to her when she had finally managed to walk over to them, "Just what kind of trouble are you in?"

For a split second, Brianna went as pale as a ghost, before she composed herself. This did not go unnoticed by Raph who again asked, "You ARE in some kind of trouble, now aren't you?"

"No. It's nothing," She calmly replied. I wish it was nothing. Unfortunately, its not.

"Yes you are," Raph stated as he answered his own question, for the second time.

"No! I'm not!" She yelled back. This red bandana-wearing turtle was really starting to get on her nerves. If she hadn't been trying to hide what she is, she would've showed that turtle a thing or two.

"Dude, if you're in trouble just say so. We'll help ya out! Won't we?" Mikey said as he looked around at his older brothers. They all nodded in agreement which made Brianna feel a little better. But she still wouldn't admit that she was in trouble. I know they'll think I'm some kind of freak if I tell them the truth. 'Course they'll probably used to that. Still, I can't risk dragging them into my life or I may just end up signing their death warrants. And I don't want anyone to get hurt because of me.

"I swear I am not in any trouble, ok?" Brianna firmly stated as she crossed her arms in front of her chest, as if to make a point. The others all sighed in defeat, knowing that she was indeed hiding something. But not wanting to pressure her any further, they let the subject go. Leo was the next one to start questioning the poor girl. Only he asked more politely then his hot-headed brother had done.

"Do you have any idea who may have shot you?" He asked her.

"Not really. Maybe whoever it was, missed their intended target and hit me instead," She suggested. There was no way she was going to tell them that she was indeed the intended target.

"Hmm. That could be it," Leo said as he pondered her suggestion. He didn't really buy it of course. He and the others all knew that there was something more going on then she would let on. However he did not want to give the girl any indication that he didn't believe her so Leo had decided to play along with her for now. Better to gain her trust now then to make her angry and turn away from us.

"Look. I'd love to stay and answer all your questions but I'm getting tired so if you don't mind, I'll just go back and lie down," Brianna said while trying to act as if she really was tired. Truth is that she was wide awake. Only reason why she wanted them to think that she was was so that they'd leave her alone.

"I'll say. I wasn't excepting you to be awake for a few more days at least," Donnie stated. He truly had been surprised at the fact that after only a few short hours after he had performed surgery on her leg, she had fully woken up. Knowing that she shouldn't be putting any or very little weight on her leg he tried to help her walk back to the infirmary. This time, Brianna allowed him to help her.

"Wait! Donnie! There's still one very important question we gotta ask her," Mikey yelled as he ran after and stopped right in front of them.

"What would that be, Mikey?" Donnie asked impatiently. The sooner he got his patient to lay down the better. He really didn't have time to play these games with Mikey.

"What's your name?" Mikey sweetly asked the young female in front of him, totally ignoring his brother to the side of her.

"Brianna," She stated.

"Wow! That's a pretty name! See-ya dudette!" Mikey said as he ran back to the living room, leaving them behind. Donnie had to agree with his little brother. Brianna was indeed a beautiful name for someone as gorgeous as she was.

After he helped her into bed, he decided to go join the others. He wanted desperately to try to find out what type of gun the bullet had come from. But he didn't want to disturb her much needed rest, so he thought it best to go finish the discussion he and his brothers had started earlier.

Author's Note: I'll have more of the story up soon. I plan to get the rest of it up during the next two weeks. Hopefully just one week and then I can put up the sequel. ;)